High School Instant Replay
In 1997, photographer Morgan Tyree began work on an ambitious photo documentary project he titled, “Small Town High School Football.” The project focuses on the programs in Wyoming and Montana’s bypassed towns. Since then, Tyree has traveled to dozens of remote towns and communities, logging thousands of miles through winding mountain roads and prairie land to create a body of work illustrating that there are still places in this country where football’s innocence is preserved and celebrated in those grassroots settings.
True Grits
In days not that long gone by, you might have risked life and limb by making a call that, by rights, was your partner’s to make. Officiating legends like the NBA’s Earl Strom and Jake O’Donnell might have strung you up in the halftime locker room (or at least taken your head off with a verbal barrage). One longstanding baseball tradition says you don’t ever help a partner unless you’re asked to come in. That’s all changing. How do you know when, why, where and how to make a call outside of your primary area?
The Pressure Cooker
The new executive director of the NFL Referees Association discusses contracts, specifically new collective bargaining agreements for the NFL officiating staff and the NFL replay officials. Compensation, evaluations and whether NFL officials should be full-time are covered.
You Are There: Lost in a Fog
It’s human nature to want to fire when fired upon. But for officials, trading barbs back and forth with a coach who wants to argue isn’t an option. What’s the next best thing? Getting out of the argument quickly — and with your dignity intact.
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