Referee Tony Corrente celebrates his 70th birthday on November 12. In his 27th season, he is in small company of officials who were on the field into their 70s. Down judge Mike Spanier, who retired after the 2019 season, was 70 in his final season. And there aren't likely many
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Today’s Pro Bowl the swan song for two NFL officials
Alternate officials, like playoffs, have expanded over time
Carl Cheffers heads Hall of Fame game crew
View image | gettyimages.com The fiftieth season of the Super Bowl era and the ninety-sixth in league history begins Sunday from the place where the seed was first planted -- Canton, Ohio. Culminating the enshrinement festivities of the 2015 class of the Pro Football Hall of Fame on Saturday will be the
Muffed kickoff gives Lions an easy 2 pts; Chargers, similar play, down at ½-yd line
Week 5 “Official Review”: Fair-catch interference, fumbled fumbles, ‘fishy’ call
This week's "Official Review" by league vice-president of officiating, Mike Pereira, featured several interesting plays from Week 5, leading to a lot of discussion here (video, Part 1 and Part 2): As pointed out in our comments, there was a bizarre fair-catch play in the Redskins–Panthers game. Basically, the Panthers, while