Eddie Jones trains players on reacting better to refereeing decisions
(3/11) Eddie Jones has been drilling England on how to react to dodgy refereeing decisions as they seek to exorcise their discipline demons against...
Jim Blackwood, former football conference officiating coordinator and national replay director, has died
(3/11) A giant in the officiating world and a mentor to many officials, Blackwood was most recently the national replay director, a position established...
Video: Mic’d Up Soccer Referee A Fascinating Watch
(3/11) In the early stages of its life back in 2019, one video alone gave football fans across the globe a glimmer of hope...
Remembering MMA referee Neil Hall
(3/10) Veteran MMA referee Neil Hall has died. A longtime official and coach, Hall died after a three-week battle with COVID-19 pneumonia. He was...
Tennessee man pleads guilty to battery for punching referee
(3/10) 12 months suspended sentence for "intentionally caus(ing) visible bodily harm to ... a sports official," according to an indictment, "by pushing him and...
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...
HS Football Team Exits Game Over Mask Complaints
(3/10) A high school football team in Oregon was pulled off the field after their coach expressed concerns about the other team not wearing...
Ref’s take: VAR decisions in Dortmund-Sevilla Champions League
(3/9) It was excellent work by the officials to stay focused on the details of the process in this rare scenario, one we usually...
Officials are unsung heroes of prep basketball season
(3/9) It’s the kind of dedication and flexibility all officials have shown this winter, sometimes working three or four games in a day in...
Fewer referees working upcoming spring high school football season due to COVID-19 concerns
(3/9) Games this season will be played not only on Fridays and Saturdays, but on Thursdays and Sundays, too, so teams can compete on...
College students try to tackle shortage of referees
(3/9) The IUPUI Sports Innovation Institute is hosting the challenge, which has 25 teams from 22 different schools pitch ideas to a group of...
Premier League assistant referee Massey-Ellis on women in football: ‘We’re not there as a...
(3/9) Premier League assistant referee Sian Massey-Ellis has urged fans to view women in football as deserving of their roles instead of using outdated...
NBA insiders say all these 3s are reaching a critical mass
(3/9) A COUPLE OF WEEKS back, the Milwaukee Bucks and Minnesota Timberwolves squared off in a game that only a few years ago would...
Arkansas Governor expands vaccine eligibility; sports officials included
(3/8) Gov. Asa Hutchinson announced Monday that COVID-19 vaccinations would be open to everyone in category 1-B, a category that included sports officials.
International Women’s Day: Referee Rebecca Welch learning to embrace trailblazer tag
(3/8) Referee Rebecca Welch is the highest-ranked female referee in English football, taking charge of National League and Women's Super League games, but admits...
FIBA referee instructor Crowley: When the ball is dead, be alive
(3/8) If there's one area of a basketball game that referees need to master to have a successful career, it's what an expert in...
Trio of All-Star Game referees eager to represent peers
(3/7) The only instances of NBA referees Tom Washington, Tony Brown and Courtney Kirkland all officiating together are some offseason pro-am games in Atlanta,...
NBA Referees Blogtable: Special connection between HBCU officials
(3/7) This season, there are 11 NBA referees who attended one of the nation’s 105 historically Black colleges and universities. In the first section...
Player handed five-year ban for attacking referee
(3/6) Erick Anthony Garcia, a player at Guatemalan side San Lorenzo Jogo Foot, has been banned for five years for punching a referee in...
“I could hear my heart racing”: Ukrainian women referee recalls journey to the top
(3/6) Since then she became the first woman to referee Ukraine’s domestic cup final last year and was named the best referee in the...
NFL retirees so far this offseason
(3/5) Officials Ruben Fowler, Tom Symonette and Bart Longson will not return to the National Football League in the 2021 season. Typically, the NFL...
Tennessee high school girls team out of playoffs after fan assaulted opposing coach
(3/5) A Tennessee high school girls basketball team was removed from the playoffs and placed on probation after a juvenile admitted to punching and...
When will we see the NHL’s first female referee?
(3/5) We’ve already watched Sarah Thomas work as a sideline official for this year’s Super Bowl and as many as seven female referees be...
NFL makes Maia Chaka its 1st Black female official
(3/5) Seven years after she was one of only two women selected for an NFL officiating developmental program, Maia Chaka has made history.
