NBA Thoughts: The Jazz Get Help at Home Once Again

Two referees per match in next World Cup?

"FIFA is mulling over some radical new steps."

Beckenbauer: Players share in card blame (AP)

"Franz Beckenbauer thinks players who simulate fouls should share the blame for the high level of discontent with World Cup referees. The German soccer great and head of the local organizing committee said referees had been too quick to issue yellow cards, but players diving...

World Cup refs from all walks of life (AP)

"Their ranks include a tax inspector, a tire salesman, even an airline pilot. Then they step on the soccer field, and become referees. Conventional wisdom holds that the best referees are the ones that nobody notices. Instead, these arbiters of what is fair and what is foul...

Two senior refs cut from World Cup (AP)

"Senior English and Russian referees were cut from the World Cup roster Wednesday after their controversial handling of previous matches. Premier League referee Graham Poll, who issued three yellow cards to one player in a match, and Valentin Ivanov, who handed out a record...

The World Cup Players Deserve Some of the Blame

"A lot has already been written about the poor quality of the officiating this World Cup, but are the referees the only parties at fault? For every reaction from the referees there is usually an action by a player to cause it. Dives, flops, unsportsmanlike play . . . these...