ESPN will examine the numerous criminal charges that have been lodged against Penn State players in recent years in its program "Outside The Lines."

"We've had problems," coach Joe Paterno said yesterday at the Big Ten Conference meetings in Chicago. "I've tried to handle them in the best way possible."

The program will air at 9:30 a.m. Sunday on ESPN and at noon on ESPNEWS.

One former player, Chris Bell, pleaded guilty Tuesday to a misdemeanor charge of making terroristic threats. In April, police said Bell threatened teammate Devon Still with an 8-inch knife over a stolen cell-phone case. Three assistant football coaches disarmed Bell, who was later kicked off the team.

Bell, who is from Norfolk, Va., is scheduled to be sentenced Aug. 29. Prosecutors have agreed to drop an assault charge and are asking a Centre County judge to sentence Bell to two years of probation.

Early yesterday, a student broke into the football building and caused extensive. Authorities arrested Daniel Costenbader of Emmaus, Pa., after the break-in -- the day of his 21st birthday.

An athletic department spokesman said there was about $10,000 in damages, much of it in a training room.

Costenbader is charged with burglary, trespass, public drunkenness and other counts. He is free on $50,000 unsecured bail.

Indiana

Indiana coach Bill Lynch says quarterback Kellen Lewis will have to beat out backup Ben Chappell to regain his starting job this fall.

Lewis passed for more than 3,000 yards and rushed for a team-high 736 yards last season, leading the Hoosiers to their first postseason bowl appearance since 1993. But he was suspended for undisclosed reasons and missed spring practice, giving the job for the time being to Chappell.

At the Big Ten media program, Lynch said Chappell is a strong thrower but doesn't have the same ability to make plays with his feet as Lewis does.

Tennessee

Lawyers for a former Alabama booster who is suing the NCAA say they handed a subpoena to Tennessee coach Phillip Fulmer as he arrived at Southeastern Conference media days. Fulmer, however, repeatedly denied being given anything at the SEC event. A lawyer for former Alabama booster Wendell Smith says Fulmer was handed the subpoena by a process server as the coach stepped out of an SUV at the hotel where the news conferences and interviews are held. Fulmer told reporters he didn't get any such papers.

Smith is suing the NCAA for defamation, claiming it and several members of the infractions committee slandered him in accusing him of violating NCAA rules.