• We are breaking no news to say that Hurricane Sandy has wreaked havoc on the east coast, especially the New Jersey and New York coastlines. The storm has had an impact on the sports world in a major way as well. The NFL pushed back its annual trade deadline by two days as its league offices (located in New York City) were closed Monday and Tuesday (the actual deadline). This has already allowed the New England Patriots to acquire former first round pick, troubled CB Aqib Talib, from the Tampa Bay Buccaneers for a fourth round pick in next year's draft, a low-risk, high-reward addition by the Patriots
• This weekend, the Pittsburgh Steelers were to travel to New York (actually New Jersey) to take on the New York Giants. Due to the storm, many of the hotels in the area were closed down, including the one housing the Steelers accommodations. The Steelers will fly in the morning of their 4:25 game, and then fly back to Pittsburgh that night.
• One of the biggest news in New York sports this year was to take place Thursday with the New York Knicks traveling across their city to take on the Brooklyn Nets in the Net’s first game in the newly constructed Barclays Arena. This would have represented the first time in more than 50 years a professional sport team would call Brooklyn home. Due to the aftermath of the storm, the game and all the pomp and circumstance that was scheduled to go with it was postponed until November 26th.
Ex-PSU head charged with felony
• Despite already being fired as the president of Penn State University, Graham Spanier has not escaped the mess resulting from Jerry Sandusky's indiscretions. The former administrator was charged with a felony for attempting to hide the child abuse complaints about Jerry Sandusky that were brought to his attention
• The charges carry an unknown amount of prison time and deal with complaints brought to his attention over a three year span, from 1998 to 2001.
• Two of Spanier's underlings, Gary Schultz and Tim Curley were also charged with lying to a federal grand jury on the matter.
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