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MARCH/APRIL, 2024
April 15, 2024 - North Dakota - Racist taunts against Native Americans plaque North Dakota High School sports. See ND Lawmaker: Racist Taunts Need to Stop, reported by Mike Moen, Minot Daily News.
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April 8, 2024 - Kansas City, MO - NAIA Bans All Transgender Athletes From Women's Sports, reported by Julie Kliegman and Jesse Dougherty, Washington Post.
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March 28, 2024 - Bismarck, ND - Racial Taunting Incidents Persist at North Dakota Sporting Events, reported by Blake Nicholson, Bismarck Tribune (reprinted in the Jamestown Sun).
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March 27, 2024 - Shelton, WA - Shelton High School Football Coach Resigns After Unsanctioned Drill Injures Several, reported by Farah Jadran and Alex Didion, NBC TV5 (Seattle)
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March 27, 2024 - Sydney, Australia - Australian Soccer Team With 5 Transgender Players Goes Undefeated In Women's Tournament: 'Huge Difference In Ability', reported by Patrick Reilly, New York Post.
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March 24, 2024 - Watertown, MA - Referee Dies After Collapsing On Court At Middle School Basketball Game, reported by Christine McCarthy, KKTV - TV11 (Colorado Springs, CO).
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March 7, 2024 - Jacksonville, FL - Online Referee School Grows/Gains Publicity and Support. See Blowing The Whistle on Referee Shortage: How This Program Aims To Help Nationwide Issue, reported by Keith Dunlap, News4Jax.
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March 6, 2024 - Hartford, CT - CT Umpires Face Threats and Assaults. They're Looking For A New Law To Help, reported by Don Stacom, Hartford Courant.
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March 4, 2024 - Berks, PA - Player Charged With Hitting Referee Over Foul Call In a Soccer Game in Berks, reported by Steven Henshaw, The Redding Eagle (Redding, PA).
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March 2, 2024 - North Kansas City, MO - Shooting Disrupts Basketball Game At North Kansas City High School, KQ2.com-TV2 (St. Joseph, MO). See also, At Least 2 People Injured in Shooting Outside Missouri High School As Basketball Game Ends, Police Say, WPSD-TV6 (Paducah, KY), March 3, 2024.
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LATEST COLLINS ARTICLES/INFORMATION
Former Sac-Joaquin Section Commissioner Pete Saco Dies At Age 70, reported by Mitch Stephens, San Francisco Chronicle, January 30, 2023.
I Stand Accused, Referee Magazine, July 2022, page 80 (National Association of Sports Officials).
Show Me The Money, Referee Magazine, May 2022, page 80 (National Association of Sports Officials).
IC Chaos in California, Referee Magazine, January 2021, page 80 (National Association of Sports Officials).
Gig Economy Bill, Referee Magazine, January 2020, page 80 (National Association of Sports Officials).
FROM THE ARCHIVES
September 24, 2023 - Toronto, Canada - Ontario Soccer Refs Start Wearing Bodycams to Deter Parental Abuse, reported by Lane Harrison, CBC News.
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