FIFA World Cup VAR official accused of making White supremacist hand gesture on TV broadcast
"Clearly this official should have no further role to play in this World Cup."
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ESPN announcers call out NBA refs over Magic-Pistons Game 7 foul call
"That's the least amount of contact you're going to see on a layup attempt in the playoffs..."
Draymond Green calls out NBA ref over technical foul: ‘Don’t put your hand in my face’
"As a Black man in America, don’t put your hand in my face."
Rams’ Puka Nacua slams NFL refs, promises to do ‘Jewish emote’ TD celebration on livestream
"The refs are the worst. These guys are lawyers."
Mike Pereira just as confused by referee Clete Blakeman as the rest of us: ‘I’m not sure what he said there’
Blakeman also screwed up the coin toss to figure out possession in overtime.
Fox’s Mike Pereira disagreed with Ohio State targeting call reversal: ‘This is why they put the rule in’
"I certainly like it as a targeting."
NBC rules analyst Terry McAulay slams refs following NC State catch review
"The failure to reverse to incomplete in ND/NC State is quite possibly the worst Replay ruling I’ve seen this season."
Danny Kanell calls out ‘egregious incompetence’ of ACC officials in FSU loss to Virginia
"I would expect an official acknowledgment by the ACC offices but damage is done."
Auburn coach Hugh Freeze rips officials after controversial overturn
"I don’t know how it’s not a fumble."
WNBA’s Sophie Cunningham fined for referee criticism (again) in podcast debut episode
"I'm starting to think that the WNBA is starting to have some beef with my comments, but more than 95 percent of the population who watches the WNBA agrees with me."
NBA ref admits error on Knicks-Pistons ending: ‘A foul should have been called’
"Hart makes body contact that is more than marginal to Hardaway Jr. and a foul should have been called."
CBS broadcast team calls out questionable officiating in St. John’s-Arkansas
"I'm sorry, that's a no-call!"
Josh Allen says ref interaction wasn’t favoritism, was telling him to dial down criticisms
Many assumed ref Bill Vinovich was apologizing to Allen for a missed call, but Allen said their conversation was far different.
Referee starts penalty announcement with salute to veterans
"I'd like to salute our military veterans. ...Personal foul, unnecessary roughness, return team."
Utah AD Mark Harlan goes off on Big 12, referees after BYU loss
"This game was absolutely stolen from us."
Announcers call out official’s ‘big miss’ in SEC game
"You've gotta flag that."
Are officiating controversies reaching a tipping point?
Sean McDonough and Greg McElroy rip ‘ridiculous’ penalty
"It's football. It's absurd."
Lynx coach Cheryl Reeve blasts officiating after WNBA Finals loss: ‘It decided the game’
"It's a shame when officiating has such a hand in a series like this."
Anish Shroff rips timing of review: ‘We had the entire commercial break to do this’
"There's this impetus to speed things up and get games in a tidy window. That doesn't help."
Pat Narduzzi: Pitt beat West Virginia and officials in Backyard Brawl
"I've never seen anything like it."
CFL ref’s hilarious deadpan rule explanation cracked up announcers
"The kick hit the scoreboard...which is pretty odd. We're going to redo everything."
WNBA announcer stunned by referee missing blatant Caitlin Clark foul
"You’ve got to be kidding me!"
Nate Oats criticizes officiating during in-game interview
"The calls down here aren't equal to the calls down there."
MLS limits announcer commentary on referee lockout
"[Fans] aren’t focused on the officials; therefore, we don’t believe it is necessary to belabor the point during the match."
Hot mic catches NHL referee saying ‘f*** me’ after goal
"The official is clearly not aware that their mic is open."
Bowl referee shouts curse word on hot mic
"Damn it!"
Bulls announcers Adam Amin & Stacey King slam refs for ‘terrible’ Nikola Jokic ejection
"The people didn't come to see the officials. Let's be honest, they came to see the players."
Skip Bayless rips ‘spoiled brat’ Patrick Mahomes
"It was all directed at the referees. And that was spoiled brat behavior to me."
Tony Bennett was furious with ACC Network’s Cory Alexander over referee replay
"I'll take that one, that's on me."
