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In 2025, College Basketball Referee Compensation varies significantly across different divisions and game importance, including regular season games, conference tournaments, and high-stakes postseason matchups like …
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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 …
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— …
Labor relations in professional sports are notoriously contentious. Nobody gets along. Players strike, owners lock out players, referees strike, owners lock out referees; it happens …
A few observations on the NFL “replacement ref” situation: 1. The locked-out refs hold a very weak bargaining position. Unlike the players, the refs possess …
MLB Commissioner Bud Selig will apparently not reverse the blown call which cost Armando Galarraga a perfect game last Wednesday. This is an interesting decision, …
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