Either during overtime or directly after a loss to UC Davis today, UC Santa Barbara defender (and one-time Second…

Poor LeBron, never getting the calls, always being targeted by the refs. But that's life in bizarro preseason,…
Let's get this out of the way first: 49ers coach Jim Harbaugh was absolutely right to decline a penalty resulting in…
It's important to note that the Raiders are actually among the least-penalized teams in football this year. But…
On Sunday, Jan. 9, 2011, the Philadelphia Eagles hosted the Green Bay Packers in an NFC wild card playoff game at…

How excited was CBS for the return of union officials? Ed Hochuli's crew did the full Super Bowl-style intros…
You remember Lance Easley, yes? Side judge who signaled "touchdown, Seattle," overruling his colleague and…

Referee Gene Steratore and his officiating crew, with a combined 70 years of professional experience, walked out…
Everyone still refers to Seattle's game-winning touchdown as "controversial," but that's a misnomer. It's actually…
After 48 regular season games that nearly brought the National Football League to its knees and turned the league's…
The replacement officials made many mistakes over the weekend, some of such great consequence that they inspired…
To clear things up: Yes, the owners are wholly responsible for the lockout. But we identify and delve into the…
It was bound to happen. Call it Murphy's Law of Contrarian Journalism. Two weeks back, it was ESPN's Darren Rovell…
So, it turns out hiring replacement refs so that the NFL season can continue uninterrupted was not the best idea.…
What would motivate you to Google "referee?" Nothing good (unless you're counting sexy bedroom role-play costumes,…
After the Hall of Fame game in August, Mike Pereira let it slip that Craig Ochoa, the referee who worked that game,…

You know the replacement referees are a debacle when a player gets injured on a dirty play that wasn't flagged,…