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On TwitterNFL Referee Hotline Bling: Ed Hochuli serves up a full English breakfast of penalties
Last season, the NBA established a new hotline for players to complain about officiating this year, but as they say, the NFL is a copycat league. Thus, we've obtained access to the league's official referee hotline, responses to questions about penalties, uniform infractions, and whether illegal touching is still a penalty after hours.
NFL Referee Hotline: Mike McCarthy is sick of these calls
The NFL is going strong, and we're imagining a world where the NFL adds a hotline for players, coaches and GMs to call to complain about penalties, get clarification on rules and challenge replay challenges – just like the NBA.
NFL Referee Hotline Bling: Pete Carroll calls for an investigation
The NFL is back, and we'd like to imagine if the league added a hotline for players, coaches and GMs to call to complain about penalties, get clarification on rules and ask what exactly constitutes a successful catch in the NFL – just like the NBA.
BIG3 Referee Hotline Bling: Kwame Brown can't ring up a win
The NBA started a new hotline this year, where players can ask questions about officiating, dispute technical fouls, and lobby for better treatment. The BIG3 followed suit with its own number, but with older, more outdated phones.
The most over-hyped events in sports history
Floyd Mayweather Jr.'s victory over with MMA champion — and boxing rookie — Conor McGregor captivated audiences due to its novelty, gambling, trash-talking and relentless hype.
BIG3 Referee Hotline: Calls routed from 1-900-MIX-A-LOT
The NBA adopted a hotline for players to call in and complain about officials. Even though it's a little new for the BIG3 to pick up an NBA property that's only a year old, they've nonetheless begun a similar number for their players to weigh in, plead their cases, or argue about four-pointers.
BIG3 Referee Hotline Bling: Charles Oakley slams the phone — and his opponents — down
This year, the NBA started a referee hotline. It’s a number players can call to dispute foul calls, get rules clarification and complain about officials in a judgment-free environment.
The BIG3 in L.A.: The reverse Danny Almonte comes to Staples Center
The BIG3 had its eighth and final week of the regular season at Staples Center, and I was there. So many dominant teams played at Staples. The Magic-Kareem Lakers.
BIG3 Ref Hotline Bling: DerMarr Johnson calls his own shots
Last year, the NBA started a hotline where players could call and discuss the officiating. It's a safe space to dispute technicals, accuse refs of bias, and generally blow off steam about the NBA and its rules.
BIG3 Referee Hotline Bling: A.I. goes M.I.A.
The NBA's new hotline for players is there for players to call to voice their opinions about officiating, plead their cases and, if you’re Matt Barnes, threaten to fight the phone itself.
BIG3 Ref Hotline Bling: James White slams the phone down
Last year, the NBA started a hotline where players can call to talk about officiating, argue about fines and, if you’re Kelly Olynyk, accidentally dislocate the phone from the wall because you’re dialing so hard.
BIG3 Referee Hotline Bling: Sam Hinkie is calling the shots
This year, the NBA opened a new hotline where players can call to voice their opinions about officiating, argue about flagrant fouls and, if you’re Draymond Green, explain how your leg naturally juts out in a kicking motion.
BIG3 Week 4: Shine on me, Philadelphia three-dom
The BIG3 makes its way to the City of Brotherly Love for Week 4, joining the pantheon of great Philadelphia basketball moments. 1983: Moses Malone leads the Sixers to Fo’, Fo’ Five and a title.
BIG3 Referee Hotline Bling: Allen Iverson calls himself out
Last year, the NBA started a hotline where players can call to talk about officiating, argue about fines and, if you’re James Harden, fall to the ground in pain whenever the phone vibrates.
Summer League 2017: What happens in Vegas, stays in the G League
This weekend, I made a pilgrimage to Las Vegas for NBA Summer League. For years, Vegas has been the place where people come hoping to hit the jackpot. For some, that’s robbing a casino with their ten friends.
BIG3 Week 3: Oklahoma, where the threes go sweeping down the plain
Oh what a beautiful weekend! The BIG3 had another successful Sunday in Charlotte, as 10,000+ checked out the hot three-on-three action. There were even more four-pointers, the Ball Hogs came back from 15 points down and not a single team captain suffered a devastating injury.
BIG3 Referee Hotline Bling: Kwame Brown can't mute Michael Jordan
This year, the NBA opened a new hotline where players can complain about calls, dispute technical fouls and, if you’re Draymond Green, describe the symptoms of restless leg syndrome.
BIG3 Week 2: The league adjusts as it heads to Charlotte
After an exciting first weekend full of buzzer-beaters, four-pointers and the injuries we all feared would happen when long-retired NBA players started going all out, the BIG3 heads to the Spectrum Center in Charlotte for Week 2.
BIG3 Referee Hotline Bling: Ricky Davis takes unnecessary shots at Al Harrington
This year, the NBA opened a new hotline where players can call to voice their opinions about officiating, plead their cases, and, if you’re Chris Paul, describe how you’re standing with your arms up and mouth agape in disbelief.
NBA Referee Hotline Bling: David West & Tristan Thompson call LoveLine
As part of the new Collective Bargaining Agreement, NBA players have a hotline to call to complain about the work of NBA refs. And you bet it's still open for the playoffs.
NBA Weekend Awards: Who will wear Cinderella's Glass Slipper?
Soon we will learn which team will raise the Larry O'Brien Trophy in triumph – it could be as early as tonight! And while Kevin Durant and LeBron James are the only real Finals MVP candidates, we've got plenty of awards for all the heroes of the NBA Finals, be they superstars, scrubs, or Kyle Korver.
NBA Referee Hotline Bling: Rihanna calls 'Brick'
The NBA still maintains a hotline where players can call to complain about NBA referees. And you better believe that's still open in the playoffs, when calls are bigger, beefs are hotter, and the stakes are higher.
NBA Weekend Awards: Who will win the Billy Joel Trophy?
We are two games into the Finals, and the Warriors are thinking sweep. Of course they were also thinking sweep a year ago, and they proceeded to lose the next game by 30.
NBA Referee Hotline Bling: LeBron James dials up history
This year, the NBA created hotline where players can call to complain about NBA referees. And it's still open during the playoffs, so players can get rules clarifications, ask for reduced flagrant points, and complain about Scott Foster working Warriors games.
NBA Referee Hotline Bling: Dejounte Murray gets his calls blocked twice
This year, the NBA established a hotline for players to call and chat about NBA referees. It's still going strong in the playoffs, which is more than we can say for some of the conference finalists.
