A referee is the person of authority, in a variety of sports, who is responsible for presiding over the game from a neutral point of view and making on the fly decisions that enforce the rules of the sport. The official tasked with this job may be known, in addition to referee, by a variety of other titles as well (often depending on the sport), including umpire, judge, arbiter, arbitrator, linesman, commissaire, timekeeper or touch judge.
The term referee originated in association football.[citation needed] Originally the team captains would consult with each other in order to resolve any dispute on the pitch. Eventually this role was delegated to an umpire. Each team would bring their own partisan umpire allowing the team captains to concentrate on the game. Later, the referee, a third "neutral" official was added, this referee would be "referred to" if the umpires could not resolve a dispute. The referee did not take his place on the pitch until 1891, when the umpires became linesmen (now assistant referees). Today, in many amateur football matches, each side will still supply their own partisan assistant referees (still commonly called club linesmen) to assist the neutral referee appointed by the governing football association.
Michael Jeffrey Jordan (born February 17, 1963) is a retired American professional basketball player, active entrepreneur, and majority owner of the Charlotte Bobcats. His biography on the National Basketball Association (NBA) website states, "By acclamation, Michael Jordan is the greatest basketball player of all time." Jordan was one of the most effectively marketed athletes of his generation and was considered instrumental in popularizing the NBA around the world in the 1980s and 1990s.
After a three-season career at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he was a member of the Tar Heels' national championship team in 1982, Jordan joined the NBA's Chicago Bulls in 1984. He quickly emerged as a league star, entertaining crowds with his prolific scoring. His leaping ability, illustrated by performing slam dunks from the free throw line in slam dunk contests, earned him the nicknames "Air Jordan" and "His Airness". He also gained a reputation for being one of the best defensive players in basketball. In 1991, he won his first NBA championship with the Bulls, and followed that achievement with titles in 1992 and 1993, securing a "three-peat". Although Jordan abruptly retired from basketball at the beginning of the 1993–94 NBA season to pursue a career in baseball, he rejoined the Bulls in 1995 and led them to three additional championships (1996, 1997, and 1998) as well as an NBA-record 72 regular-season wins in the 1995–96 NBA season. Jordan retired for a second time in 1999, but returned for two more NBA seasons from 2001 to 2003 as a member of the Washington Wizards.
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Walter, 24, is a wrestler, competing for a spot on the national team when he learns of his sister's brutal death. He comes home to help his mother; he works out, takes a dead-end job, and goes to the trial of the accused murderer. He becomes friends with Linda, her husband murdered; she's raising a teen son, Clay, who's deaf. Walter gets Clay into wrestling. He accompanies Linda to events at a center where she works. He sees her at the courthouse. They wait for verdicts. Walter's mother takes her daughter's things to a rummage sale. Clay has his father's pistol. How will grief express itself?
The space between loss and love.
Clay: Clay: But all of this isn't only about me. All of this is more about waiting for someone you know will never come back. About that time spent waiting. And the people you meet in the waiting room.
[first lines]::Clay: I collect goldfish. I keep them in a small tank in my bedroom. Other kids my age like dogs - if they like animals at all. But for me, it's goldfish. I understand them, living under water in a little bowl, hearing nothing, just watching everything through glass.
Clay: Me and Walter, we know how it feels when a new day begins, and someone doesn't show up for it.
Clay: People need to have something in common to keep them close. Something like a job, or a hobby, or a sport - or the wait - for something to change. For justice, for fairness. But the wait can get difficult. And after a while, you can't just watch the story go on without you. And after a while, you take the story back.
[repeated line]::Hank: Okay, good stuff...
Linda: I've never even *been* to court before all this happened. It's like a foreign country in there, the words they use and how things happen, it's just... It's like I got on a wrong plane and got off at some fucked up country I'm not supposed to be in.
[last lines]::Clay: All of this is more about waiting for someone you know will never come. About that time spent waiting. Never keep them waiting, in the waiting room.
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The Pea 'n' Cocks XI take on the Wetherby Warriors this week. A few pints and a karaoke later, the team rush to get on the road leaving essential kit behind. After a pit stop at the burger van, the team arrive to find the away changing rooms out of action! Led on the field by their captain Geoff, Its a beautiful day but a very ugly game as Donald's having a tough time keeping up with ringer Tommy Spencer's Lad. The referee slowly loses control as the tackles come thick and fast, not before the team are made to play in 'skins' due to a kit clash. Will Eric and Leslie see the lads score a goal? Will they finish with eleven men still on the field? Will Norman have sobered up by the final whistle?
The unsung heroes of Sunday Pub Football
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"Now is the winter of our discontent..." With these timeless words, Duke Richard - lounging on his sun deck - sets his murderous plans in motion. His goal: to eliminate the hated rival Lancaster dynasty, and reign as undisputed king. Standing between him and the throne are his brothers Clarence and King Edward, his nephews the Princes, his bitter adversary Queen Elizabeth, and a host of enemies, rivals, and dubious allies. In the Los Angeles of "Shakespeare's Richard III", violence is the norm: every member of the nobility expects to kill or be killed, according to the code duel lo. They prefer death before dishonor. The women in this society are just as dangerous, courageous, and brutal as the men. The York and Lancaster families - rival branches of the former England Studios - exert a mafia-like control of the city and local politics/law enforcement. Aided by his sinister counselor Buckingham, Richard will stop at nothing - seduction, bribery, conspiracy, and wholesale slaughter - in his bloodthirsty quest, until finally just one adversary remains: his arch-rival Lord Richmond. But why, as the opposing forces join battle, is Richard smiling? What does he know that Richmond doesn't...?
Keywords: based-on-play, character-name-in-title, death, evil-power, hate, hollywood-california, kingdom, knife-fight, los-angeles-california, love
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Frank Mansfield has wanted to win the Cockfighter of the Year medal for ages. Frank never speaks. After shooting his mouth off one too many times then losing a champion rooster in a casual hotel room cockfight, he swore never to speak again until he's won that award... He makes a bet with old crony Jack to be settled at the upcoming meet. Frank puts his car and his trailer on the line; he loses. Jack gets the trailer, and Frank's part-time girlfriend who goes with it. Frank's long-time girlfriend Mary Elizabeth wants him to get serious and settle down. But Frank has to raise some money for a new cock - $500 - then he can form a partnership with fellow cocksman Omar Baradansky and make another try for that medal...
Keywords: 1970s, actual-animal-killed, based-on-novel, boyfriend-girlfriend-relationship, breasts, champion, cockfighting, comeback, controversial, cult
The Middies March To Glory In Football And Romance!
Kravette: Helping a prisoner to escape? I'll put you on the rock pile for this!::Spider Robbins: If you do, we'll throw rocks at you!
Violet Jones: That's funny - I can't seem to hit that top note.::Spider Robbins: Perhaps it's just as well. Where did you learn to sing, anyway?::Violet Jones: I spent four years in Paris. Of course, I'm not a virtuoso.::Spider Robbins: Not after four years in Paris, no.::Violet Jones: I trust we're both talking about the same thing?
I never knew how much you're worth
Look I'm digging in the dirt
And I'm sorry that I messed with you
Girl, never wanted to exert my power just to hurt you
[Pre-chorus:]
Who else around you's making promises
Do you see a checkered flag waving me in again
Don't slam the door on me communicate
I can't wait forever more
I'm through with this
[Chorus:]
Referee
Please help us get back on our feet
Open me up to her dreams
My heart has been starving for weeks
Referee
Tread on a lightly woven thread
There's a price up on my head
She's claiming independence
Sound, is the only way to ground her majesty's loose cannon
[Pre-chorus]
[Chorus x2]
She takes a Puff
Of that casual cigarette
It's her only friend
Gets back into bed
Let's just work it out
I can't feel doubt
We're falling out
Review the steps
That our friendly doctor set
Stop thinking with red
Don't go streaking bare
And respect me in front of others
And don't push me
Let's discover us all the way
[Chorus x2]
We gotto give it time
Oh oh oh
We gotto give it time