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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 ...
LA backs deal for downtown NFL stadium
Los Angeles took a major step Friday toward building a downtown stadium to lure an NFL team back to the nation's second most populous city, despite ...
Calif. kids' football team hit with bounty scandal
In a pee-wee version of the NFL's bounty scandal, the head coach and league president of an Orange County children's football team have been suspended ...
Goodell: Fans 'deserve better' than distractions
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell tells fans "you deserve better" than games worked by replacement officials. In an open letter released by the league ...
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 ...
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 ...
NFL picks officials for Browns-Ravens game
The NFL has selected veteran referee Gene Steratore to lead a seven-man crew of regular officials in calling Thursday night's game between the ...
NFL reaches tentative agreement with refs
So long, replacement refs. The NFL's regular crews will be back on the field starting Thursday night. After two days of marathon negotiations — and ...
With Goodell at table, NFL ref talks heat up
With Commissioner Roger Goodell at the table, the NFL and referees' union pressed toward a settlement Wednesday to end a three-month lockout that ...
NFL official: 'Grandmoms' could've made right call
NFL field judge Boris Cheek said while the league and the regular officials are meeting, he doesn't know if the latest controversial call Monday night ...
In NFL ref woes, key role of expertise spotlighted
If good help is hard to find, just how expendable is expertise? In a year of strife between worker and manager, NFL referees found themselves with a ...
Belichick fined 50K, Kyle Shanahan 25K by NFL
The NFL fined New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick $50,000 and Washington Redskins assistant Kyle Shanahan $25,000 on Wednesday for their conduct ...
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 ...
Packers seething as NFL replacement refs take heat
With the Green Bay Packers still seething, fans pondering the possibility of turning off their televisions on NFL Sundays and even the President ...
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 ...
What's all the fuss about NFL's fill-in refs?
Frustration with the NFL's use of replacement referees gave way to outrage after another batch of blunders, none more infamous than the up-for-grabs ...
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 ...
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.
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 ...