Joe “Joe Pa” Paterno and Paul “Bear” Bryant were loved by legions of Penn State and Alabama fans who should remember the good they did and attribute whatever else to our shared humanity.

Listened to Joe Paterno's weekly press conference today - read more on JoePa and Penn State in my Wednesday column - and one thing stood out. Don't ask him about Bear Bryant, whom Paterno passed ...

Everyone wants to talk JoePa and Bear this week. Well, everyone but JoePa. between the iconic coaches. But at his weekly press conference, the 83-year-old Joe Paterno, who coached against Bryant ...

Joe Paterno has passed on, and the similarities between him and Bear Bryant are eerie. Both Paterno and Bryant died less than 60 days after leaving college football. Bryant died in 1983 shortly ...

Joe Paterno: “He needs two wins to pass Bear Bryant, and they don’t figure to come soon. “After playing at Iowa next week, the [Nittany] Lions play Michigan, Northwestern and Ohio State--the ...

They are, from the picture's left to right, Bear Bryant, former Alabama football coach, and Joe Paterno, former Penn State football coach. They offer examples of what nefarious effects sports can ...

Paterno entered with 323 victories, the same number as the late, great Paul "Bear" Bryant. The Alabama coaching giant, who had engaged Paterno's program in a number of memorable battles in the ...

the cartoon's artist -- , saying it was a follow-up on the original cartoon he drew in January when former Penn State football coach Joe Paterno died. You can also read about the cartoon at into ...

I guess Joe Paterno knew best as to how his life would end if he stopped coaching. Paterno would talk about how Bear Bryant, the legendary Alabama head coach and how he passed away just two months ...

This season, when Penn State's Joe Paterno inevitably breaks the major ... one shy of the Division 1-A mark set by Paul "Bear" Bryant, last of the University of Alabama.