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...
2020 U.S. Open plan: Electronic line-calling, fewer line judges and ball people
(6/18) Electronic line-calling will be used instead of line judges for U.S. Open matches at all courts except the two largest arenas, while singles...
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, about...
If Toronto ends up being the Capitals’ hub city, Wes McCauley will be one...
(7/8) According to TSN’s Bob McKenzie, 10 referees and 10 linesmen each will be assigned to Toronto and Edmonton to officiate games. If the...
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 official...
Referee shortage is real problem for Indiana high schools: ‘We didn’t have enough before...
(7/24) What happens when a referee shortage is combined with a global pandemic? With high school sports, for now set to begin next month, there...
Let’s Quit Griping At NBA Refs, Says Porzingis
(8/3) Mavs Monday Donuts: Kristaps Porzingis Admits His Dallas Mavericks Must Quit Griping At The NBA Referees.
Will there be college football this fall? A conference-by-conference breakdown
(8/10) Here's a conference-by-conference look at where things stand heading into a Tuesday that promises to be just as chaotic for college football decision...
Minot State athletics announces 2020 Hall of Fame inductees: Gary Cederstrom among them
(8/22) The 2020 Minot State University Athletics Hall of Fame class features former MLB umpire Gary Cederstrom, former women’s basketball head coach Sheila Green...
Big Ten commissioner, President Trump discuss starting college football season
(9/2) Big Ten commissioner Kevin Warren had a telephone call with President Donald Trump on Tuesday, after a White House representative reached out about...
Referee explains why he ejected Detroit Lions’ Jamie Collins
(9/13) NFL referee Alex Kemp said he ejected Detroit Lions linebacker Jamie Collins because he was applying a strict interpretation of a league rule...
HELP WANTED: referees needed for rescheduled football and volleyball seasons
(9/22) There is a lot to do following Monday’s Minnesota State High School League (MSHSL) vote to move football and volleyball back to fall....
MLB playoffs: Bracket, schedule, dates with baseball postseason in NLCS, ALCS
(10/15) Four teams remain in Major League Baseball's 2020 postseason, and the League Championship Series round is in full swing this week. The Braves...
Historic Officiating Crew Takes the Field in Minneapolis
(10/24) The Big Ten Conference is proud to announce that the game between Minnesota and Michigan featured the first all-African American football officiating crew...
NFL fines Raiders, takes draft pick for repeated COVID-19 violations
(11/5) The Las Vegas Raiders have been fined $500,000 and stripped of a sixth-round pick in the 2021 draft and coach Jon Gruden has...
Mitigation Efforts Must Intensify as Winter Sports, Performing Arts Begin
(11/18) To play or not to play winter high school sports and other activity programs – that is the decision being considered by state...
Exceptional times: the referees’ story
(11/30) UEFA has unveiled the third episode of ‘Man in the Middle’ – a four-part UEFA.tv series giving unique insights into the lives of...
Big West Cancels Fall Sports
(12/10) The Big West Conference Board of Directors announced today that Big West fall sport competition will not be conducted in 2020-21. The decision...
Meet the female NBA referees who got their start as NCAA DII student-athletes
(12/17) Meet Lauren Holtkamp, Ashley Moyer-Gleich, Natalie Sago, and now Jenna Schroeder. Holtkamp, Moyer-Gleich, and Sago were the only three female referees that were...
Allen, Hussey, Novak, Boger, Kemp and Smith are Wild Card referees
(1/4) This year, the NFL has moved to six Wild Card Playoff games. Since 2017, the Conference Championship officials have been selected from those...
Premier League referees to remind players over socially-distant celebrations
(1/12) Premier League captains will be reminded by referees from this week that their players have to observe social-distancing guidelines, reports Philip Buckingham. As...
Why all IHSA sports could return sooner than expected
(1/23) The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) director Dr. Ngozi Ezike said Friday that all state regions that reach Phase 4 of COVID-19...
College student officiating crew reverses high school trend
(2/1) In a 17,000-person survey put together last year by the National Association of Sports Officials (NASO), 502 of the participants were from the...
Officials shortage big concern as Michigan winter contact sports return
(2/8) Not all officials are as eager to return as Jager, however. Michigan High School Athletic Association spokesperson Geoff Kimmerly told MLive that registration...
