NFL comes to agreement with referees

Contentious labor dispute resolved after some shocking on-field decisions

The NFL reached an agreement to end a labor dispute with its regular game officials, the league said on its website (nfl.com) on Wednesday.

The deal with the NFL Referees Association is expected to allow locked-out officials to return to action for this week's games after replacements had struggled to act as cover for them over the first three weeks of the season.