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Basketball is regarded by many fans as among the most difficult sports to officiate. [2] Usually basketball officials have only split seconds to determine if an infraction has occurred, due to the speed of play of the game and the officials' proximity to the action. Especially difficult are the "charge/block" call and shooting foul/block attempt.
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The sequence began with Tennessee forward Tobe Awaka draped like a poncho over college basketball’s most immovable big man. Awaka was trying in vain to keep someone who stands 7-foot-4 and ...
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James Michael "Jake" O'Donnell (born January 25, 1937, in Philadelphia) [1] is a former sports official who worked as a National Basketball Association (NBA) referee for 28 seasons from 1967 to 1995, [2] and also as an umpire in Major League Baseball for four seasons from 1968 to 1971. [1]
Valentine worked his first NCAA Division I basketball game in 1981 at the former Baptist College, now Charleston Southern University. [5] He was paid $150 for the game, and received speeding tickets both on the way and returning from the game. [9] In 1986, he was hired by Bob Wortman, who was then the Big Ten Conference's director of officials.
Foster was born on April 8, 1967, in Silver Spring, Maryland.His father, Dickie Foster, was a firefighter for Montgomery County, Maryland. [6] Whenever Foster coached his younger brothers' basketball games at his local recreation center, he was required to officiate the following game, sparking his interest in becoming a referee.
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