During this time of holiday cheer, NFL officiating had a chance to blend into the background. Instead, they made us puke up turkey. Excuse me for the vivid imagery, but the league left a bad taste in our mouths —
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Ball don’t lie: 3 worst calls from Week 11 of the 2021 NFL season
Week 11 featured game-changing decisions from officials that, right or wrong, impacted the end result for several playoff teams. You thought we were done with taunting? Not in the slightest. As it turns out, the officiating crew doesn’t know where
Federal and state officials investigate attempted breach of Ohio county office after data appears at ‘Big Lie’ symposium
The incident at the office of John Hamercheck, who is president of Ohio’s Lake County Board of Commissioners, involved someone plugging a private laptop into the computer network in Hamercheck’s office, according to two people briefed on the investigation who
Ball don’t lie: 3 worst calls from Week 10 of the 2021 NFL season
The league emphasizes roughing the passer, as quarterbacks make the NFL world turn. Without keeping said passers upright, scoring would be down, and defense would instead reign supreme. Roger Goodell cannot have that. What is roughing the passer in the
Ball Don’t Lie: 3 worst calls from Week 9 in the NFL
Chicago Bears quarterback Justin Fields and head coach Matt Nagy (Jayne Kamin-Oncea-USA TODAY Sports) Waiting until Tuesday for this report was the best decision I could’ve made. Unfortunately for the Chicago Bears, the ball lied on Monday night. We could
Did Aaron Rodgers lie about vaccine? And if so, will NFL punish him?
Aaron Rodgers is out for the Packers’ game against the Chiefs and under fire for apparently lying about his vaccination status. Will the NFL punish him? Ahead of a big match up with the Chiefs, the Packers got some bad
Ball don’t lie: 3 awful calls from Week 8 in the NFL
INGLEWOOD, CALIFORNIA – OCTOBER 31: Mac Jones #10 of the New England Patriots calls out instructions in the second quarter against the Los Angeles Chargers at SoFi Stadium on October 31, 2021 in Inglewood, California. (Photo by Joe Scarnici/Getty Images)
Ball don’t lie: 3 worst calls from Week 7 in the NFL
No, Week 7 was underwhelming from pretty much every angle, if only for the lack of winning teams matched up against one another. Still, however, the officials found a way to interject themselves when they otherwise were not needed. Before
Ball don’t lie: 3 worst calls from Week 6 in the NFL
Taunting, for once, wasn’t the storyline in Week 6, as the NFL’s officials found new ways to infuriate fans across the league rather than their usual antics. This doesn’t mean, however, that the zebras didn’t find a way to penalize
Ball don’t lie: 3 worst calls from Week 5 in the NFL
The theme of Week 5 was roughing the passer, and that’s never a good thing for the officials or fans of football. Roughing the passer is always a judgement call, but more often than not officiating crews are making such
Ball don’t lie: 3 worst calls from Week 4 of the 2021 NFL season
Taunting makes a brief appearance, a classic roughing the passer and the Steelers’ special teams got screwed out of a blocked field goal for a 10-point swing. Just another week of bad calls in the NFL. And here we actually
Ball don’t lie: 3 worst calls from Week 3 in the NFL
After making a surprise appearance in Week 2, the NFL’s new taunting rule all but disappeared seven days later. Seems like officials got the message. A sport predicated on physical contact is bound to have a little bit of boasting