Packers coach Matt LaFleur said he plans to talk to game officials before the team’s game against the Cardinals on Sunday. The Packers are “frustrated” over the missed “egregious” and “blatant” holding penalties against Micah Parsons. “That’s definitely going to be a conversation pregame,” LaFleur said, via Ryan Wood of USA Today. The Bengals were called for no holding penalties …
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LAS VEGAS — After a week embroiled in criticism by players, WNBA commissioner Cathy Englebert used her annual address before Game 1 of the finals to vow to repair trust with the league’s players, create a new multi-stakeholder task force to evaluate WNBA officiating, and to reiterate that she believes she is well-positioned to take the league into the future. …
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The WNBA playoffs have not been decided by questionable officiating. But they have certainly been overshadowed by it. Which puts the league in a position similar to where it was earlier this season, and to where it was during the playoffs last year, and to where it was during the postseason nearly a decade ago. This is not a new …
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After Monday night’s loss to the Dolphins, Jets cornerback Sauce Gardner shared his frustrations with the officiating and said that he believes he and the team “get called for more stuff just based off us just not winning.” Jets head coach Aaron Glenn got a chance to weigh in on those comments at a Tuesday press conference. The Jets were …
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PHOENIX — Minnesota Lynx coach Cheryl Reeve has been suspended one game due to her “conduct and comments” during and after Minnesota’s 84-76 Game 3 loss to the Phoenix Mercury in the WNBA semifinals, the league announced Saturday afternoon. Reeve will serve the suspension during Sunday’s Game 4 in Phoenix, where the Lynx — trailing in the series 2-1 — …
Read More »NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — Oklahoma got away with one on a second-quarter touchdown against Auburn on Saturday. Before Isaiah Sategna’s 24-yard touchdown catch from John Mateer, he appeared to be running off the field. Instead, he stopped, ran a pattern and ended up wide open for the score. It was a crucial play in No. 11 Oklahoma’s 24-17 win over …
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Oklahoma dialed up a trick play for its first touchdown of the afternoon against Auburn. Sooners wide receiver Isaiah Sategna acted as if he were subbing out of the game just before stopping at the sideline. Before any defender noticed him, John Mateer took the snap and threw to a wide-open Sategna for the score. Moments later, the ESPN broadcast …
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Alexa PhilippouSep 20, 2025, 07:01 PM ET Close Covers women’s college basketball and the WNBA Previously covered UConn and the WNBA Connecticut Sun for the Hartford Courant Stanford graduate and Baltimore native with further experience at the Dallas Morning News, Seattle Times and Cincinnati Enquirer HENDERSON, Nev. — Indiana Fever star Caitlin Clark was fined $200 for a comment on …
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The tush push found its way back into the spotlight this week after officials failed to call false starts on the play during the Eagles’ 20-17 win over the Eagles last Sunday. The NFL’s training video for officials this week included those plays and instructed officials that the league wants “to make sure that we officiate these plays tight and …
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Football Kansas Athletics Kansas defensive tackle Kenean Caldwell and the KU line await the snap against Missouri on Saturday, Sept. 6, 2025, in Columbia, Mo. The Big 12 Conference has removed an officiating crew from its next scheduled assignment as a result of …
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