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The ACC suspended one if its officials for making a terrible call last weekend in the Cal-Notre Dame game. Notre Dame beat Cal 24-17 in the game. The Golden Bears were up 7-0 in the second quarter against Notre Dame, and the Irish were setting up for …
The officiating crew in Saturday’s game between the Oregon Ducks and Washington State Cougars made quite the mess after an intentional grounding penalty. The Cougars were called for intentional grounding on a first down play early in the second …
A legendary former NBA referee has died this week at the age of 81. Marc J. Spears of ESPN reports that longtime official Hugh Evans passed away on Friday morning, citing an announcement from Evans’ wife Cathy. Evans served as an NBA referee …
Adam Silver just threw a curveball on what appeared to be a sure-fire fastball count. The NBA announced on Thursday morning the officiating crew for Game 6 of the Finals later in the evening. Zach Zarba was tabbed as the crew chief with David Guthrie …
Jayson Tatum is getting an early start on The Airing of Grievances this year. The Boston Celtics forward took to Snapchat on Saturday with a complaint about the way he is officiated. He posted a picture of a play against the San Antonio Spurs where …
A referee went viral on Saturday for casually snacking on some Skittles while officiating a game. The referee was part of the crew officiating the Florida State-Louisville game. Late in the first quarter, the ref was seen sneaking some Skittles and …
It was a very rough day for the referees Saturday in the season opener between Illinois and Nebraska. Not necessarily because they got a lot of calls wrong, but because they were literally getting hit around pretty good. In the first half, an …
Dwight Howard thinks that referees this season are playing the Lex Luthor to his Superman. The Philadelphia 76ers big man told reporters after a win Monday over the Oklahoma City Thunder that he believes he is being targeted by officials. “I do …
Every so often, you see a referee in a football game get accidentally drilled by an errant pass. You rarely see them get hit directly in the face, though. It’s even more rare that it happens twice on the same day. But that is precisely what …
A referee in Saturday’s Texas-West Virginia game got carried away with his pats on Sam Ehlinger’s rear. The official was shown helping Ehlinger back up and then giving him several pats on the backside. Alright calm down dude …
The NFL referees and booth missed a blatant pass interference committed by the San Francisco 49ers at the end of the Niners’ 26-21 win over Seattle on Sunday night to clinch the NFC West. The Seahawks had a 3rd-and-goal from the six with 15 …
The referees cost the Oakland Raiders at the end of their home loss to the Jacksonville Jaguars on Sunday. The Raiders blew a 16-3 lead and lost 20-16 on a touchdown by the Jags with 31 seconds left. Their comeback cause was aided by a bad call by …
The New Orleans Saints suffered a very difficult loss in Sunday’s game against the San Francisco 49ers, and the impact of the loss showed in Sean Payton’s postgame press conference. One major controversy in the game came on a fake punt …
The referees on Saturday night’s Big Ten Championship Game somehow missed an obvious false start on what turned out to be Ohio State’s go-ahead touchdown in the third quarter. Just before Justin Fields threw a 16-yard touchdown pass to …
Memphis Tigers fans are livid over the officiating in Saturday’s AAC Championship. Memphis was leading 23-21 and trying to defend against Cincinnati as the Bearcats had a critical 4th-and-1. Cincinnati pushed forward on a quarterback sneak and …
Sean Payton took a shot at the NFL officials over a pass interference review at the end of Sunday’s win over the Carolina Panthers that went against his New Orleans Saints. The Saints and Panthers were tied at 31 late in their game and Carolina …
