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Green Bay Packers coach Mike McCarthy said Friday that he called the replacement referee who made the call on a final play that cost the Packers a game against the Seattle Seahawks to offer his support.

The guys comment on Mike McCarthy's call to replacement referee Wayne Elliott....

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Despite the disputed outcome in Seattle, we may not have reached a tipping point in the negotiations between the NFL and its officials, Andrew Brandt writes.

Replacement official Ken Roan didn't just make a key mistake on a basic rule by allowing San Francisco 49ers coach Jim Harbaugh to challenge a play after calling his final timeout.

MINNEAPOLIS -- Here's how much of a joke the NFL's replacement official experiment is now: Replacement referee Ken Roan called an illegal block against the KICKING team a mere seconds into the Minnesota Vikings' game against the San Francisco 49ers. ...

GLENDALE, Ariz. -- Officials erred Sunday when they failed to charge the Seattle Seahawks with a timeout following receiver Doug Baldwin's injury with 47 seconds remaining. Replacement referee Bruce Hermansen initially announced having charged Sea...

The NFL has has no problem with female referee Shannon Eastin having played in the World Series of Poker.

The NFL has confirmed a woman will be among the group of referees used as replacements during the current lockout of NFL officials.

Marlon King's penalty and Chris Wood's late finish ended 10-man Leicester's seven-match unbeaten run and handed Birmingham a 2-0 victory in an npower Championship encounter which only came to life in the second half.Replacement referee Kevin Wright w...

Bret LaGree of Hoopinion on Larry Brown's ejection via replacement referee: "Larry got his 2nd T from Kevin Scott, who never got within 35 feet of Brown before, during, or after the call. Brown tried to engage any of the refs on the occasion...

The lead negotiator for locked-out NBA referees finds it "amazing" that a former referee at the center of a controversial job action nearly six years ago is on the league's preliminary list of replacement officials.

Think it's long past time baseball embraces instant replay? In ESPN The Magazine, Howard Bryant writes to be careful what you wish for.

Oct. 4, 1987: With the NHL lockout under way and the NFL referee lockout a not-so-distant memory, we look back, 25 years back, to a time when replacement players, not replacement referees, roamed the field in official uniforms. The first occurrenc...

The NFL's replacement refs came from all walks of life and exited the stage in dramatic fashion. Who were they? Why did they do it? And where will they go now?

Adam Rubin While the veterans wore NFL jerseys, Mets rookies were forced to dress as NFL replacement referees -- with skimpy skirts. That included Jenrry Mejia. Adam Rubin Jeurys Familia, who starts Monday, and reliever Elvin Ramirez got int...