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The NFL will feature three Black officials in the Super Bowl but still only has one Black coachThis week, the NFL announced their officiating crew for Super Bowl LVI, which features three Black men. On Thursday morning, there were multiple reports that the Denver Broncos were going to be the first team to fill their head coaching vacancy, as they were finalizing a deal to hire Packers offensi...

Rebecca Welch becomes first woman to ref English Football League matchWhen Rebecca Welch sounded the opening whistle during today’s Harrogate Town and Port Vale tilt, she became the first woman to referee an English Football League game....

Let’s take a moment to appreciate American women in sports of the 21st centuryI will say it loudly and frequently – celebrate women in sports. They belong in sports. They belong wherever the hell they want to belong. Gender has zero bearing on knowledge about a topic. It has always been a battle for equality, and it should not have to be. And it’s not just athletes. Before an...

Sarah Thomas provides a bright spot on a bad day for women in sports

On a day where it’s been made clear just how shitty of an arena sports can be for women, there’s also an example of the sliver of progress that has been made. Sarah Thomas will become the first woman to officiate the Super Bowl, as she was named the down judge for the NFL’s showpiece. She can look f...

Radio Dummy On Female NFL Ref: "It's The Wrong Place To Put A Woman"

Kevin Kiley hosts a morning sports radio show in Cleveland, and today he wanted to talk about the NFL’s decision to hire a female referee for the first time ever. The first few minutes of the conversation, embedded below, are nothing special. Kiley just kind of dances around the topic for a while an...

Report: NFL Set To Hire First Female Official

According to the Baltimore Sun’s Aaron Wilson, the NFL has hired the league’s first-ever female official....

Lady Ref Breaks The Gender Barrier No One Cared About

Sarah Thomas made history by becoming the first woman to ref a bowl game. And she acquitted herself nicely. And she only burned the roast a little bit! [Detroit Free Press]...

Woman Referees New Orleans Saints Practice Scrimmage...Four Horsemen Seen Trotting Nearby

There were the usual complaints: She's blowing her whistle too suggestively, the shorts show too much skin and yet not enough skin, why can I see her panty-line, she should wear a thong, the ref stripes make it impossible to see whether she'd look good topless, you know, the same old sturm und dran...