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This ref’s smile after LeBron bonked him with a basketball is disconcerting....

More Than You Probably Wanted To Know About The Rules On A Puck Hitting A Ref's Dick And Balls

Just an excellent hockey highlight from Tuesday’s 4-3 Blues win over the Panthers, as St. Louis defenseman Robert Bortuzzo—fresh off of beating the hell out of a teammate in practice—tried to dump in a puck and ended up banking it off of referee Tim Peel’s biscuits, past goalie Roberto Luongo, and i...

NFL Puts Referee Who Allegedly Called Bills DE Jerry Hughes A "Bitch" On Administrative Leave

In keeping with the recent trend of only reviewing problems that that have been caught on video, the league has decided to place referee Roy Ellison on administrative leave while reviewing an incident between the official and Bills defensive end Jerry Hughes, according to Ian Rapoport....

Bills DE Jerry Hughes Screams At Ref For Calling Him A "Bitch" Then Claims Not To Remember Incident

Buffalo Bills defensive end Jerry Hughes confronted a referee in the tunnel after the Bills’ very stupid loss to the Miami Dolphins, accusing the referee of calling him a “bitch.” Hughes yelled, “I’ll catch you,” before Bills personnel stood between him and the referees. ...

The Pac-12 Championship Ended With A Justified Shower Of Boos

The Washington Huskies defeated the Utah Utes on Friday 10-3 to win the Pac-12 Championship and secure a trip to the Rose Bowl. Depending on who you are as a person, you either saw last night’s match up as a defensive masterclass, or a tale of two terribly mediocre offenses. But the most likely scen...

Soccer Ref Suspended Three Weeks For Using Rock-Paper-Scissors Instead Of Coin Flip

Over in England, the FA has banned referee David McNamara for 21 days on the charge of “not acting in the best interests of the game,” after some unauthorized improvisation when he forgot his coin ahead of an Oct. 26 Reading-Manchester City match in the Women’s Super League. Because he didn’t have a...

Raheem Sterling Wins A Penalty By Tripping Over Himself

In today’s match against Shakhtar Donetsk, Manchester City star Raheem Sterling did something incredibly embarrassing when he blew a very good scoring opportunity by tripping over his own feet. Luckily for him, the referee followed that blunder with an even more monumental failure of his own when he...

Dolphins Gifted Red Zone First Down On Highly Suspect Illegal Contact Penalty

The NFL’s rules about who can hit who and when, and how, and where, are even more confusing than I thought. Tonight the Dolphins were gifted a first down and half the distance to the goal on a call I’m not sure I’ve ever seen before: a personal foul against the Texans for making contact with, uh, th...

The NFL Actually Fired An Official

Outside of the confusion about roughing-the-passer calls (which falls as much on the diktat from New York as on those tasked with enforcing it), it feels like NFL officiating has generally been pretty good this year—that is to say, it’s been largely unnoticeable. Which made this blatantly missed fal...

NBA Admits Refs Were Suckered By Joel Embiid's Theatrics

Joel Embiid got Andre Drummond ejected during the final minute of regulation in Tuesday night’s eventual overtime Pistons win, by throwing himself on the floor like a big old goof after incidental contact with Drummond’s hand. The two behemoths have spent the hours since chirping at each other throu...

Referee Joins Fans' Goal Celebration, Sips Beer Off The Ground

A great judgment call from a true professional....

Report: Untrained Pac-12 Exec Was Allowed To Reverse Controversial Targeting Penalty

According to internal documents obtained by Yahoo Sports’ Pete Thamel, a Pac-12 executive who is not a trained official put his thumb on the scale and personally overruled what should have been a targeting penalty. On the final play of the third quarter of Washington State’s Sep. 21 loss to USC, WSU...

Steve Kerr Says "I Don't Want To Be Here," Gets Ejected, Waves Goodbye

The Warriors left Klay Thompson and Draymond Green out of Monday’s preseason game against the Suns. Who cares! No team maybe ever has had any less use for the preseason than the 2018-2019 Golden State Warriors. Steve Kerr knows this. Watch him thank the referees for hitting him with technical fouls ...

Refs Flag Excessive Celebration After Drew Brees Breaks All-Time Passing Yardage Mark [UPDATE]

Drew Brees came into Monday night’s home game against Washington needing 201 yards to break Peyton Manning’s career passing yardage record of 71,940* yards. He could’ve dinked and dunked his way to the record, but fuck that—in the second quarter, with his team already up 20–6, Brees unloaded a long ...

NFL Admits Derek Carr Actually Fumbled The Ball Against The Browns

The NFL’s senior vice president of officiating, Al Riveron, admitted in a Twitter video that the officials of the Browns-Raiders game made the wrong call in the fourth quarter when it appeared that Derek Carr fumbled the ball, and Larry Ogunjobi had a straight shot to the end zone. The refs blew the...

Broncos Say Referees Admitted To Missing Chiefs' Delay Of Game During Winning Drive

Referees for Monday night’s Chiefs win over the Broncos admitted that one of the most dramatic plays of the game should not have been allowed to happen, according to multiple players on the Denver defense. After the play clock hit zero before a third-and-seven snap during Patrick Mahomes’s comeback ...

Bullshit Overturned First Down Helps Raiders Beat Browns In Overtime

The Browns had everything they needed to beat the Raiders 42-34 in Oakland today, but a bizarre and inexplicable decision by the referees to overturn a late Carlos Hyde first-down run gave the Raiders the opportunity to make a dramatic comeback and win in overtime....

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Bad Soccer Men Try And Thankfully Fail To Beat The Hell Out Of Referee

A soccer match from earlier this month between Indonesian clubs Persegres Gresik United and Persiwa Wamena exploded into chaos when a few players who took issue with a controversial penalty call sought to communicate their dissatisfaction to the ref by beating his ass:...

Clay Matthews Was Flagged For Another Weak Roughing The Passer Call

Stop me if you’ve heard this before: Clay Matthews was flagged for a bullshit roughing the passer call....