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Three unbeaten teams remain, plus an old rivalry enters a new stage, as the NFL enters its fifth week of the 2012 season. Here's a preview of all of this weekend's action:

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As you may have heard, hobos and miscreants are in charge of refereeing NFL games now! Or, rather, the NFL has decided to use high school referees as replacements while it negotiates with the actual referees' union, which has led to the occasional minor controversy. And while Monday's night's disastrous ending to the Packers-Seahawks game is probably the pinnacle (or nadir) of this sad saga, there were already plenty of questionable, puzzling and downright infuriating officiating decisions leading up to it.

Let's have a look, shall we?

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By now, even non-football fans have heard about the officiating debacle in last night's showdown between the Green Bay Packers and Seattle Seahawks (just check your Facebook feed). Facing a 12-7 deficit with just seconds left to play, Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson rolled out of the pocket and threw a desperation heave into the end zone, resulting in a game-clinching interception for the Packers.

Except it wasn't. Instead, the NFL's much-maligned replacement officials inexplicably ruled the play a touchdown for the Seahawks, ignoring an obvious offensive pass-interference penalty and cementing the phrase "simultaneous catch" into the lexicon of poor sports officiating.

This screw-up will, hopefully, lead to the return of the real refs—but let's not forget that they too have made their share of awful calls over the years. Here's a look at some of the NFL's most controversial officiating decisions:

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Three overtime games and several last-second finishes highlighted the NFL action from Week 3. Here's a recap of all of Sunday's games:

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The New York Giants rallied, the Arizona Cardinals pulled off an upset and the San Francisco 49ers kept rolling. Here's a recap of Sunday's Week 2 NFL action:

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The NFL enters Week 2 with several interesting games between potential playoff teams. Here's a preview of all of this week's contests:

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Peyton Manning returned to the field, Robert Griffin showed why the Redskins traded up to get him and everyone had something to say about the replacement refs.

Here are all the highlights from Week One in the NFL.

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The NFL opens its 2012 regular season on Wednesday night when the defending Super Bowl champion New York Giants host the Dallas Cowboys. Fifteen other games fill out the schedule of the new season’s first week. Here’s

Join Matt Fantone at Sharkys for Monday Night Football as the Kansas City Chiefs take on the Pittsburgh Steelers.  Stop by and get signed up to win an authentic NFL Detroit Lions Jersey at halftime.

Sure, the NFL rakes in up to $9 billion annually going about the business – er, game – of football, but what it really wants to do is be in the movies. News to us, but it’s apparently true, as the league is teaming up with writer Ron Shelton to bring an NFL drama to the big screen.

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It's always good to see a success from Mid-Michigan giving back to his community, and Saginaw High and Michigan grad and NFL star LaMarr Woodley has done just that.  The Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker has paid for all students in Saginaw City schools' "pay to play" fee.

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Baseball games featuring young amateurs and the best pros and an interesting preseason NFL contest highlight the sports calendar. Here’s what to watch this weekend:

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