BOURBONNAIS, Ill. - The Bears, like every team in the NFL, will spend the next month leading up to the start of the regular season feeling out the league's new rule allowing offensive and defensive ...
If there is one thing that all sports fans love to do, regardless of who they root for, it's to debate controversial calls (or non-calls) made by officials. For just about every controversial decision ...
The 1979 Houston Oilers had everything it took to make it to Super Bowl XIV — except for the luck of the draw with the officials. In their AFC Championship loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers at Three ...
Roger Goodell laid down the law, and the owners readily changed NFL rules on reviewing pass interference, whether flagged or not. As the league concluded its spring meeting one day early, the owners ...
The Fiesta Bowl matchup between No. 6 Mississippi and No. 10 Miami turned into an instant classic, with the Hurricanes coming from behind to win 31-27 and advance to the College Football Playoff ...
The officials became a big part of the College Football Playoff semifinal between Ole Miss and Miami, with some fans wondering if the referees missed a pass interference call on a last-ditch effort by ...
Nickell Robey was flagged for pass interference late in the game in what he called "the worst call" he's ever been a part of. Kevin Jairaj USA TODAY Sports After falling behind early thanks to three ...
ORLANDO, Fla. -- A proposal to change the NFL's defensive pass interference rule to a 15-yard penalty, rather than a spot foul, does not appear to have enough support to pass this week at the league's ...
Back in 2010, the NFL made a major screw-up when they started trying to determine what a catch was. We know it to this day as the Calvin Johnson rule. Here we are 15 years later and no one knows what ...