NCAA: Softball approves video review challenges
(8/13) The NCAA Playing Rules Oversight Panel approved implementing video review and coaches challenges beginning in 2021-22.
Nick Kyrgios bickers with chair umpire over towel placement in testy first-round loss at...
(8/31) He cursed, he pouted, he feuded with the chair umpire over petty things, he argued with someone in his own box.
Statewide referee shortage causing dozens of games to be rescheduled
High schools are seeing a statewide shortage of referees this fall, causing dozens of games to be rescheduled and even potentially canceled.
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.
WOA: Referee hears cheers at his final varsity football game
Rick Gilbert, 72, has spent half his life as a football official. He threw his last varsity football flag on Thursday night.
The NFL puts microchips in footballs, but they’re not ready for prime time on...
In real-time, it’s often impossible. Even on replay, it can be difficult.
Abusive behavior, unruly parents causing referee shortages in youth hockey leagues
Youth hockey leagues are having to cancel games due to a referee shortage they say is caused by abuse from parents and coaches.
Man charged after assaulting referee at middle school basketball game
The 72-year-old referee suffered a broken nose and cheekbone, the defendant has been charged with second-degree assault.
LHSAA principals vote to increase pay for high school game officials in all sports
Louisiana high school game officials will receive a pay boost after a vote by the state’s principals Friday at the LHSAA convention in Baton...
Jim Host to Receive NASO Medallion Award
Jim Host has been chosen as the 2022 NASO Mel Narol Medallion Award recipient to be presented Tuesday, Aug. 2 in Denver.
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.
Out of bounds language drives more high school officials away from the game
In the roars and groans from the crowd, officials said the worst of what they hear comes from adults.
After shortened playing career, former Blues prospect Cody Beach reaches NHL as a ref
After years of enforcing hockey's unwritten rules, former St. Louis Blues prospect Cody Beach is now enforcing the written ones as an NHL official.
Can new Volleyball Western Consortium make officiating better?
Can officiating become more universal in NCAA women’s volleyball? Perhaps with the Women’s Volleyball Western Consortium (W5).
Job Posting: NCAA Men’s Basketball National Coordinator of Officials
The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) is in search of its next National Coordinator of Men's Basketball Officiating.
The Big West Welcomes Violet Palmer as Women’s Basketball Coordinator of Officials
The Big West has hired Violet Palmer as the women’s basketball coordinator of officials, Commissioner Dan Butterly announced.
Bill Nataro, nearing 80, still making the call
The Connecticut High School Coaches Association honored him as its Umpire of the Year last month at their All-State Banquet.
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.
Like father, like son: a new father-son tandem will officiate an NFL game
This weekend, the newest father-son tandem in stripes will officiate a preseason game together — only the fifth time in NFL history.
ACC Board of Directors Announces Relocation of League Office to Charlotte
The Atlantic Coast Conference Board of Directors announced that the conference office will relocate its headquarters in 2023.
MLB: Umpires for League Championship Series announced
Major League Baseball announced the umpires assigned to the 2022 American League and National League Championship Series.
How the referees for the 2022 Qatar World Cup were chosen
There will be 36 referees, 69 assistant referees and 24 video match officials at the World Cup in Qatar.
Here’s what it takes to be a World Cup referee
Referees, who must pass a fitness test, typically cover a distance of 6 to 8 miles during a 90-minute match.
Honoring ‘Pro Football Hall of Famer’ Art McNally
WATCH: Sunday TODAY’s Willie Geist remembers a life well lived.
