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WCAU-TV/Reuters
Joe Paterno and his wife, Sue, greeted a mix of supporters and reporters on their porch after news broke that he had been fired as Penn State coach last night.
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Michael Henninger/Post-Gazette/AP
An angry mob of students flipped a TV van in the hours after the decision was announced.
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Matt Rourke/AP
Police in riot gear patrolled the streets in State College, Pa. Paterno was fired in the wake of child sex-abuse allegation against his former assistant.
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Pat Little/Reuters
Thousands of students flooded into the streets after learning of Paterno's dismissal.
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Tim Shaffer/REUTERS
Penn State Board of Trustees vice chairman John Surma, right, announced the departures of Paterno and school president Graham Spanier.
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Pat Little/Reuters
The news of Paterno's dismissal came in a 10 p.m. news conference, after which supporters for Paterno rallied.
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Gene J. Puskar/AP
Other protesters tried to point attention toward the alleged victims of former Penn State defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky.
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Joe Hermitt/The Patriot-News/AP
Earlier in the day, Paterno, who had been the Penn State coach for 46 years, was following his usual routine at practice.
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Joe Hermitt/The Patriot-News/AP
Sue Paterno picked up a bouquet of flowers from her porch after the crowd dispersed from their lawn.
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Tim Shaffer/REUTERS
Paterno's supporters chanted for him and loudly protested the decision by the Board of Trustees.
