Robbins testified in favor of legislation Tuesday that would make assaulting a referee a felony in every sport, and at any level, statewide. The punishment would be up to three years in prison and/or ...

OLYMPIA - The decision Bob West has been waiting decades to hear finally happened March 9. That's when Senate Bill 5272, ...

When a 190-pound high school wrestler head -butted Spokane Valley's Bob West while he was officiating a Colville wrestling match in 1996, he knew it was the end of his 35-year referee career.

Rhode Island lawmakers are considering a bill that would make assaulting a referee at any sport, at any level, a felony in ...

The Egyptian Football Association EFA announced on Sunday the expulsion of four coaches and administrative staff members from various youth teams following multiple incidents of assault against ...

PAPILLION, Neb. (WOWT) - The basketball season has tipped off at all levels of the sport and unfortunately yelling at the ref is all too common. But last year a parent of a player in a youth game in ...

A referee was assaulted in the Asturian Third Division, although that is not the most surprising part of the dark chronicle ...

Sports referee Tara Pinsky remembers a fan yelling, "You Suck!" at her after she made a call he didn't like. As it turns out, the fan was a surgeon, and Pinsky often finds herself thinking, "Can you ...

The Spanish Referees' Technical Committee (CTA) has expressed outrage at CD San Luis for standing by a player who attacked a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A file photo shows a referee officiating a minor hockey game. (Radio-Canada - image credit) A hockey game in Musquodoboit Harbour, ...

GRAND TRAVERSE COUNTY, Mich., (WPBN/WGTU) - - A 64-year-old assistant referee will serve 12 months of probation after he “grabbed” and “pushed” a 16-year-old during a match between Gaylord High School ...

MaMkhize’s Eswatini club, Mbabane Highlanders AM, have been expelled from the Ingwenyama Cup after supporters invaded the pitch and assaulted the referee during their clash with Nsingizini Hotspurs.