Pac-12 officiating coordinator Ed Rush has resigned amidst a “scandal” where he unfairly targeted Arizona coach Sean Miller. He resigned, but he seems to think this was all a big misunderstanding.

You wanna see a third-division Brazilian soccer player kick a referee? Fast-forward to the 36 second mark (unless you enjoy Portuguese commentary). Bring down the hammer, Brazilian Roger Goodell.

During a recent fourth tier Italian soccer match between Nuovo Campobasso and Arzanese, Nuovo Campobasso club president Ferruccio Capone simply could not handle the rash of referee decisions going against his club. So he decided to lay siege upon the announer’s booth, hijack the microphone and yell at the referee through the loudspeaker. (Skip ahead to 3:10).

Boris Diaw is a man of many talents. Committing charging fouls is one of them, and he is particularly good at this.

Yeah, neither do we. As you can see in the video, LeBron James drives the lane and Gerald Henderson steps in to take a charge. Because his feet were still moving, a personal foul is called on Henderson, sending LeBron to the line for two shots. And then: BAM. Technical on LeBron.

Here’s the delightfully educational story of a youth football coach who, in anger over an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty called against him, runs onto the field and hits a referee in the face.

Well, we’re through one week of the regular refs being back in the NFL, and they weren’t perfect, but they were warmly received. So warmly, in fact, that the most prominent of all refs is now a cover model.

Dirty Tackle has the details on this one, in which a crazed fan chokes out a linesman and then immediately gives up once police intervene. And notice the plea of ignorance when he throws his hands up in the air as if to say, “What did I do?” Nothing, crazy person. Nothing.

Expired CBAs and labor disputes in the NFL: they’re not just for 2011! And while this edition might not have quite the heft of the player lockout that (at least theoretically) threatened the 2011 season and played havoc with teams’ offseasons, but it’s worth paying attention to nonetheless.