Buzz Bissinger

Sports Columnist, The Daily Beast

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Sports columnist for The Daily Beast, Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist and the author of Friday Night Lights and Three Nights in August. He is a contributing editor at Vanity Fair.  He is in Philadelphia, PA.

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The NCAA crackdown on Penn State is so harsh that a return to competitive football could take a decade if it ever happens at all.

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The NCAA crackdown on Penn State is so harsh that a return to competitive football could take a decade if it ever happens at all.

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