Today in sports: Joe Paterno's son won't coach at Penn State next year, the New York Jets have settled on Brian Schottenheimer as their sacrificial lamb, and Jim Rome is leaving ESPN for CBS at the end of the month.
Sports Illustrated makes a curious Sportsman of the Year selection, the schedule for all 35 bowl games is out, Harvard basketball cracks the Top 25, and the New York Mets insist Bernie Madoff didn't make Jose Reyes leave.
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