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

No controversy here: It's been quite a year in sports, from Giant triumphs (both New York and San Francisco) to the lifting of LeBron's burden to the riding out of replacement refs ... and that's just the start. In truth, competitions near and far ma...

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

Will James Harden make the Rockets better? Can rookie Andre Drummond help the Pistons surprise some people? Time to find out.

Now that the replacement refs have been replaced and yellow flag-throwing order has been restored, football fans may have a new issue to worry about: helmet hacking. Robert Griffin III claimed to have a helmet malfunction late in Sunday's Redskin...

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?

PHILADELPHIA -- You couldn't blame the replacement refs for this one. Actually, you couldn't blame the real refs either. The flag on Ramses Barden for offensive pass interference late in the fourth quarter had to be thrown. Barden blatant...

We all know how much credibility the replacement refs cost the NFL. But how much did it actually cost the league? There were a total of 135 replacement officials hired. Seventeen of them were head referees and were paid $3,500 for each game ($28,0...

The NFL will pay its 112 replacement officials this weekend even though they are no longer working games, according to reports.

When the NFL's official referees take the field Sunday, they'll be out of practice, but they won't be rusty. And for that, you can thank Ed Hochuli, the 61-year-old Phoenix lawyer and veteran referee who will be helming the Bengals-Jaguars game. Duri...

I may be the only degenerate football fan in the country who is going to miss the replacement refs. Not because I thought they were competent or belonged anywhere near an NFL stadium, but because during the short time they were employed, I enjoyed th...

Denver Broncos head coach John Fox filed an appeal Friday with the NFL office contesting his $30,000 fine for inappropriate behavior toward the replacement officiating crew, a league source told ESPN's Ed Werder.

Losses. Bad breaks. When these things happen, players and coaches and fans wear the fallout on their faces, showing a side of sports that's painful -- but also compelling. Playbook is working with the Tumblr "The Agony of Defeat" to find the most eye...

The regular NFL officials returned to work Thursday night, and the fans gave them a warm welcome back before bestowing their loudest cheers upon the Baltimore Ravens, who never trailed in a 23-16 victory over the winless Cleveland Browns.

Another celebrity couple has separated. Roger Goodell and the replacement refs -- or "Scabdell," as the tabloids called them -- are no more. Playbook managed to obtain a copy of the letter the commissioner sent to his now-exes informing them he wa...

So the NFL owners and referees have finally struck a deal to bring the real refs back to work, starting with the Browns-Ravens game tonight. And my first reaction to this news was: What's the rush? Sure, the Packers may have just been cheated o...