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...
Fall Sports in February, Participation Opportunities Continue
(2/17) Fall sports in February and March? As we all know, anything is possible in the year of COVID-19. The amazing resolve and determination...
Refereeing a Prusz family affair
(3/2) “I literally called him at like two o’clock, and said, ‘Hey, you’re joining the game with me and Dad tonight at Pike Central,’...
Preds’ Fabbro Awaits Hearing for Elbowing Canes’ McGinn
(3/10) After a brief discussion between the officials, the Nashville blueliner was given a minor penalty for elbowing on the play by referees Tom...
Why the referees were right to deny the Phoenix a penalty against the Roar
(3/22) But if you take a look at the laws of the game, as issued by the International Football Association Board (Ifab), you can...
NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Committee names game officials for 2021 women’s Final Four
(4/1) The NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Committee has approved the 11 game officials, who will bring a combined experience of 63 Women’s Final...
Soccer referee shortage impacting local leagues
(4/12) While many industries have taken a hit over the past year, one has been on the decline long before the pandemic. Soccer is...
AHSAA Executive Director Steve Savarese Announces Retirement Plans
(4/22) Alabama High School Athletic Association Executive Director Steve Savarese announced plans to step down from the position he has held for the last...
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 at,”...
Novak Djokovic screams at Italian Open umpire, later apologizes for being ‘not nice’
(5/12) As rain fell on the clay court and opponent Taylor Fritz kept kept up pressure with the match on the line, Novak Djokovic...
Boos, Constant Travel, and Getting Yelled at by Players: Why NBA Refs Need Therapy
(5/25) Job-related burnout and mental health strain are nothing new, of course, and reported levels seem to be higher than ever across many industries....
