The Jerry Sandusky child molestation case stunned the nation. As subsequent revelations uncovered an athletic program operating free of oversight, university officials faced criminal charges while unprecedented NCAA sanctions hammered Penn State football and blackened the reputation of coach Joe Paterno. In Wounded Lions, acclaimed sport historian and longtime Penn State professor Ronald A. Smith heavily draws from university archives to answer the How? and Why? at the heart of the scandal. The Sandusky case was far from the first example of illegal behavior related to the football program or the university's attempts to suppress news of it. As Smith shows, decades of infighting among administrators, alumni, trustees, faculty, and coaches established policies intended to protect the university, and the football team considered synonymous with its name, at all costs. If the habits predated Paterno, they also became sanctified during his tenure. Smith names names to show how abuses of power warped the "Penn State Way" even with hires like women's basketball coach Rene Portland, who allegedly practiced sexual bias against players for decades. Smith also details a system that concealed Sandusky's horrific acts just as deftly as it whitewashed years of rules violations, coaching malfeasance, and player crime while Paterno set records and raised hundreds of millions of dollars for the university. A myth-shattering account of misplaced priorities, Wounded Lions charts the intertwined history of an elite university, its storied sports program, and the worst scandal in collegiate athletic history.

Day after day, a poor young girl discovers a lion who needs her help. In time, her care for the lion and her dreams of a better life intersect in a most unusual way. Themes: compassion, bravery, perseverance.

Day after day, a poor young girl discovers a lion who needs her help. In time, her care for the lion and her dreams of a better life intersect in a most unusual way. Themes: compassion, bravery, perseverance.

What if your loudest roar was found in your deepest wound? What if the test and trials that you have faced in this life were actually taking you somewhere or building you into something great? What if pain could actually lead to purpose? In Wounded Lions, Brian takes both men and women into the jungle of life to help them restore the roar for their dreams and the things of God. Wounded Lions is a call to those who have been hurt, wounded and thrown away by life. It is a reminder that all God's sons and daughters are Lion Kings and Queens. Brian challenges his readers to get up and roar again. It is possible to find value in our victories and defeats. There is a win even in your wounds. Now rise and roar! Lead like a lion! My question to you is: will you spend the rest of your life licking your wounds or will you rise and live through your wounds? There is a difference. Those who lick their wounds are stuck. They spend much of their time licking and thinking. The story they tell themselves and others is a sad one. It is a story of a defenseless animal who was attacked for no reason. The problem with those who lick their wounds is that they have yet to figure out that the only thing that is keeping their wound open and infested is the saliva from their own tongue. With every lick, they continue to infect that which was inflicted upon them. In other words with every word that rolls from their tongue, they infect their own lives. They are doing more damage to themselves than the person or situation that wounded them. The bible says, in Proverbs 18:21 Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruits.