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Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 9 Apr. 2024
Rudy Gobert of the NBA’s Minnesota Timberwolves got benched for a technical foul and a $100,000 fine for making a money-counting gesture at a ref after an adverse call, suggesting that the ref was on the take.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2024
If the refs are going to let players get away with more physicality, the Warriors (34-30) will have to contend with that environment.
—Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 12 Mar. 2024
The young ref involved in Jokić’s ejection this season has not previously been assigned to officiate playoff games, one of the few public indications of what the league may think of a ref’s work.
—Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 9 Mar. 2024
What is the average NFL referee salary, and are refs paid more for the Super Bowl?
—Kate Gibson, CBS News, 11 Feb. 2024
It’s understood that refs swallow their whistles more in the postseason.
—Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 12 Mar. 2024
Drone footage, which was first published by The U.S. Sun, showed large crowds of co-eds sprawled out across the beach, and a fun beach boxing bout with gloves, a ref and an overexcited crowd cheering them on.
—Chris Eberhart, Fox News, 12 Mar. 2024
And there is always a degree of tension between players and refs.
—Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 9 Mar. 2024
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He was banished to the locker room by the refs after elbowing the Hornets’ Nick Richards in the jaw with 6:34 left in the second quarter.
—Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 9 Apr. 2024
Rudy Gobert of the NBA’s Minnesota Timberwolves got benched for a technical foul and a $100,000 fine for making a money-counting gesture at a ref after an adverse call, suggesting that the ref was on the take.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2024
If the refs are going to let players get away with more physicality, the Warriors (34-30) will have to contend with that environment.
—Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 12 Mar. 2024
The young ref involved in Jokić’s ejection this season has not previously been assigned to officiate playoff games, one of the few public indications of what the league may think of a ref’s work.
—Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 9 Mar. 2024
What is the average NFL referee salary, and are refs paid more for the Super Bowl?
—Kate Gibson, CBS News, 11 Feb. 2024
It’s understood that refs swallow their whistles more in the postseason.
—Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 12 Mar. 2024
Drone footage, which was first published by The U.S. Sun, showed large crowds of co-eds sprawled out across the beach, and a fun beach boxing bout with gloves, a ref and an overexcited crowd cheering them on.
—Chris Eberhart, Fox News, 12 Mar. 2024
And there is always a degree of tension between players and refs.
—Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 9 Mar. 2024
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