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2001

Hawk-Eye

technology,

which would

later be used

to make calls in

tennis, makes its

broadcast debut

during a May 21

England–Pakistan

cricket match.

1994

Soccer refs can no

longer be called the

“men in black” after

FIFA introduces

colored shirts for

them to wear during

the World Cup.

1969

The National Hockey

League Officials

Association forms

to fight for better

pay and conditions.

The emergence of

the World Hockey

Association in ’7 2

leads to the union’s

first CBA.

2018

The International

Football Association

Board and

Premier League

approve use

of the video

assistant referee

(VAR). It leads to

17 overturned calls

during that year’s

World Cup.

1997

Violet Palmer

becomes the

NBA’s first woman

to referee when

she officiates a

Dallas Mavericks–

Vancouver Grizzlies

matchup.

2021

Jenna Schroeder

and Natalie Sago

are the first women

referees to work

together on the

same crew during a

Hornets-Magic game.

1998

Harry and

Hunter

Wendelstedt

become the first

father-son duo to

umpire an MLB

game together.

2007

Braves manager

Bobby Cox breaks

John McGraw’s record

of 1 32 ejections

en route to setting

his own mark:

158 times tossed.

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