Review by Mark Schultz If you've followed Football Zebras for any length of time, you know that we break down football officiating and (hopefully) show you how difficult calling a football game is. Between interpreting complicated rules, avoiding getting run over by people twice their size, tuning out 50,000 people chanting
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Happy birthday, Ed Hochuli!
On this Christmas Day, 2020, we wish former NFL referee Ed Hochuli a happy 70th birthday. Hochuli was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on Christmas Day, 1950. His family moved to Arizona when he was eight, and he has called Arizona home ever since. In high school, Hochuli played football, basketball, wrestling and
70 years ago, the NFL opened the season with a prayer for peace
Washington retires team name that was once a factor in officiating assignments
http://gty.im/843486860 The NFL's Washington franchise has officially retired their team name, which will take effect when a new team name is decided. In use for 87 seasons, the name controversy also had a small effect on which officials worked which games. https://twitter.com/Redskins/status/1282661063943651328 Referee Mike Carey took issue with the team and requested to
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Major League Baseball umpire makes the call of the year
NFL quietly passes ‘Hot Potato’ rule for coin toss
The NFL has circumvented the typical rule-revision process and is making a rule change that will affect the opening coin toss, according to a league source."We made the point-after-touchdown try a more exciting play last year," the source said. "We looked at other parts of the game, and realized that
