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Family Prodded Paterno To Read Sandusky Report

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There are new revelations about former Penn State Football Head Coach Joe Paterno.

A biography set to be released this week claims the late coach's family had to force him to read the grand jury's report on his former colleague, Jerry Sandusky.

The book also claims Paterno did not understand some of the graphic terminology in the report and even asked his son what the word "sodomy" meant.

It goes on to say that Paterno felt Sandusky was not performing well late in his tenure, but he did not want to fire Sandusky because he was popular with fans.

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