The comment was overheard by a parent at a freshman basketball game. A high school referee in Arizona has been fired after he made a racist comment at a freshman basketball game, according to reports.

The punch happened a year ago, and after a guilty plea for a serious misdemeanor assault on the referee, 41-year-old Joshua ...

Fans scrutinizing every whistle and non-call has always been just a fact of life in basketball. Unfortunately, the ridiculous rhetoric is only getting worse in the NBA’s replay review era. Thankfully, ...

NBA referees will use headsets during games starting Saturday to allow them to communicate in real time with the NBA replay center and each other, the league announced on Friday. The move, with the ...

JAMESTOWN, New York -- After wrapping up a 24-hour shift as a firefighter in Toledo, Ohio, this past weekend, Myles Copeland went to New York to suit up for his other job, a player for Toledo Glass ...

Sarah Gamal will be refereeing 3-on-3 basketball. For Sarah Gamal, the significance of being the first hijab-wearing basketball referee to take part in the Olympic Games goes well beyond the court.

In any sport, referees often bear the brunt of spectators’ disagreements with their decisions. They spend most nights being ...

The Auburn basketball team fell to Houston on Sunday in non-conference action, 73-72. Tigers head coach Steven Pearl was irate in the final moments of ...

Official John Badgley looks on during a basketball game at the state tournament in Charleston. (Photo by Jay W. Bennett) PARKERSBURG — A pair of local Mid-Ohio Valley basketball officials from each ...

She’s two for two. A Long Island athletic director helped resuscitate a basketball referee who suddenly collapsed during a title game Saturday — nearly 20 years after saving another colleague in dire ...

Several college basketball referees, including one prominent Big Ten official, have been disciplined for accessing unauthorized information on a refereeing software website, sources told ESPN.com on ...