Say it ain’t so JoePa
Penn State coach Joe Paterno (right) may not need his trademark thick-rimmed glasses any more.
The 83-year-old Hall of Famer had vision surgery last month after having trouble reading the past six months. The surgery was done by a Philadelphia eye doctor he’s known for decades.
JoePa has long been known for pacing the sideline during games wearing rolled-up khakis and his smoky, Coke bottle-thick glasses. Since he still feels funny without glasses, he had a set made with similar frames but much thinner lenses.
Go away Games: Burning torches and the Rolling Stones’ “Street Fighting Man?” Or playful-but-pointed placards and community choirs? No one is sure what to expect when anti-Olympic protesters march through downtown Vancouver today.
“Our main goal is to be the voice of opposition, to disrupt the Games with a message of resistance and the true social impacts,” said Anna Hunter of the Olympic Resistance Network.
The protesters are railing against everything from the cost of the Olympics to tight security. In January, ORN protesters lit torches and set Rolling Stones music blaring as they marched through Vancouver. Last week, it was a makeshift marching band, anti-Games chants and Olympic-mocking mascots like “Itchy the Bedbug.”
PARTING SHOT
“I’m having a tougher time buying groceries these days.”
— Cheryl Bernard
The Canadian women’s Olympic curling team captain on the frequent autograph requests she’s getting these days. While curlers don’t have the star status of, say, hockey’s Sidney Crosby, the sport is tremendously popular in Canada.
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