Latest Sports officiating News

Frustration boils over for Spurs' Wembanyama after shove by Zubac sends him flying

Jan. 30, 2025 00:14 AM EST

SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Victor Wembanyama has had enough. The San Antonio star charged after Ivica Zubac after the Los Angeles center shoved him to the court during the Clippers' 128-116 victory over the Spurs on Wednesday night. The frustration with what Wembanyama sees...

Utah Hockey Club narrows the choice of a permanent name to three finalists. It won't be the Yeti

Jan. 29, 2025 17:53 PM EST

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Utah Hockey Club has chosen three finalists for the permanent team name it will adopt beginning with the 2025-26 NHL season. The franchise will use a final round of fan voting to decide among the Utah Mammoth, Utah Hockey Club and Utah Wasatch. Team...

Israeli official says Hamas will free 3 Israelis and 5 Thai nationals in next hostage release

Jan. 29, 2025 10:53 AM EST
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli official says Hamas will free 3 Israelis and 5 Thai nationals in next hostage release.

Horizon League gives Oakland basketball coach Greg Kampe 1-game suspension for exchange with a ref

Jan. 28, 2025 21:22 PM EST

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The Horizon League suspended Oakland basketball coach Greg Kampe for one game due to engaging with an official in an unacceptable way that violated league regulations after a loss to Robert Morris. Horizon League Commissioner Julie Roe Lach made the announcement...

Tush push could play a prominent role in the Super Bowl if championship Sunday was any indication

Jan. 28, 2025 13:49 PM EST

If the conference championships are any indication, some of the highest drama in the Super Bowl in New Orleans in two weeks could come on the tush push perfected by the Philadelphia Eagles and decrypted by the Kansas City Chiefs. The Eagles (17-3) are so adept at their vaunted...

Commanders warned referees can 'award a score' after 4 penalties near goal line in loss to Eagles

Jan. 26, 2025 20:00 PM EST

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The Washington Commanders jumped offsides four times in a sequence of five plays while trying to stop Philadelphia's vaunted tush push — earning them a warning from the referee that he could award the Eagles a touchdown if the Commanders did it again. The...

Are cars 'structures'? Here's a look at how damage is tallied in devastating Los Angeles wildfires

Jan. 10, 2025 19:11 PM EST

The extent of the damage from wildfires ravaging the Los Angeles area is horrific however it's tallied: Neighborhoods have been erased, landmarks destroyed and lives lost. But officials have prompted some confusion by suggesting their count of “structures” damaged — more than 12,000 —...

Grayson Murray's passion remembered during solemn tribute at the tournament he won

Jan. 07, 2025 18:25 PM EST

HONOLULU (AP) — The Sony Open turned solemn Tuesday morning when dozens of players, caddies and PGA Tour officials joined Grayson Murray's family along the shore behind the 16th green at Waialae to pay tribute to the defending champion who took his own life four months later. ...

Jared Bednar upset with no whistle on play where Avalanche goalie Scott Wedgewood was hurt

Jan. 03, 2025 01:44 AM EST

DENVER (AP) — Colorado Avalanche coach Jared Bednar was so irate Thursday night that not even a dramatic, come-from-behind overtime win could calm him down. His frustration: The lack of a whistle by officials when goaltender Scott Wedgewood was down in the net and hurt after a...

2 sailors die in the stormy first night of the Sydney to Hobart yacht race, organizers say

Dec. 27, 2024 16:58 PM EST

Two sailors on separate boats have died in boom accidents two hours apart on a storm-ravaged first night of the annual Sydney to Hobart race, adding to the event's long history of deaths at sea. The Cruising Yacht Club of Australia in Sydney, which administers the yacht race, said...