Showing posts with category "referees"

Farewell to Bad Calls or Just Less Complaining?

Maybe I just enjoy defending the dead horse that keeps getting kicked or the indefensible (like Monday's Night's call against the Packers), but here goes one

The Replacements

A few observations on the NFL "replacement ref" situation:

College Basketball Referee Compensation

John Feinstein has an interesting column in today's Washington Post about David Hall, a college basketball referee. Sports officiating, even at the elite

Punish the Referee?

Another broken leg in the EPL, this time to Newcastle's Hatem Ben Arfa, and the FA is -- according to more than one press report-- likely to take action

NBA Locks Out Referees

Labor relations in professional sports are notoriously contentious. Nobody gets along. Players strike, owners lock out players, referees strike, owners lock