Tag Archives: official
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NFL Referee Tony Corrente Unleashes Expletive With His Mic On (Video)
NFL referees are responsible for keeping things clean during games so that the content on the field doesn't offend those watching in person, or on television. And while everyone understands that the refs are human and every once in a while they may miss a call and allow a dangerous play to go unpeanalized, no [...]
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LeSean McCoy: Ref Wanted Me To Do Well For His Fantasy Team
It is probably fair to assume that the actual NFL officials, like Ed Hochuli and Mike Carey, didn't take part in any fantasy football leagues. Apparently, the same cannot be said about the replacement officials. At least, that's what Philadelphia Eagles running back LeSean McCoy was telling everyone on Monday. During a radio interview, McCoy had [...]
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Watch This Amazing Video Of A High School Football Referee Getting Hit In The Head By An Errant Pass
The NFL’s experiment with replacement refs during the 2012 preseason has been pretty comical, to say the least. However, as bad as they have been, at least none of them have been hit in the head and knocked off their feet by an errant pass. Or at least, not yet. However, such a misfortune [...]
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76ers Coach Doug Collins’ Drops F-Bomb On Live TV (Video)
After beating the Indiana Pacers by a score of 109-106 on Saturday, the Philadelphia 76ers moved one step closer to clinching the final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference. It should have been a feel-good moment for the entire organization, but 76ers head coach Doug Collins didn’t seem all that impressed, as he unleashed an [...]
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Soccer Referee Gets Hit With Cardboard, Flops Like A Soccer Player (Video)
The flopping tendencies of soccer players has been well documented throughout the history of our blog, but today we will be giving the players a break as we focus on the flopping tendencies of the game’s officials instead. For that, we take you to a Belgian Jupiler League game from Saturday, where video shows one [...]
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Here’s Danny Coale’s Amazing Catch That Was Ruled No Catch (Video)
While watching the first overtime of last night’s All-State Sugar Bowl between Michigan and Virginia Tech, I thought I had just witnessed the greatest catch of the 2011-12 NCAA Bowl season when Hokies wide receiver Danny Coale made a diving grab at the edge of the end zone, as he secured the ball in his [...]
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NHL Referee Chris Rooney Sticks His Gum On The Glass (Video)
A 20 minute period can be a long time to chew a single piece of gum, especially when the game is being delayed by a bunch of penalties. NHL referee Chris Rooney ran into that problem while officiating last night’s game between the Toronto Maple Leafs and the Los Angeles Kings. But rather than simply [...]
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Soccer Player Punches Referee In The Face (Video)
As tough as it may be having to break up a fight between two giants on skates, I still say that the toughest sport to officiate is soccer. After all, soccer players tend to be loose canons at times, and you never really know what they are going to do. One second they are rolling [...]
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Let’s Watch Shonn Greene Run Over A Ref (Video)
The New York Jets’ ground attack has been rather weak throughout the first five weeks of the 2011 season, as they have averaged well under 100 yards rushing per game. This comes after finishing first in the league in rushing in 2009, and ranking fourth on the ground in 2010. They were looking to regain [...]
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Referee Makes A Nice Tackle On Valencia’s Sergio Canales (Video)
Many sports fans will tell you that the best officials are the ones that you barely notice during games, as they let the players play the game and refrain from having a significant influence on the final outcome. So with that being said, what should we make of Eduardo Gonzalez’s officiating during Saturday’s La Liga [...]
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Kobe Bryant Gets A Technical, Calls the Ref A “F-ing Fag” (Video)
With the playoffs set to begin in only a few days and home-court advantage in the first round already secured for the Lakers, one would think that their game last night against the San Antonio Spurs would be somewhat meaningless. Well don’t tell that to Kobe Bryant. The Black Mamba seemed poised to end the [...]
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Rutgers Gets Hosed By Refs On Final Play, Eliminated From Big East Tournament (Video)
With 4.9 seconds remaining in regulation, Rutgers trailed St. John’s by two points and were set to inbound the ball from under their own basket. They went for the long heave past half-court, which was intercepted by Justin Brownlee. At that moment the game appeared to be over. At least for the refs it did. [...]
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Picture Of The Day: This Ref Likes What He Sees
It is the World Cup semi-finals between Germany and Spain. The beautiful Durban Stadium is filled with some of the world’s best footballers, including David Villa, Xavi, Andrés Iniesta, Carles Puyol, Lukas Podolski, Phillip Lahm and Bastian Schweinsteiger, among others. The score is tied nil-nil almost 40 minutes in and with both teams getting their [...]
