Latest Sports officiating News
Drama surrounds final 3 races of F1 season as drivers voice displeasure with recent FIA decisions
LAS VEGAS (AP) — There are three races remaining in the Formula 1 season and Max Verstappen of Red Bull is close to a fourth consecutive world championship, which can wrap up Saturday night at the Las Vegas Grand Prix. All is not smooth sailing headed into this final month of...
NHL referee Mitch Dunning is home and expects to make a full recovery, league says
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The NHL referee who was stretchered out of a game following a violent collision with Colorado defenseman Josh Manson was back home Tuesday and expected to make a full recovery. The league said that Mitch Dunning was home following a trip to the hospital for...
Makar scores 2 goals to lift Colorado past Flyers 3-2 in game marred by injured referee
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Cale Makar scored two goals, Casey Mittelstadt scored one and Justus Annunen had 24 saves to lead the Colorado Avalanche to a 3-2 win over the Philadelphia Flyers on Monday night in a game where a referee was stretchered off the ice. Makar is off to a...
NBA fines Bucks coach Doc Rivers for comments about call refs admitted they got wrong
NEW YORK (AP) — Doc Rivers was right. It still cost him $25,000. Rivers, the coach of the Milwaukee Bucks, was fined by the NBA on Sunday, a day after he publicly criticized the officiating that led to the deciding points in a 115-114 loss to the Charlotte Hornets. ...
Katie Taylor beats Amanda Serrano again in another slugfest with a disputed decision
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — The rematch between Katie Taylor and Amanda Serrano was as bloody and bruising as the original. The disputed decision — and the reaction to it — was about the same, too. Taylor retained her unanimous super lightweight championship in a...
Frances Tiafoe has been fined $120,000 but not suspended for cursing at a tennis umpire
TURIN, Italy (AP) — U.S. Open semifinalist Frances Tiafoe was fined a total of $120,000 — but will not be suspended — for cursing repeatedly at a chair umpire after losing a match at the Shanghai Masters last month. The ATP said Thursday during its season-ending tournament in...
NBA referee Scott Wall diagnosed with leukemia, receiving treatment
NEW YORK (AP) — NBA referee Scott Wall was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia earlier this year and is in treatment, the National Basketball Referees Association announced Wednesday. All referees will be using a whistle marked with the No. 31 — Wall's referee jersey number —...
Premier League ref David Coote suspended over alleged anti-Liverpool remarks
LONDON (AP) — An English Premier League referee has been suspended after videos on social media appeared to show him making derogatory remarks about former Liverpool manager Jürgen Klopp. David Coote was suspended with immediate effect pending a full investigation, the body...
Former Turkish soccer club president sentenced to prison for attacking referee
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — A Turkish court on Monday sentenced a former top-flight soccer club executive to more than three and a half years in prison for attacking a referee on the field at the end of a league game last season. MKE Ankaragucu president Faruk Koca punched referee Halil...
Utah AD Mark Harlan responds to Big 12 fine for blasting officiating crew after BYU rally
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah athletic director Mark Harlan responded to the Big 12 on Sunday after he was publicly reprimanded and fined $40,000 by the conference for blasting a league officiating crew following BYU’s 22-21 win over the Utes for controversial calls on the Cougars’ winning...
