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Referee Watch
Referee Watch
Mark Gottfried rips ref, ACC over ejections
Like many in the Wolfpack community, NC State coach Mark Gottfried isn’t happy with Karl Hess, the referee who ejected NC State legends Tom Gugliotta and Chris Corchiani from Saturday’s game. Asked about the ejections during an annual student rally the night before NC State’s home game against North Carolina, Gottfried called Hess’ decision...
Evans: Pulis wrong to back Delap
STEVE Evans believes Stoke boss Tony Pulis was wrong to think the tackle that left David Hunt with a fractured foot was a fair one. Stoke’s Rory Delap received a straight red card after 17 minutes of Crawley Town’s FA Cup tie on Sunday, right in front of the dugouts. IT’S GOING TO...
Allardyce – Referee buckled
Green was sent off after 53 minutes for a foul on Roman Bednar when West Ham were leading 2-1 and midfielder Henri Lansbury was forced to play the remainder of the game in goal. Further strikes from Gary O’Neil and Ricardo Vaz Te secured the points as the Hammers returned to the top of...
Rajon Rondo Suspended Two Games for Throwing Ball at Ref
Prior to the Boston Celtics’ loss in Dallas last night, Rajon Rondo learned that he’d been suspended two games for tossing a basketball at referee Sean Wright’s chest on Sunday night. Per the Boston Herald: “I am (disappointed) from the standpoint of the image of players in this league when you lose a guy,’...
You Have To Be Certain To Be 100%
I do not want to join the long list of people sticking the boot into Arsene Wenger after the poor week he and his team have had. There are plenty of others willing to dissect Arsenal’s failings, rightly or wrongly, and have done so for much of the past seven days. It is unfortunate...
10 ways to improve the game of rugby
The national obsession starts up again this week. Here’s a few improvement ideas for rugby. 1. Encourage the TV commentators to be a little kinder on the referees. Players contest the breakdown, and commentators contest breakdown decisions. Constantly. Continually analysing this highly subjective area of the game is pointless, unfair on referees and affects...
League throws Rondo a two-game suspension
DALLAS — Yes, Ray Allen was disappointed by Rajon Rondo ’s undisciplined urge to throw the basketball at referee Sean Wright. But Allen stopped short of expressing disappointment in Rondo the person, who was suspended by the NBA for two games last night as the result of his outburst in Sunday night’s loss to...
The Playcaller Returns
The Playcaller offered this to us yesterday before the ACC reported the reprimand and its explanation, quoted from the ACC’s Karl Hicks’ email to State: “According to Hess, `They were ejected for excessive demonstration on several calls as they came right up to the scorer’s table. The policeman at the end of the FSU...
Will Rajon Rondo be suspended after Sunday's ejection?
AP Photo/Charles Rex ArbogastFrustration took its toll, as Rajon Rondo was ejected during Sunday’s loss to the Pistons, following a double technical call after throwing the ball at the referee. You can bet the league will take a look at the incident, but will Rondo be suspended? Should he be? Simply put, Rajon Rondo...
