Jackie White, a native of Centralia, Illinois, in 1968 became the first Black person to officiate an NBA game.

Last September, the NFL announced one of the most awarded rappers in GRAMMY history, Kendrick Lamar, as 2025’s Super Bowl ...

(NEXSTAR) — Jersey numbers can help you identify your favorite NFL player on the field, distinguishing them from their teammates. Those same numbers are also helpful when referees are reporting who ...

Arsenal have been charged for failing to control their players, who surrounded referee Michale Oliver when Myles Lewis-Skelly was controversially sent off on Saturday during their 1-0 away win at ...

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Is Patrick Mahomes getting special treatment from referees, or is he just playing smarter than the competition? As the Kansas City Chiefs prepare for another Super Bowl appearance, the NFL is ...

appearing to show Coote allegedly snorting a white powder, purportedly during Euro 2024 where he was one of the assistant VARs for the tournament. European football's governing body UEFA also ...

"I had a few injuries, so I mean, it was a little bit of adversity to handle," White said. "Nothing I couldn’t handle. It’s football. I was able to still push through it as far as terms being ...

Spanish football federation [RFEF] president Rafael Louzán has claimed Florentino Pérez told him he'd like to bring English referees to Spain, to improve the quality of LaLiga's refereeing.

The Primera RFEF promotion play-off final finished seven months ago, and saw Malaga return to professional football after two ... corruption on behalf of referee Eder Mallo. As reported by Relevo ...

Shamed former Premier League referee David Coote has come out as gay and revealed ... appeared to show Coote sniffing a white powder through a rolled-up bank note. “I don’t recognise myself in the ...