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The shockwave of the replacement referees' legacy, plus Thursday's Skunk of the Week.

A sampling of the responses that trickled into my e-mail over a three-hour span last night, from 8:08 p.m. PDT until 11:15 p.m. PDT, in order from when they were received, presented without comment: Today, I was at the gym and the Packers/Seahawks...

David Stern is pleased with the performance of his replacement referees, though hoping his regular staff is ready to come back to work.

By Chris Sheridan Israeli and Euroleague coaching legend Pini Gershon butted heads Sunday with the NBA's new replacement referees, and it took a rabbi, several security guards and a whole lot of time to get the situation defused. In one of the ...

Mark Cuban was on the Dan Patrick Show, where some of his love/hate feelings towards the regular referees: I want to see the traditional -- the old refs -- come back. They've worked their butts off and given a lot of blood, sweat and tears and so ha...

Bobcats coach Larry Brown is having a difficult time adjusting to replacement referees.

The replacement referees caused confusion in the first quarter of the Pistons' 113-104 preseason win over the Milwaukee Bucks Wednesday night.

Dirk Nowitzki had 23 points on 3-of-12 shooting after three quarters. How the heck does that happen? With a lot of trips to the free throw line.The replacement ref crew has awarded Dirk, who has been aggressive posting up and taking the ball to the b...

Milwaukee coach Scott Skiles has a brilliant way around the NBA's ban on criticizing replacement referees: "A huge percentage of our fouls," he says, "were legitimate." Kevin Arnovitz of ClipperBlog, toying with the notion of...

Tre Maddox, Deldre Carr and CJ Washington managed to stay out of the spotlight Thursday night as the NBA kicked off its preseason games with replacement referees.

Jazz 103, Nuggets 87

With its regular referees locked out, the NBA is confident in its roster of replacements -- even the two it previously fired.

The NBA has told teams that they will start the season with replacement referees.

The current NBA referee lockout has been an occasion for many people to vent their terrible feelings about officials. But even those who think the current NBA referees are the worst anywhere are in unison that replacements are somehow even worse than...

The NBA could be looking at replacement referees after talks broke down on Tuesday.

It's a final cleansing of the Sports Guy's inbox, plus Week 4 picks.