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Tru Washington's attempted dunk against Boise State, stopped by the rim, led to a controversial foul call.

CBSSN’s Dan Dickau, Rich Waltz roasted Boise State foul call: ‘He missed that before there was any kind of contact’

"He missed that before there was any kind of contact with Ugbo."

By Andrew Bucholtz OnMar 15, 2025 0
Jim Boeheim after a February 21, 2024 ACC Network broadcast.

ACCN’s Jim Boeheim bashed controversial Pitt-Notre Dame ending: ‘You can’t make that call!’

"That's just not a good way to end it."

By Andrew Bucholtz OnMar 11, 2025 0
Jan 8, 2024; Houston, TX, USA; Adam Schefter talks on a set before the 2024 College Football Playoff national championship game between the Michigan Wolverines and the Washington Huskies at NRG Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports

Adam Schefter denies NFL is rigged, says Chiefs have ‘earned the benefit of the doubt’ with refs

"They get the benefit of the doubt. They've earned the benefit of the doubt."

By Ben Axelrod OnFeb 9, 2025 0
Victor Wembanyama, Domantas Sabonis no-call

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.

By Matt Yoder OnDec 2, 2024 0
Chiefs Raiders strange ending Kirk Herbstreit

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.

By Matt Yoder OnNov 30, 2024 0
Credit: Detroit Free Press

NFL

Are officiating controversies reaching a tipping point?

Brian Baldinger on "You Better You Bet."

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."

By Andrew Bucholtz OnOct 17, 2024 0
Al Michaels

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."

By Arthur Weinstein OnSep 26, 2024 5
While Pitt beat West Virginia in Saturday's Backyard Brawl, Panthers coach Pat Narduzzi ripped the officials in his postgame interview. Photo Credit: ESPN2

Pat Narduzzi: Pitt beat West Virginia and officials in Backyard Brawl

"I've never seen anything like it."

By Michael Dixon OnSep 14, 2024 1
Caitlin Clark appears to foul Sami Whitcomb

WNBA announcer stunned by referee missing blatant Caitlin Clark foul

"You’ve got to be kidding me!"

By Brandon Contes OnMay 23, 2024 1

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.

By Awful Announcing Newsletter OnMar 13, 2024 2
Kelvin Sampson

Houston’s Kelvin Sampson takes issue with reporter’s ‘silly’ question

"What part of $25,000 are you willing to pay?"

By Sam Neumann OnFeb 7, 2024 0
Tedy Bruschi talking about officiating on hits on Justin Fields.

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."

By Andrew Bucholtz OnJan 7, 2024 1
Dean Blandino in the XFL command center.

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.

By Andrew Bucholtz OnMar 25, 2023 0
Twitter criticism of officiating from the Titans.

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.

By Andrew Bucholtz OnSep 19, 2021 0
Joe Buck, Troy Aikman, and Mike Pereira.

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."

By Andrew Bucholtz OnSep 15, 2019 4
The new SEC officiating Twitter account.

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.

By Andrew Bucholtz OnJul 15, 2019 0
SEC coordinator of football officials Steve Shaw.

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."

By Andrew Bucholtz OnJun 5, 2019 1
Pac-12 general counsel Woodie Dixon.

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.

By Andrew Bucholtz OnOct 11, 2018 1
Jeff Triplette

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.

By Andrew Bucholtz OnJun 20, 2018 8
Andre Ware (L) and Taylor Zarzour were among those questioning Music City Bowl calls.

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.

By Andrew Bucholtz OnDec 29, 2017 0
Vladimir Nikolsky

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.

By Andrew Bucholtz OnOct 11, 2017 1

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