[Update: Because Tom Barnes was scheduled to officiate today’s game, we carried this story despite the lack of a second source to confirm he was still...
Michael Pointer of The Indianapolis Star talked to former referees Gerry Austin, Jerry Markbriet, and Bill Carollo about their Super Bowl experiences. Collectively, they represent nine...
Sometimes a story comes along that completely alters one’s perspective. Referee Tony Corrente has such a story. We mentioned Saturday that Corrente, officiating the Lions-Saints game,...
Week 13: Lions at Saints Clete Blakeman’s crew officiated a game that could have easily become uncontrollable at any moment. It didn’t help that they were...
The NFL is honoring two of its former officials today: the late back judge Bob Lawing and retired back judge Bill Schmitz. Lawing, who passed away...
A post over at NBC Philadelphia’s Birds Nest blog adds up the statistics of penalty flags per game through the first 13 weeks. The most over-officious...
It didn’t take long, but I had to make a slight modification to the site organization, based on a miscalculation on my part. We have a...
Walt Coleman is now a Hall of Famer. Don’t expect to find a bust of him in Canton — there are currently no referees enshrined, despite...
The Ada Evening News of Ada, Okla., has a story on resident headlinesman Derick Bowers, who officiated Super Bowl XLIII. He provides an interesting read on...
