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BELLEFONTE, Pa. -- A lawsuit by a former Penn State coach whose testimony helped convict fellow assistant Jerry Sandusky of being a sexually violent predator goes to trial Monday over allegations that the university defamed him and wrongly refused to renew his contract.Mike McQueary, now 42, played quarterback at Penn State before becoming a member of Joe Paternos coaching staff.But he became best known as the assistant who went to Paterno in 2001 to report seeing Sandusky, then a retiree with gym privileges, sexually molesting a boy in the team shower. Sandusky was not arrested until a decade later, leading to accusations of a high-level cover-up.Nine women and three men were chosen for the jury last week. Both sides will make opening statements Monday.McQueary was suspended with pay from the football program in 2011, when the first charges were brought in the case. Following Sanduskys conviction in 2012 on charges of abusing 10 boys, McQueary learned he was effectively being terminated from his $140,000-a-year job.He claims in his whistleblower lawsuit that he was retaliated against for helping prosecutors, wrongly misled by high-ranking administrators who first heard his story in 2001, and defamed.His own role in the scandal has also drawn scrutiny because he did not physically intervene in the sexual assault of the boy, and because he didnt go to the police.McQueary went to Paternos home a day after the shower incident to discuss what he had seen. Paterno alerted Tim Curley, the athletic director at the time, and Gary Schultz, a vice president at the time, and McQueary met with both of them about a week later.Paternos handling of the complaint was eventually cited by trustees as one of the reasons for his firing in late 2011. Paterno died a few months later.In his lawsuit, which seeks more than $4 million, McQueary claims Curley and Schultz wrongly led him to believe that they considered it a serious matter and that they would respond appropriately.As a result, the lawsuit claims, McQueary has been labeled and branded as being part of a cover-up, making it impossible for him to find work as a football coach.He also claims he was defamed by a news release issued by Graham Spanier -- Penn State president at the time -- on the day Sandusky was charged, expressing full support for Curley and Schultz, who both had also been charged criminally for not reporting the abuse claim and other offenses.The lawsuit says Spaniers statement and comments he made a few days later to athletics staff clearly suggest McQueary had lied before a grand jury and to police. Spanier is also accused of failing to properly report suspected abuse and endangering children. He is awaiting trial.It appears from court documents that neither Curley nor Schultz will answer any questions if called to testify in McQuearys lawsuit. Both invoked their Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination when attorneys sought to question them during the pretrial phase of the case.Spanier has not said whether he would testify.McQueary has already told his story to a grand jury, at a preliminary hearing and at Sanduskys 2012 trial.Sandusky, 72, is serving a 30- to 60-year sentence at a prison in southwestern Pennsylvania. He maintains his innocence.During the Sandusky trial, McQueary gave this account on what he witnessed:Entering the locker room, he heard showers running and smacking sounds. In a mirror, he saw Sandusky standing behind a boy whose hands were against the shower wall. He turned to see directly that Sandusky had his arms around the boys midsection, testifying it was sexual, it was wrong, it was perverse.He became alarmed, flustered and shocked, slamming shut his locker. He then saw that Sandusky and the boy, estimated at ages 10 to 12, had become separated.He did not say anything to Sandusky or the boy. Instead, he went to his office and called his father, who advised him to come to his home to convey what he had seen. Early the next day, he contacted Paterno.Asked during the trial whether he called police, he replied that he felt that he had because Schultz had an oversight role with campus police as vice president for business and finance.It was only an anonymous email sent to the district attorney in November 2010 that led investigators to first approach McQueary in the case.Sandusky was convicted of 45 counts, including four that involved the shower encounter: indecent assault, unlawful contact with minors, corruption of minors and endangering the welfare of children. He was acquitted of the most serious charge related to the incident McQueary witnessed, involuntary deviate sexual intercourse.The identity of the boy, called Victim 2 in court records, remains in dispute. A man who said he was Victim 2 reached a settlement with the university, but the lead prosecutor at Sanduskys trial said in court recently he does not believe he was the person McQueary saw in the shower.The criminal case against Spanier, Curley and Schultz is still pending. Calgary Flames Gear . Just as Montreal was settling into the first full working week of a new year, the Impact announced the appointment of their new head coach. Stitched Flames Jerseys . LUCIE, Fla. https://www.cheapflames.com/ . With Parker having a quiet game for once, Nicolas Batum and Boris Diaw provided the scoring as France won its first major basketball title by beating Lithuania 80-66 on Sunday. It was a victory that ended a decade of frustration for Parker and a talented French generation, which lost the final against Spain two years ago and took bronze in 2005. 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Theyre two very talented guys with different styles so there will usually be some dramatics and something very entertaining going on in that game, he said. Coach Kerr showed us films of some soccer greats, especially Messi. We watched how they play, the style and what they do every single game, how they score.He drew a lot of similarities to how we play, movinng the ball, using each other.dddddddddddd Golden State Warriors head coach Steve Kerr [right] shows videos of Messi and Barcelona Messi and Currys style of play are easy on the eye and invite comparisons with the undoubted MVP of the NBA this season adding: Both of us have a creative style of play. I try to do nice things with my hands, to be creative like Messi. 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