GLENDALE, AZ The Super Bowl referees held a brief meeting before the game began to go ahead and decide which team will take home the Lombardi trophy. "Alright, let's get this over with. Who are we going to take?"asked head referee Larry Masters."You feeling the Eagles today...
"Sarah Thomas has made history again as the first female Super Bowl official," Vincent said. "Her elite performance and commitment to excellence has earned her the right to officiate the Super Bowl. Congratulations to Sarah on this well-deserved honor." She was joined by veteran referees Fred ...
Spotlight Bright on Super Bowl RefereesANDREA ADELSON, AP Sports Writer
After the Cowboys converted fourth-and-1 on the previous play, the referees conferred for nearly 30 seconds before flagging Peters for a personal foul on Cooper. The Cowboys had time to substitute and came out for first-and-10 in 11 personnel, with Elliott in the backfield, Dalton S...
During Super Bowl 50, referees usually get the short end of the stick with unruly fans and hot headed coaches, but during last night’s big game, there was nothing but love for ref, Clete Blakeman. The love was so strong that the hashtag, #hotref began trending among the Twitterverse....
Fans are hopeful that the teams’ skills and not a referees’ call would be the main determiner of Sunday’s game. Watch this story:Tom Brady Successor Finds an 8-Worded Reality Check As Bucs QB Baker Mayfield Fin...
s already in there and we have to work with their engineers that work in-house and create a way for me to take control of all their speakers with a push of a button for the pre-game and then, of course, it goes back to their control for the game itself, the ...
This comes just a week after the NFL fined Mahomes and Chiefs coach Andy Reid for their public criticism of the referees' controversial offside call in their 20-17 loss to the Buffalo Bills. The Pats clearly had a handful of jersey on the play, albeit briefly a...
“I feel like it’s physical from both sides of the ball,” Murphy-Bunting said. “It’s receivers being physical as well. I feel like the referees are letting you play and they’re going to let you play in the playoffs. You just got to play ball and be ready to go.” ...
At the beginning of the last decade, it looked like the NFL was poised for a much different future than what actually emerged. Drew Brees and the Saints were primed to dominate, the referees loved them and the “Bountygate" scandal had yet to explode. And the Browns hadn’t made t...