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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...

Justin Tuck called Monday night's Green Bay-Seattle debacle "inexcusable" and is worried about what may take place this Sunday night when the New York Giants face the Philadelphia Eagles.

After Seattle fiasco, NFL must bring back the zebras and send out the clowns.

As players and coaches around the NFL express frustration with replacement refs, one former ref blasted the league, saying Roger Goodell is devaluing officiating in the NFL and that the performance of replacement referees will deteriorate over time.

Amid talk of replacement referees and contract extensions, Andrew Brandt pauses to remember the NFL's struggle to make the right call after Sept. 11, 2001.

The NFL is preparing replacement referees as much as it possibly can, going so far as to bring 17 referees to New York this past week to watch the Cowboys-Giants opener with the league's head of officials, Carl Johnson, according to sources.

NFL commissioner Roger Goodell said he was pleased with Wednesday night's season opener, the first time the league has used replacement referees in a regular season game since the first week of the 2001 season.

The NFL kicked off the season with replacement referees and, for the most part, nothing seemed different.

Two days before the NFL season kicks off, no talks are scheduled between the league and the locked-out on-field officials.

The NFL Referees Association says it has broken off talks with the league after another meeting Saturday morning failed to reach a resolution on a new labor deal.

The NFL and its locked-out officials met Friday in an attempt to resolve their stalled labor negotiations.

The NFL will open the regular season with replacement officials.

IRVING, Texas - Barring a last-minute and unforeseen agreement between the league and the officials, the Cowboys' season opener against the New York Giants will feature replacement officials, led by referee Jim Core. The most interesting fact from...

It's long past time for the league and the NFL Referees Association to settle their differences and get the real refs back to work, writes Ashley Fox.

Less than three weeks before the season kicks off, the NFL and the NFL Referees Association are no closer to an agreement to end the lockout of the officials.