Pride of the Lions

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Pride of the Lions was mentioned in an article in the Associated Press.

Frank Fitzpatrick talked about The Pride of the Lions and the life of Joe Paterno in a nationally syndicated interview with "Daybreak USA" on the day of memorial services held in the former Penn State coach's honor.

Frank Fitzpatrick provides color commentary throughout the Joe Paterno Memorial Services on January 26th.

Pride of the Lions was prominently mentioned in an interview with Frank Fitzpatrick by Nancy Armour of the Associated Press. The article has appeared in more than 300 newspapers across the country.

Pride of the Lions was reviewed on today's Los Angeles Daily News web site by Tom Hoffarth.

Pride of the Lions was prominently mentioned on today's Baltimore Sun web site.

Pride of the Lions was mentioned in a feature article, "Students show support for Joe Paterno," on ESPN.com: "Paterno is integral to the entire campus. His name is on the library he helped build. The first sight greeting visitors to the Penn State bookstore Tuesday was a display prominently featuring a Paterno biography titled Pride of the Lions."

GoErie.com takes a closer look at Joe Paterno and Pride of the Lions.

The Big Lead talks to Frank Fitzpatrick about Joe Paterno and Pride of the Lions.

Philly.com features an exclusive excerpt from Pride of the Lions.

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PRIDE OF THE LIONS:
The Biography of Joe Paterno

By Frank Fitzpatrick

Contact: Bill Ames, Triumph Books, 312.252.1248, b.ames@triumphbooks.com

Joe Paterno arrived at Penn State in 1950 as a brash Ivy League graduate and an ambitious Brooklyn native, but he didn't think much of the mountainous middle of Pennsylvania. He called State College a "cow town" and predicted it wouldn't hold him for long. "Start looking around for another coach," the young assistant told head coach Rip Engle that first season, "because I'm getting out of here soon."  His destiny would not lead him astray, but rather keep him at the same university for more than 60 years while building a legacy that is unmatched in all of college football.

His bespectacled face has become the iconic symbol of his team, his university, and his state. Paterno has earned millions and given millions back to Penn State, where the library-not the football stadium-bears his name.  Author Frank Fitzpatrick captures the best of Paterno's incredible life in football in the new biography Pride of the Lions: The Biography of Joe Paterno.

Throughout this intriguing new biography, Fitzpatrick tells countless stories about JoePa's sixty years of coaching, including:

• Winning more than 400 games and a pair of national championships
• Earning the nationwide respect for the program he built and sustained
• Why Paterno spurned multiple offers from the NFL
• Why Paterno developed into an outspoken advocate for education
• How Paterno has become the conscience of college sports

In his mid-eighties now, Paterno has vowed to continue coaching, excited by the prospect of another promising team and another autumn in Happy Valley.  In this exciting new biography of a coaching legend, Pride of the Lions: The Biography of Joe Paterno chronicles the life and extraordinary career of the winningest coach in Division I football history.

About the author:

Frank Fitzpatrick is the author of three other books, including The Lion in Autumn: A Season with Joe Paterno, Penn State Football and And the Walls Came Tumbling Down: Kentucky, Texas Western, and the Game that Changed American Sports. A longtime sportswriter at the Philadelphia Inquirer, he was a finalist for a 2001 Pulitzer Prize and has won numerous local and national awards. A graduate of Temple University, he and his wife live in Malvern, Pennsylvania, and are the parents of four children and grandparents of two.

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