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Here's The NFL's Official Statement On The Refereeing Clusterfuck

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New Jersey State Senator Wants To Ban Replacement Referees

After witnessing the debacle that was last night's Packers-Seahawks game, New Jersey state senator Stephen Sweeney announced that he is planning to introduce legislation that will ban replacement officials from being used in professional sporting events, a move that is totally reasonable and defini...

Join us at 3 for a live chat with George Atallah, the spokesman for the NFL Players Association. What to talk about?...

One Online Sports Book Is Refunding Everyone Who Bet On The Packers [UPDATE]

The NFL is the biggest sport in America because of betting. WagerMinds estimates that in Nevada, $12 million rides on any given football game. Marc Lawrence of PlayBook.com says another $250 million is at stake in offshore betting on a typical Monday Night Football game. So last night's debacle in S...

FIRE THIS ASSHOLE

This is Roger Goodell. He's the commissioner of the NFL. Someone, please, FIRE THIS ASSHOLE....

"If They Overturn This, The Officials Will Not Get Out Of Here Alive": Highlights From Last Night's Dueling Packers-Seahawks Radio Calls

Last night's debacle in Seattle is prompting national outrage today, with (one assumes) the exception of the state of Washington. To Seahawks fans, the right and proper call was made—and listening to the Seahawks Radio Network on KIRO in Seattle, it's evident their broadcasters helped prompt that r...

This Is Not Golden Tate, ESPN

We get that things were a bit hectic after the final decision in last night's joke of a professional sports contest. But really, ESPN? Identifying Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson as receiver Golden Tate? That's almost as bad as misidentifying an interception for a touchdown catch....

I'm A Minnesota Viking, And I Think The Packers Got Screwed

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The NFL Is Just Trolling Fans Now

Seattle wins on Hail Mary! What a simultaneous catch by Golden Tate! Why, just look at the picture, it's a wild catch by Golden Tate! This must be the one they mean when they say "Seattle wins on Hail Mary," right?...

This Was Not A Simultaneous Catch

From the NFL rulebook Article 3, Item 5:...

"Fine Me And Use The Money To Pay The Regular Refs": Your Collection Of Angry Packers Player Tweets [UPDATING]

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The Lingerie Football League Announces That It Fired "A Couple Crews Which Apparently Are Now Officiating In The NFL" Because Of Incompetence

After the Hall of Fame game in August, Mike Pereira let it slip that Craig Ochoa, the referee who worked that game, had been fired from the Lingerie Football League. The Lingerie Football League—which recently uprooted itself from its US host cities to barnstorm in Canada, the United States, and Aus...

Yahoo! Sports' Mike Silver Had A Single, Five-Word Postgame Question To Aaron Rodgers: "What The Fuck Just Happened?"

If the mark of a good reporter is asking the question on the mind of each of his or her readers, Yahoo!'s Mike Silver nailed it. In the seconds after Seattle was gifted a Monday Night Football win by replacement officials, the prominent NFL writer approached Green Bay quarterback Aaron Rodgers and...

What In The World Just Happened At The End Of <em>Monday Night Football</em>?

This is the farce we've been waiting for. Packers-Seahawks ended with a worthless extra-point attempt after the scab referees initially just let both teams go back to their respective locker rooms, having awarded Seattle a game-winning touchdown as time expired. That's the play up there: a Seaha...

Well, That Was An Enormous Disaster: Seattle Beat Green Bay, In Three GIFs

Green Bay, Seattle : Aaron Rogers was sacked 9 times tonight and only a few times did he do it to himself. There was a bizarre fight in the end zone when Greg Jennings was just tackled out of nowhere. No throw, no blocking, guy just tackled him for some reason and Jennings did not appreciate it. Se...

Remember When A Shirtless Jose Canseco Really <i>Meant</i> Something?

The year was 1990 and the times were simple. Boston was still pink hat-less. Barry Bonds was a skinny Pirate. Billy Beane was one year removed from a 54 OPS+ season, his final one. And Jose Canseco appeared on various baseball cards in blue jeans—no shirt. The image was used for several cards, but n...

Joe Biden Loves Cheerleaders

On Friday, Joe Biden met with a bunch of high school and middle school kids in New Hampshire and welcomed them inside the big top. While speaking to the kids, Biden gushed about college cheerleaders and how they are the most impressive athletes around. I don't mention this to open a debate on wheth...

Idiots In The Ring Try To Wrestle On WWE Raw, End Up In Dark Match With Arena Security

Two weeks after Jerry Lawler's on-air heart attack led to a breakdown of kayfabe on WWE Raw, unscripted events again found their way to air as two idiots broke the barricades in Albany and headed onto the mat during a match between Ryback and the Miz....

Josh Hamilton's Off Limits List Keeps Getting Longer

Josh Hamilton has not played in a game since he took himself out against the Angels with what was then called a "sinus problem." He has missed the better part of a week since. For a while there, people weren't sure what was going on. Migraines, sinus headaches, depressed levels of intestinal fortit...

College ShameDay: Who Embarrassed Themselves On Saturday (Besides Georgia Tech)?

Our weekly college football shame index. ...