Umpire Kelly Dine Joins Little League® International Board of Directors
(5/3) Registered nurse, biomedical science teacher, a former lieutenant commander in the U.S. Navy and Little League volunteer for more than a decade....
Officially worried: Number of game officials on the decline in high school sports
(5/3) Jim Goss, a longtime football official, has had a few uneasy moments walking off the field. “I’ve been bumped into and yelled...
Luka Doncic on brink of suspension after receiving two more technical fouls
(5/2) Mavericks superstar Luka Doncic is one technical foul shy this season of hitting the threshold for an automatic one-game suspension following his...
RIP, ANGELO: Long-time FIFA referee Bratsis passes away
(5/2) Former FIFA referee Paul Tamberino announced Bratsis’ passing on his Facebook page Sunday. “It is with a heavy, heavy heart that I...
How Henry Perenara went from NRL player to referee
(5/1) Former NRL referee Henry Perenara says job security was the key reason he switched careers from an NRL player to an NRL...
WNBA, National Basketball Referees Association Approve Three-Year Collective Bargaining Agreement
(4/30) The WNBA and the National Basketball Referees Association (NBRA), the union representing the WNBA referees, today announced they have entered into a...
The ‘Stuff’ Dreams Are Made Of: NC State vs. Houston – April 4, 1983
Time was ticking down to a precious few seconds in the 1983 NCAA men’s basketball tournament championship game between Houston and North Carolina...
Inventive Incentive
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ate last winter the math became clear for Arizona Interscholastic Association (AIA) State Commissioner of Officials Brian Gessner.
“We’re not doing a very good...
Barcelona manager banned 2 matches for disrespecting referee
(4/30) The 58-year-old was handed the ban after being shown a red card in the 66th minute of Thursday's loss, which has left...
Midwest Umpire Classic raffle fundraising event set for Sunday
(4/30) Decatur baseball umpires Antwane McClelland and Early West organized the Midwest Umpire Classic youth baseball tournament last fall that gave young athletes...
Ben Goodwin among contingent of referees to step onto the national stage
(4/30) On Saturday, he reached a new professional pinnacle, when he served as a line judge at the NCAA Division I volleyball championship...
High Schools to Stage Basketball, Volleyball Outdoors
(4/30) Most schools in the San Jose (Calif.) Unified School District have either found a way to provide COVID-19 testing to offer indoor...
Nationwide Referee Shortage
(4/30) “The average age of all sports officials is in their 50s.” said Siegle. “We had a bunch of older referees that were...
An Inside Perspective On Evaluation Camps
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ne of the hallmarks of Referee is the willingness to publish articles offering advice on how officials can advance in their particular sports....
NCAA COVID-19 Medical Advisory Group updates guidance for testing of fully vaccinated individuals
(4/29) The NCAA COVID-19 Medical Advisory Group has updated its recommendations for COVID-19 testing for college sports, noting fully vaccinated student-athletes and other...
High school baseball faces an umpire shortage
(4/29) As high school baseball gets into the swing of things, the latest bump in the road on the return to normal for...
Rhonda Kirk to be inducted into Alabama Sports Officials Foundation hall of fame
(4/28) Eleven seasons after calling that contest, Kirk received some huge news Monday night of being inducted into the Alabama Sports Officials Foundation...
OFFICIATING NATIONALS AN HONOR FOR DANNY SCHLEICHERT
(4/28) Danny Schleichert (Columbus, Ohio) was one of those officials who received a call that he would be officiating Ice Hockey Nationals for...
Sports organizations see umpire shortage for baseball, softball seasons
(4/28) "When you have more games than there are umpires, we end up tending to have to lean on our parents and assistant...
More Officials, Better Fan Behavior Needed in High School Sports
(4/28) Unfortunately, there is an ever-increasing issue that could put a kink in the return-to-play plans across the country – a shortage of...
‘We need help’: Umpire shortage is causing high school programs to cancel games
(4/28) It is not an isolated incident. The COVID-19 pandemic has worsened an already declining number of qualified umpires. There are more than...
Pandemic-related shortage has schools scrambling to find contest officials
(4/28) As the COVID-19 pandemic has led to some high school athletes and coaches having to spend parts of their seasons in quarantine,...
The Difference Between Preventive Umpiring and Coaching
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here tends to be a debate among umpires regarding what should and should not be brought to the attention of coaches when it...
Missouri bill aims to protect referees from harassment, threats
(4/27) Missouri House Bill 78 would make it an offense to harass a school or recreational athletic official. Under the bill, the term...
