Press Release:
Joe Paterno known for being a Pennsylvania State football coach, died from lung cancer at the age of 85.
Joe Paterno known for being a Pennsylvania State football coach, died from lung cancer at the age of 85.
Joe Paterno was the head coach for the Penn State football
team for 46 seasons and lead his teams to more wins “than anyone in major
college football” (ESPN.com, 2012). His death brings a close to the “child sex
abuse scandal that scarred his reputation” and ultimately caused him to be
fired (ESPN.com, 2012). Joe died because of lung cancer at 85 years old.
Joe died while surrounded by family in a hospital at 9:25
a.m. (ESPN.com, 2012). Although he is gone, his accomplishments will live on.
He “won 409 games and took the Nittany Lions to 37 bowl games and two national
championships” (ESPN.com, 2012). He also had a successful career of sending
players to the National Football League (ESPN.com, 2012). He sent “more than
250 of the players he coached... to the NFL” (ESPN.com, 2012). Some have even
referred to him as “the greatest football coach in the history of the game”
(ESPN.com, 2012). A title that he very much deserved.
Joe Paterno will be remembered for his great accomplishments
as a football coach and his ability to turn a college player into a
professional football player, a dream for any football player (ESPN.com, 2012).
The university he worked at, the people’s lives that he touched, and the
football world will miss him (ESPN.com, 2012).
Reference:
ESPN.com. (2012, January 23). Joe Paterno, 85, dies in state
college. Retrieved from http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/7489238/joe-paterno-ex-penn-state-nittany-lions-coach-dies-85-2-month-cancer-fight
Facebook Post:
Joe Paterno, a well known man for both being an excellent
football coach for Pennsylvania State and for being involved in a “child sex
abuse scandal” has passed away from lung cancer (ESPN.com, 2012). He was 85 and
had been the head coach for Penn State University for 46 seasons (ESPN.com, 2012).
He contributed to the football world by coaching more than “250 players [who]
went on to the NFL” (ESPN.com, 2012). His football-coaching career was marked
with a “child sex abuse scandal” towards the end of it, but that is not how he
should be remembered (ESPN.com, 2012). He will be missed and remembered for his
long and successful football-coaching career (ESPN.com, 2012).
ESPN.com. (2012, January 23). Joe Paterno, 85, dies in state
college. Retrieved from http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/7489238/joe-paterno-ex-penn-state-nittany-lions-coach-dies-85-2-month-cancer-fight
I think you did a great job of summarizing your press release in your Facebook post. I also like that you gave a synopsis of his career and made it a point to include how he worked hard to get his players to the next level. He was a great coach and you highlighted that well.
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