Inside the meeting that saved the Big Ten football season
(9/22) Like many Big Ten fans, James Franklin spent the second Sunday in September frantically searching for good news. The ACC and Big 12...
NFHS: From High School to College Basketball, March Madness is Something to Behold
High school state championships represent the pinnacle of achievement offered by state high school associations.
Panama City Beach baseball tournaments put umpires back to work
(6/20) Dozens of umpires are able to get back to work with the 2020 Grand Slam World Series of Baseball tournaments happening in Panama...
No VAR in CONCACAF 2022 World Cup qualifying
The final round of World Cup qualifying matches in the CONCACAF region will not feature video review.
East Texas sees umpire shortage amid high school baseball, softball playoffs
As the softball and baseball playoffs continue, high school officials are getting creative to make sure each game has umpires.
NFL asks on-field officials to focus on illegal contact fouls during 2022 season
Officials flagged illegal contact an average of 97 times per season between 2002 and 2020, but that number dropped to 36 last season.
NCAA Football Rules Committee recommends tweak to overtime rules
(3/12) Under the proposal, teams would be required to run a two-point conversion play after a touchdown when a game reaches a second overtime...
CFL Officials Gear Up After Long Layoff
(8/4) After spending the last 18 months on the front lines of the COVID-19 battle, CFL official Ben Major is thrilled about returning to...
Soccer player arrested for kicking referee in head
A Brazilian soccer player was arrested after kicking a referee in the head during a second-division game, knocking him unconscious, authorities said.
NFL to use all-Black officiating crew for first time ever on Monday night for...
(11/17) An all-Black officiating crew will work an NFL game for the first time on Monday night in Tampa, allowing the league to make...
Johnny Grier, first Black referee in NFL history, passes away at age of 74
Grier worked NFL games for 23 years (1981-2004), beginning as a field judge before being promoted to referee in 1988.
Referee Garrett Rank Advances at U.S. Mid-Amateur Golf Tournament
While his co-workers have returned to the rink, referee Garrett Rank is still hitting the links.
WATCH: Referee Kelly Sutherland’s NHL Season-Opening Speech
(1/13) Referee Kelly Sutherland is one of the NHL’s greatest communicators. Never at a loss for words on the ice, the official shared some...
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 high...
NFL referee Sarah Thomas gets history-making Super Bowl assignment
(1/19) The National Football League has announced its officiating crew for the upcoming Super Bowl – with Sarah Thomas set to become the first...
Four big questions after the first weekend of NBA bubble action
(8/4) After the first weekend of bubble action, it’s dangerous to start drawing sweeping conclusions. I can already hear my readers saying “Hey, that...
For this first-year umpire, 2020 season means fewer games, fewer fans and fewer boos
(7/22) Fewer than three weeks later, when the novel coronavirus pandemic shut down baseball, Segal and all his fellow umps were sent home, left...
Mooresville, NC: Officials shortage alarming
(5/5) While nowhere close to being as much as a crisis as has been the health-related issue concerning COVID-19 over the past year-plus that...
Man found guilty of assaulting referee at lacrosse tourney
(10/26) A man who assaulted a referee during a lacrosse tournament in Orillia last year has been found guilty. In an Orillia courtroom today,...
Spectator becomes game official in Bundesliga after player hits assistant referee with ball
A spectator at a Bundesliga game was recruited as the fourth official after the assistant referee was struck.
Kevin Pethtel: ‘I Still Get Excited for Every Game’
(2/9) Mark Twain once wrote,“Find a job you enjoy doing, and you will never have to work a day in your life.” Division 1...
WHY IS NO ONE THINKING OF THE REFEREES?
(5/6) Leisure Leagues’ Senior Referee, Mark Clattenburg has weighed into the row over the resumption of 11 a side football and asked: Why is...
Hundreds farewell Fiji’s first FIFA referee instructor
(12/28) Close family, friends, and colleagues today bid their final farewell to the late former Fiji Football referee and volunteer Hari Raj Naicker. Government...
NFL: Week 12 referee assignments
THURSDAY - Adrian Hill in Detroit. Shawn Hochuli in Dallas. Brad Allen in New Orleans. Tony Corrente and Scott Novak are off this week.
