Late in the first quarter of Friday night’s matchup between the Philadelphia 76ers and Orlando Magic, an NBA official suffered what appeared to be a leg injury. Veteran referee Bill Kennedy, 59, who ...

Veteran official Bill Kennedy's signature style of announcing challenge results is filled with dramatic pauses and careful enunciation. Alika Jenner / Getty Images NBA officials are occasionally ...

INDIANAPOLIS — Bo Boroski could see the tiny beads of sweat bubbling up on the arms of the basketball players. It was such a minuscule, random thing to notice, but that's how zoned in he was. He could ...

INDIANAPOLIS (WTHR) - The youth sports community in central Indiana is mourning the loss of a beloved referee who died during a high school basketball game. Witnesses said Jeff Tamarri collapsed on ...

AT TEN. SO WITH THE BASKETBALL SEASON UPON US, WE TALK ABOUT THE PLAYERS ALL THE TIME, RIGHT? BUT NOT USUALLY ABOUT THE PEOPLE WITH THE WHISTLES, UNLESS THEY MAKE A MISTAKE DURING THE GAME. AND THEN ...

A referee in Wednesday’s game between No. 2 Michigan and Northwestern at Welsh-Ryan Arena in Evanston, Ill., made a blunder likely not covered in the rulebook. As the second half of the contest was ...

Referees will use headsets to communicate in real time with the NBA Replay Center and one another. Official release NEW YORK – The National Basketball Association (NBA) announced today that NBA ...

The Kansas high school basketball referee involved in last week’s viral video will not be officiating games for the time being. Jeff Freeman, who is the former principal at Jay Shideler Elementary ...

The Amateur Basketball Academies (ABA) will organise a three-day referees’ clinic in Abuja next week as part of preparations for its inaugural Amateur ...

CABOT, Ark — Refereeing high school basketball games can at times be a thankless task, and that means that those who do it, do it for one reason — the love of the game. For one Cabot High School ...