Nebraska referees and other sports officials say a bill that would make assaulting a referee a felony is an important step to keeping them safe.

Almost exactly one year ago, basketball referee Ed Racht suffered a near-fatal injury during a game at Calkins. He's since ...

A referee in a Louisiana high school basketball game was confronted by the mother of a player he ejected. The woman slapped the ball out of another official's hands and screamed in the referee's ...

The 79-year-old basketball referee had collided with a player late ... and prayed for the man who's been a fixture on the local youth sports scene for nearly a half-century. Fortunately for ...