ESPN to Examine 'The Paterno Legacy' in April

An E60 documentary reflects on Joe Paterno's career 10 years later.

ESPN has released the trailer for "The Paterno Legacy," a documentary on its E60 platform about former Penn State football coach Joe Paterno.

"The Paterno Legacy" includes interviews with former Penn State players and clips from an interview Paterno did with the late Beano Cook regarding his legacy at Penn State. It also includes an interview with Jay Paterno, who wrote a book called "Paterno Legacy," and a clip of current Penn State coach James Franklin being asked about Joe Paterno last season.

According to an ESPN press release, the one-hour documentary will reflect on the scandal and Paterno's legacy 10 years later. It includes an interview with Jerry Sandusky, the former Penn State defensive coordinator who was convicted of 45 counts of child sexual abuse in 2012.

In addition, the documentary includes interviews with Jay Paterno;  former Penn State President Graham Spanier, former Penn State Vice President Gary Schultz; former players Matt McGloin, Matt Millen and Mike Wallace; Aaron Fisher, who was 'Victim 1' in the Sandusky case; and Bob Costas.

"The Paterno Legacy" is scheduled to be broadcast April 18 on ESPN.

In what seemed like an instant, Penn State football icon Joe Paterno went from revered patriarch to reviled pariah. Now, ten years after the Penn State sex abuse scandal, E60 looks at The Paterno Legacy. pic.twitter.com/VleWpbtoje

— E60 (@E60) April 3, 2022

January 22, 2022, marked the 10th anniversary of Paterno's death.  According to a statement that day from Mount Nittany Medical Center, Paterno died at 9:25 a.m. of metastatic small cell carcinoma of the lung. He was 85.

Paterno passed away just over two months after the university's Board of Trustees fired him following child sex abuse charges against Sandusky. Former Penn State President Graham Spanier served 58 days in prison last year after being convicted of a misdemeanor child endangerment charge.

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