Kings announcers can’t believe Victor Wembanyama no-call ‘travesty’
In the last seconds of the Spurs victory over the Kings, Victor Wembanyama got away with an obvious over-the-back on Domantas Sabonis.
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Kirk Herbstreit debunks Chiefs conspiracy in wild Raiders finish
Amazon analyst Kirk Herbstreit referenced an obscure NFL rule on social media in attempting to explain the strange Chiefs-Raiders ending.
Are officiating controversies reaching a tipping point?
Brian Baldinger skeptical of Tom Brady broadcast restrictions: ‘You have to be critical!’
"You can't not be critical. These guys don't get it all right."
Al Michaels exasperated about ‘Thursday Night Football’ flags
"You're going to need some new flags to throw in the second half. These ones are filthy."
Pat Narduzzi: Pitt beat West Virginia and officials in Backyard Brawl
"I've never seen anything like it."
WNBA announcer stunned by referee missing blatant Caitlin Clark foul
"You’ve got to be kidding me!"
This is the calm before the sports betting storm
Sports media is sounding the alarms on a potential major sports betting scandal, but it may be too late to do anything about it.
Houston’s Kelvin Sampson takes issue with reporter’s ‘silly’ question
"What part of $25,000 are you willing to pay?"
ESPN’s Tedy Bruschi rants on NFL officiating on Justin Fields: ‘I’ve seen enough of him getting hit when he slides.’
"These officials think just because he's big, strong, and fast, that when he starts to slide, he really doesn't mean it."
Hot mic seems to catch XFL’s Dean Blandino saying ‘We actually screwed that up’ after explaining a call on broadcast
Having "We actually screwed that up" make it to a broadcast right after a replay review explanation was not exactly ideal.
Titans’ Twitter account uses emojis to bash controversial officiating ruling negating Julio Jones touchdown
We see you and your "face with symbols over mouth," Titans.
Fox’s Joe Buck, Troy Aikman and Mike Pereira blasted “killer mistake” by officials that wiped out a Saints’ TD
"Just a killer mistake that hurt the Saints so badly. When it's that close, you have to lead the fumble. You can always come back and kill it with incomplete. But even though they give the ball to the Saints here, and it gives them the ball, it doesn't correct the mistake that really should have resulted in a touchdown."
The SEC has launched its promised officiating Twitter account, and the replies are already amazing
The SEC Officiating account has already received waves of replies about past questionable calls. Whoever's running that should be in for a fun season.
The SEC wants its broadcast partners to add officiating experts, looks to add a Twitter account to comment on calls
SEC coordinator of football officials Steve Shaw told SI "I’m not sure we can live in a ‘no comment’ world anymore."
Pac-12 general counsel inadvertently overturned a targeting call, was snarked in official’s report, Yahoo report led to process shakeup
Pac-12 commissioner Larry Scott said general counsel Woodie Dixon, who is not a trained official, thought he was only giving his opinion. Officials interpreted that as a directive.
ESPN hires Jeff Triplette to replace Gerry Austin as MNF rules analyst, reportedly at NFL’s instigation, and gets bashed
This hire isn't going over so well on Twitter.
Tim Tebow, Andre Ware and Pat Fitzgerald blast weird, “worst… in the history of college football” calls in Music City Bowl
The officiating in the Music City Bowl took criticism from coaches, analysts and others.
Russian broadcaster storms out mid-broadcast after bashing ref, leaves 25 minutes of dead air
Vladimir Nikolsky left the booth with 25 minutes left in a Russian first division match to protest a referee's calls.
