COLLEGES• Paterno’s son: JoePa upbeat, fought cancer to end: STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — Joe Paterno’s son says that as recently as last Wednesday his father was anxious to leave the hospital and start planning a vacation with his wife, Sue.Scott Paterno said in an interview Monday with The Associated Press that his father remained upbeat to the end, but by Friday afternoon his health had worsened.The family announced Saturday that the former Penn State football coach was in serious condition. Paterno died Sunday morning.Scott Paterno says that despite getting fired in November, his father still loved the school and his lasting message would be, “Let’s build this thing up.”He said his Dad was confident until the end and did not die broken-hearted.President Barack Obama spoke with the Paterno family on Monday and said he would keep them in his prayers.• PSU’s O’Brien: An ‘honor’ to follow Paterno: STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — Bill O’Brien says it’s an honor to follow the late Joe Paterno as Penn State’s next head coach.In an interview Monday, O’Brien says he will create his own identity and that no one will ever replace Paterno, who won 409 games and two national championships.Paterno died Sunday at age 85 just 65 days after his son Scott said his father had been diagnosed with lung cancer.O’Brien says he never got to speak with Paterno in person following his hiring Jan. 7.The two did talk by phone soon after O’Brien arrived. O’Brien says he wanted Paterno to know he would work hard to preserve the traditions of winning and academics in the new Penn State regime.• AP source: Navy to join Big East in 2015: A person with knowledge of the decision says Navy will announce Tuesday it’s joining Big East football in 2015.ESPN and CBSSports.com first reported the news Monday night.The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because an official announcement had not been made.The Big East has been courting Navy, a football independent, for months and service academy officials had made it known they liked the idea of joining.But when the Big East added Boise State and San Diego State as football-only members and Houston, SMU and Central Florida as full members in December, the Midshipmen were not ready to get on board.Those schools will begin competing in the Big East in 2013.MOTORSPORTS• Danica Patrick won’t run Indy 500 this year: CONCORD, N.C. (AP) — Danica Patrick will not run the Indianapolis 500 this season.Patrick will instead compete in the Coca-Cola 600, which is NASCAR’s longest race of the year.She announced the addition to her 2012 NASCAR schedule Monday.Patrick has left IndyCar for a full-time move to NASCAR. She’s running a full season in the second-tier Nationwide Series for JR Motorsports and 10 races in the elite Sprint Cup Series with Stewart-Haas Racing.Patrick says she’d like to return to the Indy 500 in the future and would be interested in running both events on the same day.