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Referee assignments for Divisional round: Blakeman, Cheffers, McAulay, Morelli

by Ben Austro - January 7, 2014April 5, 2014 25

Updated Friday, Jan. 10Â to include full crews Football Zebras has confirmed the officiating crews for the Divisional Playoffs. Officials are listed with their uniform number, years experience (including this season), the crew each official worked with in the regular season (by the referee's name), college, and outside occupation. All times are Eastern. Three

Parry heads Hall of Fame game crew

by Ben Austro - August 1, 2013August 4, 2013 0

We have learned that John Parry will have the first preseason game this year when his crew officiates the Hall of Fame Game in Canton, Ohio. Because of a pair of odd labor situations, this is the first time a regular officiating crew will have this game in three years.

Week 3 “Official Review”: Taunting, OPI, pleas for PylonCam

by Ben Austro - October 3, 2009October 4, 2009 0

As done in previous weeks, there is a two-part "Official Review," one for NFL Network and one for NFL.com. The topics were not nearly controversial this week for the league's vice president of officiating, Mike Pereira: 49ers defensive back Shawntae Spencer signaled incomplete on a pass that he broke up in

Week 1 “Official Review” on NFL Net: Phantom contact call, fair catch signals

by Ben Austro - September 16, 2009September 18, 2009 0

This season's first "Official Review" on the NFL Network signature program NFL Total Access offers us a double dip from the league's vice president of officiating, Mike Pereira. In addition to the cablecast segment (video), we were treated to a web-exclusive extended segment (video). The topics: The reversed touchdown catch by