But if referees can establish a better rapport with those involved in the games they’re overseeing, if they are more willing to have the kind of dialogue players of bygone eras remember, then at ...

Blowing the whistle on referee shortage: How this program aims to help nationwide issue Schools around the country have partnered with company offering referee classes that can be used as an elective.

Other officials wondered how an electronic whistle would be synced with the Precision Time System, a relatively new mechanism that uses the sound of referees’ whistles to stop the game clock.

The referee for the Jets-Stars game last Dec. 5 had a whistle wrapped around his finger, but that may no longer be standard operating procedure for officials in the future. Brandon Wade/Associated ...

When the referee blew the whistle, Rios walked out of the bleachers toward the referee. The video then cuts off, ... "As soon as she screamed that blood-curdling scream, I just reacted.

Wait a second. How much referee spit was flying around before? In advance of the NBA’s return to play Thursday night — a return that begins with the New Orleans Pelicans vs. Utah Jazz at 3:30 ...

2. Once the pattern of discrimination has been determined, any other petitioner of the same race or group may, for a period of a year, seek through the referee a certificate qualifying him to vote ...

A UK high school has been unable to use its new $860,000 sports field — because the noise from referees’ whistles upsets the neighbors. Cornwallis Academy in Boughton Monchelsea near Maidstone ...