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Marlins, NBA Need to Get Tougher

So who did the worst job this week of disciplining somebody who was out of control -- the Florida Marlins or the NBA? It's a tie. They both embarrassed themselves nearly as much as their employees who spit in the face of integrity. No way, Hanley Ramirez deserved just a one-game benching from the Marlins after he dogged...

NBA Suspends Referee Joe DeRosa for Throwing Ball at Fan

The NBA suspended referee Joe DeRosa for one game without pay for throwing a ball to a heckling fan earlier this week. During halftime of Game 2 of the Eastern Conference finals between the Boston Celtics and Orlando Magic, DeRosa approached press row with the rest of the officiating crew to retrieve his jacket before...

The SportsLodge: Hannibal Hanley

Hanley Ramirez is a disgrace, don't give Joe DeRosa a taser and a Lakers-Suns Game 2 prediction. Hear about those topics and more in the latest SportsLodge.

No Special Treatment for Ref Joe DeRosa

ORLANDO -- History was made Tuesday night in a Man-Bites-Dog sort of way. A basketball official "attacked" a fan for yelling at him. Joe DeRosa (above, center, between Bill Kennedy and Marc Davis) tossed the ball at a guy named Franz Hanning, who tossed it right back. DeRosa then really blew it by tossing Hanning out of...

Referee Joe DeRosa Gets Into Spat With Magic Fan at Halftime

During halftime of Game 2 in the Eastern Conference finals, veteran NBA official Joe DeRosa was involved in a testy incident with a Magic fan near the scorer's table. As DeRosa went over to the table to get his crew's warmup jackets, a fan behind the table approached DeRosa and appeared to be shouting at him. Share...

Joe DeRosa News From the Web

05/04/12 Teaching kids about stranger danger Source: NBC - NBC 2 - Fort Myers FL Fort Myers police are still looking for a suspect they say grabbed a five-year-old girl Wednesday and tried to abduct her.

Background on Joe DeRosa

Joe DeRosa (born April 9, 1957) is a current NCAA Division 1 Mens Basketball referee. He is the only person to have ever officiated both in the NBA Finals and the NCAA Men's Final Four.

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