Want to be a high school referee? Revamped prep sports season opens door to...
(7/21) With the official CIF announcement that fall sports for high schools won’t be played in the fall, and that high school football won’t...
IHSAA adopts NFHS volleyball rules considerations for 2020-21 season
(7/21) Last week — after discussions with IHSVCA leadership — IHSAA assistant commissioner Kerrie Schludecker, who administers volleyball, informed coaches that the association...
WIAA Modifies 2020-21 Sports Season Calendar
(7/21) The WIAA Executive Board took action on Tuesday to modify the 2020-21 WIAA sports season calendar in light of the COVID-19 pandemic....
MIAA pushes back start of Massachusetts high school sports fall season to Sept. 14
(7/21) The MIAA Board of Directors unanimously approved a recommendation put forward by the association’s COVID-19 Task Force to push back the Massachusetts...
‘Other duties as required’: Flames assistant GM Conroy adds NHL referee to his resume
(7/21) Marching out of the dressing room area, onto the ice, and placing his hands on his hips, you could have sworn the...
NFHS Senior Salute Looks Back at Staff Members’ High School Years
(7/21) The NFHS highlighted the senior class of 2020 with the #NFHSSeniorSalute in June. As part of that campaign, the NFHS staff members...
Plays Not Seen Often Challenge Officials
No one has ever attempted to rank fouls in the order of the difficulty in calling them. However, it’s clear there is pecking...
The Fox 40 Whistle Mask is here
(7/21) Allowing Officials, Coaches and more the ability to use a Fox 40 Whistle while protecting themselves and others in close vicinity from...
High school sports officials preparing for season, COVID-19
(7/20) This is the time of year high school sports officials begin preparing for the upcoming season. They receive their rule books and...
MLB doubles camera angles for video reviews of umpires
(7/20) Taking a chance to review instant replay, Major League Baseball doubled the isolated cameras available for video reviews to 24 this year....
Royer has enjoyed a long career as both coach, referee
(7/20) Prior to taking his current job as a para at Thomas Jefferson High School, he held a number of positions. He worked...
Two-time Dallas Golden Gloves champ and former referee died Saturday at 89
(7/20) Dickie Cole, who rose from a two-time Dallas Golden Gloves champ and decades as a referee to effectively govern boxing in Texas,...
CIF Statement Regarding 2020-21 Sports Calendar and Bylaw Modifications
(7/20) The California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) has determined, in collaboration with our 10 Sections, that education-based athletics for the 2020-2021 school year will...
NBRA Announces Ratification of Agreement for WNBA Officials for Delayed Start of Season
(7/20) The National Basketball Referees Association (NBRA) and the WNBA have announced the ratification of a Letter of Agreement addressing issues related to...
Gary Darling on robot umpires, working with Ozzie Guillen & Lou Piniella
(7/19) Matt Spiegel was joined by former MLB umpire Gary Darling to discuss the problem with robotic strike zones, the Chicago managers who...
Fears over referee shortage as return beckons
(7/19) Soccer in Ireland might be about to face a big shortage of referees. That's according to Paul O'Brien, President of the Irish...
Umpire Rick Reed, who worked 1991 World Series and appeared in Kevin Costner film,...
(7/18) Rick Reed, whose career as a big league umpire spanned three decades and included the classic 1991 World Series and two All-Star...
Meet Michelle O’Neill, the Irish football referee who’s on top of the world
(7/18) Michelle O'Neill knows what it's like to be thrust under an unforgiving spotlight. The Irish football referee has climbed to the top...
NBA refs will be playing catch-up when season resumes
(7/18) NBA referees have not had the same opportunities as players have to knock off the rust from the shutdown caused by the...
How NBA Referees Are Adjusting to Life Inside the Bubble
(7/17) Scott Brooks will admit: He’s said a few things to referees he regrets. Heat of the moment, a call doesn’t go his...
How to Handle Difficult Situations in These Contentious Times
It takes brains, wit and a cool head to handle difficult situations and navigate the various on- and off-court/field minefields officials have to...
91-year-old referee earns coveted state award
(7/15) 91-year-old Dotson Lewis was a referee for 71 years until he retired two years ago. Today, he became only the third sports...
Grab Those Borderline Pitches and Help Your Game
I once worked a college game with an umpire with the proverbial postage-stamp strike zone. It lasted three hours, 31 minutes, and featured as much head-shaking by pitchers...
MLB considering having umpire crews travel on team flights this year
(7/15) Unlike the NBA, which has set up a “bubble” situation in Orlando, MLB is planning to have teams operate out of their...
