He doesn’t hear the press conference questions as well as he used to. And the body, 84 years old next month, seems to battle his legendary persistence and determination at every turn now. Penn State’s Joe Paterno, however, made one thing clear on Tuesday afternoon: He’s coming back for another season, at least.
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