What Do NFL Referees Do the Other Six Days of the Week?
(7/1) Football fans upset over a blown call may spout off on social media about how “that ref’s no rocket scientist.” They need...
Key questions as Minor League Baseball officially cancels 2020 season
(7/1) "These are unprecedented times for our country and our organization as this is the first time in our history that we've had...
MLB Mulls Reduced Travel for Umpires in COVID Season
(6/30) Major League Baseball is reportedly considering mitigation strategies for its most exposed Tier 1 cohort that go above and beyond COVID testing and...
Mike Kitts’ battle with coronavirus: ‘You don’t know which way it’s going to go’
(6/30) Kitts, the Syracuse native and noted former college basketball referee, had contracted coronavirus. He would spend the next eight days at Crouse...
NBA senior vice president, referee operations Joe Borgia announces retirement
(6/30) “I am grateful to have had the opportunity to officiate at the top of our profession and then transition to a role...
6 Qualities That Get You Respect
In a business environment, you know the people you don’t like to work with. You know the laggards, the braggers and the ones who shove daggers in...
NBRA Announces Ratification of Agreement Governing Re-Start of Season in Orlando
(6/29) The members of the National Basketball Referees Association (NBRA) have ratified a Letter of Agreement with the NBA addressing issues related to...
NEW PODCAST: Patrick Fraher – NBA Referee
(6/29) Patrick Fraher has been an NBA referee since 2001. He has officiated more than 1,100 regular-season games and more than 50 playoff...
North Bay referees holding out hope for fall season
(6/29) At last count, there were some 55 men and women in the North Bay Officials Association (NBOA), an alarmingly low number that...
Virus causing shortage of umpires
(6/29) Fewer umpires are working this baseball and softball season because of coronavirus. Bob Juliano, a sports assigner, said of his 180 umpires,...
Torey Lovullo is ready to use social distancing while arguing with umpires
(6/28) The sport has its own sort of subculture to it with sunflower seeds, tobacco, peanuts and so on. Basically, we’ve all gotten...
Morehouse College cancels football, cross country seasons due to COVID-19
(6/27) “Like all of the decisions we've made related to COVID-19, this was a difficult one but was made with the health and...
Utah high school sports always need more referees
(6/26) Can taking on a role that results in almost constant public pressure and even verbal attacks be a positive life-changing experience? Jeff...
Is This Whistle the Future of Refereeing?
(6/26) In the age of coronavirus, the whistle may face an existential challenge, or, at the very least, a serious rethinking. To use...
Kansas faces referee shortage as play resumes
(6/26) Prior to the coronavirus, there was already a shortage of sports officials in Kansas due to assaults towards officiants. Now, some are...
John Swofford to retire as ACC commissioner after 2020-21 season
(6/25) John Swofford has spent his entire career in the ACC. Some might even say he saved the ACC. With the hard work...
When a No-Call is the Best Call
The absence of an official’s whistle has its own characteristic sound — that of continued action. That silence is thought to bring an official further along the...
Tribute to long-serving referee John Fenning
(6/25) John, who passed away earlier this month, has been described as "a dedicated and loyal servant to football and refereeing in Kent...
FIBA takes important steps to increase opportunities for female referees
(6/25) As part of one of the strategic objectives for the 2019-2023 cycle, Women in Basketball, measures are being put in place by...
MLB Ground Rules
(6/25) Get ready for a 2020 MLB season by taking a spin around the league and see the ground rule differences in each...
Craig Hockridge remembered as solid referee, great man
(6/25) Officials in any sport have the toughest job of anyone in the game. They’re the ones who end up on the receiving...
Chicago White Sox Reportedly Planning to Have Fans at Games This Year
(6/24) As you may recall, Illinois has successfully navigated to Phase 4 of its reopening process, which means that, as of Friday, outdoor...
Minor league umps squeezed as lost year looms
(6/23) All across baseball, farm systems are shut down because of the virus outbreak. So for Dannegger, a 24-year-old umpire prospect with a...
MLB players, coaches subject to fines or suspensions for on-field altercations
(6/23) Tuesday, MLB insider Joel Sherman reported players and coaches are subject to immediate ejection, fines and/or suspensions if they come within six...
