PHOENIX – It’s still too early to bank on replacement refs returning to NFL fields this season as negotiations with the referees union remain stuck in the mud. Yet with neither side budging in talks ...

A hidden truth about the upcoming NFL season is that it could go the way of the 2012 season, when replacement referees officiated regular-season games. The NFL and the NFL Referees Association met to ...

The rift between the NFL and NFL officials just got a lot wider. Negotiations involving representatives for the league and the NFL Referees Association (NFLRA) for a new labor pact that were scheduled ...

The NFL told teams in a memo obtained by USA TODAY Sports that it plans to begin training replacement officials in May.