Umpire brothers call first game together in more than two decades
(5/9) Both are umpiring because they want to stay involved in the game and give back to it at the same time, including mentoring...
TSSAA official Gerald Tidwell dies after collapsing during baseball game
(5/9) Gerald Tidwell, the principal at Warren County Middle School and a TSSAA official, died Saturday after collapsing during a district tournament baseball game....
More referees and umpires needed at all levels
(5/8) The shortage of officials in high school – and middle school – sports has been a growing concern for several years; however, the...
FIFA referee dies after ‘freak’ car accident
(5/8) FIFA assistant referee Shaun Olive has passed away after a car accident last week.
Local referee continues to work while fighting cancer
(5/8) Diagnosed in November with squamous cell carcinoma, Mark watched and waited as dozens, even hundreds of well wishes poured in over the ensuing...
Technical fouls proposed for players who flop in NCAAM basketball
(5/8) The NCAA Men’s Basketball Rules Committee on Friday recommended officials assess technical fouls to players who fake being fouled, beginning in the 2021-22...
International 3-point line distance proposed in NCAAW basketball
(5/8) The NCAA Women’s Basketball Rules Committee on Friday proposed moving the 3-point line to the international distance of 22 feet, 1¾ inches, beginning...
Mavericks’ Luka Doncic admits he has to stop ‘complaining way too much’ to referees
(5/7) It's always nice when a young player in the league has enough self-awareness to know when he needs to correct something. After Thursday...
Bill Howard reflects on 50-year basketball officiating career
(5/7) Bill Howard, whose full-time job was as an enforcement agent for the Pennsylvania Department of Revenue for 35 years, became a certified official...
Referee Harry Sperber has officiated for 45 years
(5/7) While the number of referees has declined over the years, one referee has shown his commitment to youth sports for more than four...
Longtime NFL referee Ben Dreith dies at 96
(5/7) Ben Dreith, a referee who spent decades as a pro football official and is best remembered for one colorful call on the microphone,...
Sports could face a halt if officials become any more scarce
(5/6) A sports problem is surfacing and it's only going to get worse if nothing's done about it. There's a shortage of referees and...
Nearly 80, Bill Peterson still officiates all kinds of games
(5/6) For months, COVID kept kids from playing sports. Now that bats are swinging again, the MSHSL says they really need officials. Many are...
IHSA volleyball referee training offered through Sandburg College
(5/6) Did you know there is a shortage of Illinois High School Association volleyball referees? Carl Sandburg College’s Corporate & Leisure College is offering...
Like the players around her, umpire Jen Pawol has eyes set on the Major...
(5/5) As Pawol’s career, that started in 2016, progresses, so does the spotlight. Powell has been featured on ESPN, Baseball’s Hall of Fame and...
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...
FEATURE: Jeremy Schreiber’s rollercoaster journey from basketball player to coach to ref
(5/4) The 37-year-old has been described as a go-getter his entire life — ambitious and unafraid to pursue his dreams and the unknown. That...
Chickasaw referee called to Oklahoma’s Big House
(5/4) For an Oklahoma basketball referee, nothing is more satisfying than being called to officiate high school championship games at the Oklahoma State Fair...
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. In...
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,”...
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 ejection...
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 bring...
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 referee....
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 new...
