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Coaches who think it's OK to ride the refs, fans who feel it's cool to yell at officials all the time and the confusion of professional sports with youth sports lead to a breakdown in respect for authority.

Florida's oldest professional sports franchise -- the Miami Dolphins -- has been dealt a crushing blow by the Florida Legislature, which ended its session without passing any funding plan that would assist the team's quest to refurbish its stadium.

A seven-man officiating crew led by referee Jerome Boger was announced for Super Bowl XLVII by the NFL on Wednesday.

Veteran official Bill Leavy will serve as the referee this Sunday for the AFC Championship, according to a reports from FootballZebras.com and from Jim Daopoulus. Leavy has 18 years of experience as an NFL official, which includes work in a Super...

Bruschi on Tap: Gronk injury brings out new questions and plenty of concerns.

SAN FRANCISCO -- Jerome Boger is the referee assigned to the San Francisco 49ers' divisional-round playoff game against the Green Bay Packers on Saturday. Boger is working with an all-star crew, customary for the playoffs. Regular-season crew tend...

LANDOVER, Md. -- A few thoughts from the FedEx Field press box as the Seattle Seahawks and Washington Redskins warm up on the field about 30 yards away: Peter Morelli is the referee. The Redskins have to hope officials watch closely for the aggre...

CHICAGO -- Bears' rookie receiver Alshon Jeffery couldn't catch a break from the officials on Sunday who penalized the second-round draft choice three times in the second half for offensive pass interference. The most critical of the calls against...

NFL officiating chief Carl Johnson will head back to the field next year as the league's first full-time game official.

SEATTLE -- Carl Cheffers, the referee assigned to work the Arizona-Seattle game Sunday, was the same one presiding over two controversial scoring plays earlier this season. Cheffers' crew incorrectly allowed a Carolina touchdown to stand during th...

The 2012 NFL season will be memorialized as the season football changed, but not necessarily for the better — plus Week 13 picks.

Referee Tony Corrente has been fined one game check by the NFL for uttering some obscenities with his microphone on during a Nov. 4 game in Indianapolis between the Colts and Miami Dolphins.

The NFL said Monday that a 30-yard touchdown run by Carolina Panthers running back DeAngelo Williams against the Washington Redskins should not have counted because of an inadvertent whistle.

The Pittsburgh Steelers are trailing in the first half at the New York Giants because the officials incorrectly failed to reverse Ben Roethlisberger's fumble. It sure looked like Roethlisberger's arm was moving forward when the ball came out. But ...

An NFL referee lost his temper and used an obscenity during the Dolphins-Colts game Sunday, and it was obvious to everyone inside Lucas Oil Stadium and those watching on television.

DeAngelo Hall, who is facing NFL discipline for his incident with a referee that led to his ejection last Sunday, said Tuesday in a radio interview that the official "was equally at fault."