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Penn State is requesting an emergency exemption from NCAA policies barring the paying of recruits due to continued fallout from the Sandusky scandal.

Despite taking countless punishing hits for his nearly three seasons as the Bears QB, critics who harp on Jay Cutler's perceived weakness as a soft competitor too eager to remove himself from games are piping up again now that a broken thumb will sideline Cutler for six to eight weeks. What many are most upset about is Cutler's apparent refusal to learn to throw with his left hand during the 2011 season's home stretch.

Former NFL All-Pro receiver and current ESPN analyst Cris Carter issued a statement this week that he is officially seeking his own catchphrase so that he can be on a level playing field with other ESPN analysts.

Tyler Palko has toiled around the NFL since 2007, but you wouldn’t know it since he had not recorded a stat until last year when he was the Chiefs’ third-string quarterback. After Matt Cassel left last Sunday’s game against the Broncos with an injury to his throwing hand, Palko stepped in behind center and now finds himself starting in his first NFL game against Patriots on Monday Night Football.

From the hard-hitting interviews to the thrilling multi-angle shots of pucks skidding across the ice at roughly three miles per hour, Comcast SportsNet Chicago's coverage of the "Shoot The Puck" segment during Blackhawks intermission has earned the station much deserved industry recognition.

“It’s bad enough Gingers are looked upon as the dregs of society," said NAAGP CEO/President and comedian Carrot Top. "People already think we Gingers have no souls. We don’t need Mike McQueary to perpetuate that stereotype."

Kane will be asked to drink a thirty pack of PBR, two bottles of wine, and two flasks of Canadian Club in a span of two hours nightly.