Immediately after the game, Kevin Seifert of ESPN questioned why the referees pulled the flag. Smith said that he thought there was a potential face-mask penalty on that high hit on the quarterback.

The New Orleans Saints and New York Giants might be seeing a lot of yellow on Sunday as their matchup got assigned the most flag-happy referee in the NFL. Clete Blakeman was assigned the Week 14 ...

Referees were the talk of “Thursday Night ... They didn’t think so, so they didn’t throw the flag.” Minnesota was out-gained by Los Angeles, 386-272, in a disappointing loss, as Matthew ...

No flag was thrown, however, and the Rams were awarded a safety to take a 30-20 lead. They won by that final score. You can watch the entire sequence here. After the game, referee Tra Blake spoke ...

The incident began with a verbal altercation, during which Yaghi tapped the boxer with the 40-centimeter (16-inch) assistant referee flag he was holding. The 26-year-old Abdallah pleaded guilty in ...

Al Michaels really doesn’t like flags and he made that abundantly clear during the Prime Video “Thursday Night Football” broadcast. Fifteen total flags were thrown in the Cowboys’ 20-15 ...

CINCINNATI – The Cincinnati Bengals and Baltimore Ravens will have one of the NFL’s most senior referees on the call Thursday night. Clete Blakeman has the assignment, and this will be the ...

The only problem for Jackson State was that there was a flag on the play. Then, when making the call, referee Rory Bernard did something unusual. Bernard’s salute drew applause from the crowd.