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• n  (sports) the chief official (as in boxing or American football) who is expected to ensure fair play
• n  someone who reads manuscripts and judges their suitability for publication
• n  an attorney appointed by a court to investigate and report on a case
• v  be a referee or umpire in a sports competition
• v  evaluate professionally a colleague's work

• Questioning the referee is nothing new: it's an intrinsic part of most organized sports, high or low.
• When the NBA opens its season this fall and a referee blows a call, there will doubtless be more than one fan who will tap his buddy and say, "Hey, is that ref pulling a Donaghy?".
• In the three minutes it took for the referee to get that obviously dead Materazzi off the pitch and consult with his assistants, enough Italian input and the fourth referee's .

• ref
• reviewer
• reader
• umpire
• peer review

News & Articles

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• Rugby-Scotland coach hails his beaten team and hammers referee
  By Mark Gleeson NELSPRUIT, South Africa, June 15 (Reuters) - Scotland interim coach Stuart Johnson hailed his walking wounded and blamed the referee for the 30-17 defeat by South Africa on Saturday. Johnson said the yellow card handed to lock Jim Hamilton in the 52nd minute was the turning point as injury-ravaged Scotland went down to 14 men and saw their 10-6 halftime lead overturned. "The ...
  June 15, 2013 - Reuters via Yahoo! News
• Teen, Charged in Death of Referee, Enters Not Guilty Plea
  By Ladd Egan (KUTV) A 17-year-old Utah boy accused of fatally punching a soccer referee will remain in juvenile detention while he awaits a hearing to determine if he will face a homicide by assault charge as an adult. Prosecutors say the teen punched soccer referee Ricardo Portillo, 46, in the head during a game on April 27 after Portillo called a foul on the boy. ...
  June 15, 2013 - KUTV Salt Lake City
• Family of teen charged with referee's death feels 'horrible'
  The family of a 17-year-old accused of punching and killing a soccer referee during a game apologized to the victim's family Friday. The teen pleaded not guilty to the homicide charge Friday.
  June 15, 2013 - KSL Salt Lake City

Quotes

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• Fabio Capello in The Associated Press
  The goal was very important,Capello said. "We could have played a different style. We made some mistakes when they played the counterattack. The referee made bigger mistakes."
• Donovan in msnbc.com (blog)
  I'm a little gutted to be honest,said star striker Donovan. "I don't know how they stole that last goal from us. I'm not sure what the call was. He (the referee) wouldn't tell us what the call was."
• Bastian Schweinsteiger in The Associated Press
  We have to remain calm and not get provoked and I hope the referee will be very alert. You could see their behavior at halftime of the game against Mexico,he added of a pushing and shoving incident during the second-round match. "When you...