NFL calls off international games this year due to coronavirus
(5/4) The NFL has called off its annual International Series games in London and Mexico City this year amid the coronavirus pandemic. The...
David Gough: I wouldn’t referee games without vaccine
(5/4) High-profile referee David Gough says that as things stand he would not be willing to take charge of games until a vaccine...
How the UEFA refereeing family is keeping fit
(5/4) While football has been halted across Europe owing to the COVID-19 crisis, UEFA has given the continent's top male and female referees...
Online seminar for judges and referees on Saturday
(5/4) The WBA Academy will hold its first online seminar for judges and referees on Saturday, May 9th. Through the Moodle platform, several...
It’s Official; No Spring Sports in New Jersey; NJSIAA Releases Statement
(5/4) Young athletes held out hope that spring sports would resume at some point this season. That changed on Monday when Governor Murphy announced...
Don’t Forget About the Umpires As Baseball Grapples With the Coronavirus
(5/2) If and when baseball returns in 2020, it won't just be the players and coaches taking the field. Umpires, too, will be...
No Connection, But There’s Still an Ejection
In most cases, it is not illegal to fail in the attempt to do something. Fighting is an exception.
Even if a punch fails...
Sideline Officials Cannot Just Wing It
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eferees have a great deal on their plate. Before the opening kickoff they perform organizational duties, and conduct the pregame meeting and onfield...
EuroLeague referees send supportive message with a video
(5/1) Members of the Union of EuroLeague Basketball Officials (U.E.B.O) put together an effort to make a supportive video.
MLB replay reviews could vanish in 2020 thanks to expected umpire deal
(5/1) Replay reviews could vanish in Major League Baseball in 2020 as part of a deal that covers how umpires would be paid...
You’re Your Own Agent
At a referee development camp that I attended the camp director began with a single question: “Who is your agent?”
After a period of...
Bailey’s Bunker: The referee rebuilding fire-ravaged regions
(5/1) NRL referee Grant Atkins reveals he has been working as a builder in bushfire-ravaged regions while also home schooling his children and...
Lack of Helmet Inspection Could Delay Football Season
(4/30) The current coronavirus pandemic continues to create obstacles for those attempting to plan for any potential football season this year. The latest...
Little League Cancels 2020 World Series and Region Tournaments
(4/30) Due to the ongoing impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, Little League International has made the difficult and disappointing decision to cancel its...
Family mourns popular Jackson referee who died from COVID-19
(4/30) Kerry died April 22 from complications from COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, after spending a month hospitalized at Henry...
IFAB will bring in new officiating laws post Covid-19, says Calistus Chukwujekwu
(4/30) IFAB had instructed that after the Covid-19, anybody that wants to check the new laws of the game, in the other way...
Day 50 without sports: Pondering baseball’s COVID-19 pandemic workaround as a permanent solution
(4/30) The most recent plan to emerge, via USA TODAY Sports’ Tuesday report, would place 10 teams each in East, Central and West...
Family’s heartache as popular former Saturday league referee dies of Covid-19
(4/30) A family have spoken of their agony at not being able to say farewell to their father in hospital as he died...
Coronavirus: Meet the Tunisian referee warning violators of social distancing rules
(4/30) Abdelhak Etlili, a Tunisian handball referee, is showing social distancing violators yellow, red or blue warning cards in an effort to raise...
You’re out: NCAA umpires impacted by COVID-19 cancellations
(4/29) However, this is not the type of anonymity college baseball umpires want. Here in 2020, they are out of sight, out of...
Last call nears for St. Louis bartender-turned-longtime umpire Gerry Davis
(4/29) If and when the baseball season starts, the countdown to 43 will begin for veteran umpire Gerry Davis — a Roosevelt High...
Coronavirus In Minnesota: MLB Umpire Jeff Nelson Prepares For Possibility Of Fan-Free Games
(4/28) Umpires like Jeff Nelson also got their own curve ball in this coronavirus
era. Nelson grew up in Minnesota, and has worked the...
United World Wrestling Releases Online Game to Challenge Fans
(4/28) Think you know the rules of wrestling? Can you call the action on the mat as accurately as the sport's best referees?...
Integrity: What We Do vs. What We Say
Officials are the keepers of the game. That’s a very high stature. And with that stature comes lofty expectations of integrity.
Impartiality. Fairness. Morals....
