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Texans maintain top spot in AP's power rankings
The Houston Texans are on top of the AP Pro32 NFL power rankings again, and getting ready for the Monday night spotlight when they visit the New York ...
49ers head back home with impressive win over Jets
The San Francisco 49ers were coming off a stunning road loss, angry and missing home. They headed back with an impressive win and looked again as ...
Late turnovers help Arizona beat Miami 24-21 in OT
The Arizona Cardinals didn't get a great game from their defense, just two great plays. The result was another wild win at home. Jay Feely kicked a ...
49ers run all over Jets in 34-0 romp
The New York Jets were a delicious treat for the San Francisco 49ers. San Francisco used a solid running game, a smothering defense, a little bit of ...
Festive mood among NFL's refs before contract vote
For the NFL's officials, the meetings to discuss their new contract looked like the first day of school. Dozens of officials, some of whom hadn't seen ...
Officials gather for contract ratification vote
NFL officials on the verge of approving a new contract say they are excited to get back to work. Officials arrived Friday at a Dallas-area hotel to ...
Cheers as NFL refs return: 'It's good to be back'
The final pass of the game sailed out of the end zone, saving the regular refs from the same type of call that brought the replacements to the height ...
Packers OL aims to keep Rodgers upright vs. Saints
For all the Green Bay Packers' complaints about a mistake by replacement officials that cost them a game Monday night, they probably wouldn't have ...
NFL kickers are off to their best start ever
The men in stripes have drawn so much attention this season that some interesting developments on the football field have gone largely unnoticed, like ...
Cardinals RB Wells out until Nov. 25 with turf toe
The Arizona Cardinals will be without running back Beanie Wells for at least seven games because of a severe turf toe injury sustained in Sunday's ...
Casino offers refunds on Seattle-Green Bay game
A Las Vegas casino took an unusual step Wednesday and offered refunds to gamblers who lost money when the Seattle Seahawks beat the Green Bay Packers ...
THE RACE: Obama, Romney blast replacement NFL refs
President Barack Obama and Republican Mitt Romney are crisscrossing Ohio's prime swing-state turf with opposing views on almost everything under the ...
NFL upholds Seahawks' disputed win over Packers
The NFL put its stamp of approval on the still-smoldering outcome of the Green Bay-Seattle game: Wrong call. Right review. Wrong team still wins.
Obama: Disputed game means NFL needs regular refs
The embarrassing NFL referee saga and the disputed call that gave the Seattle Seahawks a victory over the Green Bay Packers on Monday night has ...
Brady says replacement officials doing their best
Tom Brady is staying out of the chorus of complainers about replacement officials. He says they're doing the best they can. They're not responsible ...
Union-buster Walker calls for return of union refs
Nothing brings political enemies together in Wisconsin like the Green Bay Packers. Following a controversial game-ending call by replacement referees ...
Texans take over top spot in AP's power rankings
The top of the AP Pro32 power rankings is a tough spot to hold. The Houston Texans became the fourth team in as many weeks to sit first overall in the ...
Ref Rage: Seahawks stun Pack on final play, 14-12
Just when the anger and complaints from a weekend of contempt toward replacement officials couldn't get any hotter, a disputed call trumps it all.
Vegas books: $300M+ changed hands with NFL call
Las Vegas oddsmakers say $300 million or more changed hands worldwide on a controversial referee call that decided the Monday Night Football game ...
Seahawks stun Packers on final play 14-12
Golden Tate shoved a Green Bay defender out of the way, wrestled another for the ball and was awarded a disputed touchdown on the final play. But it ...
More uproar about replacement officials
Replacement officials are getting to Bill Belichick, too. The New England Patriots coach grabbed the arm of an official as they were leaving the field ...
Sources: NFL, officials' union hold talks
The NFL and the officials' union were talking again. Two people familiar with the talks say that the NFL and the locked out officials' union met ...
Cardinals beat up Eagles 27-6
Kevin Kolb tried to downplay the significance of beating his former team, focusing more on the success of his current team. In the huddle, the ...
Ponder, Vikings stun 49ers 24-13
Christian Ponder didn't flinch against that feisty, swarming San Francisco defense. Minnesota's flourishing young quarterback engineered a stunning ...
Rams offense cools off in 23-6 loss to Bears
With a Chicago Bears' rush hounding Sam Bradford most of the day and no running game to balance it out, the St. Louis Rams were still within reach of ...