Nebraska referees and other sports officials say a bill that would make assaulting a referee a felony is an important step to keeping them safe.

A man injured alongside author Salman Rushdie in a knife attack on a New York lecture stage told jurors that he tried to stop the assault once he realized it wasn't a prank and was left with a gash ab ...

SEATTLE — The parent of one of the two young referees assaulted during a youth hockey game at the Kraken Community Iceplex says their son is just 12 years old, not 13 as initially reported.

Minnesota Timberwolves center Rudy Gobert has taken issue with officials before. Most notably, Gobert was fined $100,000 for ...

A Washington state man is accused of assaulting two teenage referees during his son's youth hockey game in an "unprovoked" attack, according to law enforcement.

Hunt’s 2024 rookie season ended on the perfect note, with the Eagles defeating the Kansas City Chiefs 40-22 in Super Bowl 59.

The father stood roughly 6′2 tall and weighed nearly 250 pounds, which is larger than both of the youth referees combined.

So what was the problem? Big Ten Network play-by-play announcer Brandon Gaudin said on the broadcast that the referees' timing system malfunctioned, causing the game and shot clocks to stop on ...

The Chiefs have been often criticized for getting the benefit of the doubt from NFL referees. That noise only grew on Saturday in the divisional round against the Texans. Houston has been on the ...

Spanish football federation [RFEF] president Rafael Louzán has claimed Florentino Pérez told him he'd like to bring English referees to Spain, to improve the quality of LaLiga's refereeing.

David Coote “deserves” to have a continued role in English football, the chairman of the Referees’ Association has said. Coote’s contract as an elite-level referee with Professional Game ...