BASEBALL
Make the Tough Calls Easier: A Lot Can Happen in a Short Time at the Plate; Hit Batter Rule Has Colorful History; 2006 Pro Rule Changes; Chalk Talk: Three-Umpire Hustle: Runner on Third Only
SOFTBALL
The Strike Zone’s ‘Outer Limits’: A Pitch That Hits the Plate is a Ball, But What About the Black?; Play It or Call It? Tough Decision; Chalk Talk: The Holding Zone
SOCCER
2006 NCAA Rule Changes: Committee Adjusts Deciding Factor on Offside; Your Guide to Corner Kicks; When Teamwork Breaks Down; Chalk Talk: Move Away From Mobs
BASKETBALL
2006-07 NFHS Rule Changes: Elimination of Lag Time Among Major Changes; New NFHS Signal: Team-Control Foul; Chalk Talk: Three-Person: Rotations: Start and Stop
FOOTBALL
Pylon, But Not Piling On: Rules Regarding Marker Are Clear-Cut; Are You Ready for the Scrutiny?; A Week in the Life of an NFL Official; Personal Pregame Enhances Preparation
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Officiating After Katrina
In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, 46 of Louisiana’s 301 football-playing high schools did not play or only managed a partial schedule. Through the first six weeks of the season, 275 games were cancelled. Thousands of student-athletes are still scattered around the nation, as are the referees: Only 20 of the nearly 140 members of the Crescent City Officials Association are accounted for. The New Orleans Officials Association lost scores more. And nobody knows how many will be back.
Fox Tales
February through April were the cruelest months for officials — at least for officials reading the flurry of ref- and ump-bashing columns on the Fox Sports website. The columns took aim at almost every recent officiating controversy in pro and college games, offering what was passed off as critical insight, but looked a lot more like blustery ill-informed opinion.
Go Ahead, Take the Bribe
In the past two years, accusations and convictions involving soccer referees accepting bribes have made headlines in Germany, Brazil, Italy, Poland, China, the Czech Republic, South Africa and Vietnam. It poses the question: Could the same thing happen to major sports in the U.S.?
Basic Training
To Coach or Not to Coach?
Officials are all too familiar with coaches helping to officiate a game. But what happens when the roles are reversed and officials “coach” players during a game? You can chalk some of it up to preventive officiating, but how much instruction can and should you give?
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