M.D. Jennings

My mom, may she rest in peace, was a kind, gentle soul, a lady with a sentimental touch who cried at the silliest things that touched her heart. But she turned into Attila the Hun when it came to incompetent officiating. Obviously trying to appease and...

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NEW YORK (AP) -- The NFL's regular officiating crews are back. Their return couldn't have come soon enough for many players, coaches and fans. After two days of marathon negotiations -- and mounting frustration throughout the league -- the NFL and the...

How uncomfortably odd but understandable NFL fans await the return of locked-out officials such as Ed Hochuli for the 2012 season with as much, if not more, anticipation than they felt for injured All-Pro players Peyton Manning and Adrian Peterson....

The ruling on the field will stand. The NFL has spoken after the disputed call that gave the Seattle Seahawks a 14-12 victory over the Green Bay Packers on Monday night. Replays indicated that Packers cornerback M.D. Jennings had possession of the pass...

A sampling from around the world of sports about the Green Bay Packers-Seattle Seahawks finish Monday night: Joe Posnanski, Sports on Earth: Well, it's clear now: The Gods hate the replacement refs. That probably was obvious enough before Monday night's...

When one of the most controversial calls in NFL history took place, Laird Hayes wasn't watching it during the Monday Night Football telecast. Hayes, a Newport Beach resident and an NFL side judge entering his 18th season, said he was watching the movie,...

The situation with the scab officials has grown so bad, so profoundly ugly, that Roger Goodell has resorted to a charade as his No. 1 strategy. His league, once the best sports league anywhere, has become a laughingstock and Tuesday the NFL commissioner...

In a bizarre ending that capped a tough weekend for replacement officials, the Seattle Seahawks beat the Green Bay Packers 14-12 on Monday night.  Russell Wilson threw a disputed 24-yard touchdown pass to Golden Tate on the final play of the game, a game...

SAN DIEGO - Social media erupted Monday night after the Seattle Seahawks' rookie quarterback lofted a controversial touchdown pass to the end zone as time ran out, giving the Seahawks a wild win over the Green Bay Packers. Russell Wilson launched a 24-...

Sputtering frustration over replacement officials in the National Football League burst into full-open revolt after a controversial end-zone call that decided the fate -- wrongly, it turns out -- of Monday night's game between the Green Bay Packers and...

Ho-hum, another game, another PR Hindenburg for the NFL. And this'll shock you. It had to do with the replacement refs again. Of course, it's not like this one was nationally-televised or any -- oh, wait. Last night's Packers-Seahawks game WAS...