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There's no ball drop, no champagne toasts at midnight, and it's not even a holiday, but May 15 is New Year's Day to NFL officials.  In fact, the only fanfare that indicates this is any day but normal is 124 NFL officials are expected to receive "Memo #1" in their e-mail

Embed from Getty Images Field judge Brad Rogers, who will be entering his third season as an NFL official, has been promoted to the referee position, to replace retiree and three-time Super Bowl official John Parry, who retired on April 1. He will be the third rookie white hat for the

There are six new names on the officiating roster. Senior vice president Al Riveron announced Wednesday that the league has hired six new officials who will work the upcoming 2019 season. The new hires are Dave Hawkshaw, Patrick Holt, Nate Jones, Terry Killens, Jimmy Russell, and Tripp Sutter. All six

The NFL still has one more referee position to fill after the departure of Super Bowl LIII referee John Parry to ESPN. Referees Walt Coleman and Pete Morelli retired at the end of the 2018 season, and are being replaced with Adrian Hill and Scott Novak. Typically, a successor is named

Embed from Getty Images Referee John Parry, who retired from the NFL on Monday, will be ESPN's new rules analyst on Monday Night Football. The network has cut ties with former NFL referee Jeff Triplette. Parry will be replacing Triplette, who only served as the officiating expert on the MNF broadcast team