Today, roughly a third of the league's refs are black, and in 1997 the league hired two female referees, the first in any major men's sport.

She would have been the first ever female referee at a male World Cup; no other referee has come as close to officiating in the tournament.

Scott, in particular, worried that female referees would feel verbally or physically abused.

The season will open Friday with the Chicago Bulls again the team to beat and, for the first time, two female referees.

She is known for being the first ever female referee in the WWF, possibly in pro wrestling history.

He recently made a remark about one of the new female referees in the N.B.A.

He is also considering slapping one of the female referees on the backside after a good call.

Female announcers give the play-by-play; female referees call the games.

Stevens, one of the few female referees in pro wrestling, was initially trained as a wrestler and later agreed to referee for the promotion.

The incident where they discuss the female assistant referee in embarrassingly imbecilic terms is pretty unusual in my experience.