With the Green Bay Packers still seething, fans pondering the possibility of turning off their televisions on NFL Sundays and even the President weighing in, it's official: Overnight, the NFL's replacement referees went from minor nuisance to staggering problem.
NASCAR's simplified new points system turned out not to be so simple after the first full weekend of racing.
NASCAR has fined at least two of its star drivers this season for making critical comments about the racing series, The Associated Press has learned.

Concerns about a half-empty race track dogged NASCAR long before Sunday's race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, where the sanctioning body's top officials didn't want to discuss attendance or any other ailments plaguing the nation's No. 1 racing series.