With leadership changing, NJSIAA remains focused on helping NJ student-athletes return to sports
(6/3) The NJSIAA is preparing for a change of its senior leadership, while continuing to focus its primary attention on the process of returning...
Virtual video, rules test and Peloton: How umps and refs are staying sharp during...
(6/3) Ted Barrett loves baseball. To say he is missing baseball is an understatement. He has never thrown a pitch, hit a single up...
Sources: NBA to approve plan for 22-team return with eight regular-season games
(6/3) The NBA's board of governors intends to approve a league proposal on a 22-team format to restart the season in Orlando, Florida, sources...
Rushing in to Assist
(6/2) Today, a different crisis has consumed the foundation and the Rushes once again are front and center helping the basketball officiating community. With...
Uncertain fall outlook has Minnesota State High School League grappling with possible ballooning deficit
(6/2) As they forecast the fast-approaching, unpredictable school year, Minnesota State High School League leaders face myriad costs of the coronavirus pandemic that could...
Referees eager to return, but ‘we must all be patient’
(6/2) Referees are ‘champing at the bit’ to return to football fields across the Island but one leading official says no one will be...
Richards to present pre-game conference for Referees in Webinar presentation
(6/2) The FIBA Oceania Technical Official Webinar series resumes Wednesday (June 3) with Guy Richards presenting the Referee Module: "Preparing a Pre-Game conference". Richards,...
Professional sports officials: ‘Helping people is an easy call’
(6/1) Professional sports officials from the NBA, NFL, NHL and MLB took to video to thank those essential workers on the front lines and...
Premier League restart: Referees hoping to take charge of friendlies as they ramp up...
(6/1) Premier League referees are hoping to take charge of a series of friendlies over the next fortnight as part of preparations for their...
Two robotic – why top referee is happy to go it alone
(6/1) The NRL season in Australia began under the two-referees system, which was introduced in 2009, but resumed last weekend with only one man...
NO MEDICINE GAMES DURING THE PANDEMIC
(6/1) As the pandemic began drawing headlines in early March, I jumped right into the action, sometimes writing on deadline from the front seat...
‘Officiating Will Be Back’; NASO board members’ video reminds the industry
The NASO Board of Directors took to video to remind officials everywhere that games, matches, meets and contests will return, and when they do,...
Status of State Association Activity Restrictions
(6/1) Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, state associations in all 50 states and the District of Columbia suspended athletics and activities in March. As...
NASO’s 13-Point Plan: Getting Back To Officiating Sensibly
Much has been written and aired about organized sports reorganizing themselves such that games can again be played. When sports reignite, what will be...
Report: Some MLB owners willing to cancel 2020 season
(5/31) A group of Major League Baseball owners is perfectly OK with shutting down the delayed 2020 campaign in order to reduce payroll costs...
Basketball Ballarat leading way in referee education during lockdown
(5/31) Basketball Ballarat is leading the way in referee education during the COVID-19 lockdown. Ballarat referee manager Chloe Dunmore has been developing online web...
ACC referee and WSSU counselor, ready for whatever the college football season might look...
(5/30) More than 78,000 fans watched inside Mercedez-Benz Stadium in Atlanta as LSU rolled past Oklahoma 63-28. The college game was Hardin's last of...
NCAA baseball umpire details impact of work stoppage due to COVID-19
(5/29) This spring, umpires’ game checks were completely wiped away. This year has been a painful time for every aspect of baseball and at...
Minor league umpires remain stuck in limbo right along with the players
(5/29) Not only are umpires not getting paid while the baseball season is on hold, but they could lose a year of development in...
Officials are forgotten with sports on hold
(5/29) While support and sympathy has deservedly been showered upon student-athletes who have lost their opportunity to compete in 2020 due to the coronavirus...
NBA Referee Scott Foster joins GameTime
(5/29) Stephanie Ready and Steve Smith and NBA referee Scott Foster discuss how the hiatus will affect officiating.
COVID-19 makes umpire shortage even more challenging
(5/28) Umpiring a baseball or a softball game can be challenging in the best of circumstances. During COVID-19, those challenges are magnified.
NBA referee Scott Foster worried about officiating in empty arena
(5/27) It is impossible to imagine exactly what NBA games will look and feel like without fans in the stands, but we are going...
Football Referees Train Online During COVID-19 Pandemic
(5/27) With the sports world having been put on hold for months because of COVID-19, the people responsible for officiating football games are now...
