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Guillermo Rai, The Athletic, 16 Feb. 2025
There’s been a narrative all playoffs long that Kansas City is getting favorable calls from the refs — which Roger Goodell, the Chiefs, Tom Brady and even President Donald Trump have all denied.
—Owen Hayes, NBC News, 10 Feb. 2025
Referees dressed like regular sports refs oversaw the action.
—Ian Frazier, The New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2025
Two years ago the Eagles nearly played the Chiefs to their team bus before losing, 38-35; really didn’t lose that game until the refs correctly called defensive holding on defensive back James Bradberry on what would have been a third-and-8 incompletion by Mahomes.
—Mike Lupica, New York Daily News, 7 Feb. 2025
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He is shown a yellow card for protesting… … as, for the second time in the match, the Italian goes to the edge of his technical area and complains and gesticulates towards ref Munuera Montero.
—Guillermo Rai, The Athletic, 16 Feb. 2025
There’s been a narrative all playoffs long that Kansas City is getting favorable calls from the refs — which Roger Goodell, the Chiefs, Tom Brady and even President Donald Trump have all denied.
—Owen Hayes, NBC News, 10 Feb. 2025
Referees dressed like regular sports refs oversaw the action.
—Ian Frazier, The New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2025
Two years ago the Eagles nearly played the Chiefs to their team bus before losing, 38-35; really didn’t lose that game until the refs correctly called defensive holding on defensive back James Bradberry on what would have been a third-and-8 incompletion by Mahomes.
—Mike Lupica, New York Daily News, 7 Feb. 2025
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“Ref.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ref. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.
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