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The Offseason Zebra Report Special

Not to say I didn't need the break, because it was nice, but not filing a quasi-weekly Zebra Report left a void in my writing life. With all the recent attention being paid to rule tweaks -- most of which are just guidelines -- in recent days, though, I figured we'd dust off TZR (initials! How cool are we?) and give a...

During Falcons-Chargers Game, Mike Carey Had a Senior Moment, Got Trampled

Mike Carey is probably the best referee in the NFL, but he had a bad day during Sunday's Falcons-Chargers game:That was Carey, first taking his sweet old time before turning on his microphone to announce the penalties on the previous play, and then forgetting, while he was talking, what the second penalty was.After the...

Super Bowl Ref Mike Carey on Manning to Tyree: 'I Thought He Was Going Down'

NFL referees don't give many interviews, but everyone seems to be praising the work of Super Bowl ref Mike Carey, and as a result, the league is letting him make the media rounds. Here he is on this morning's ESPN First Take:Carey insists, like the players do, that he approaches the Super Bowl just like any other game. He...

Super Bowl Ref Mike Carey on Eli Manning to David Tyree Pass: 'I Anticipated a Sack'

Giants quarterback Eli Manning's pass to David Tyree in Super Bowl XLII is already a legendary play, but referee Mike Carey tells the New York Daily News that he was ready to blow the now-famous Manning to Tyree play dead before Manning's pass happened."I knew a sack, or at least grasp and control, was imminent," Carey...

Eli Manning to David Tyree: Ref Mike Carey in Perfect Position

Examining Manning to Tyree, the play that changed the Super Bowl.For an instant before Eli Manning unleashed his 32-yard pass to David Tyree in Super Bowl XLII, it appeared that the play was over. The Patriots' defensive line had Manning bottled up, and referee Mike Carey ran toward the play.Never is a referee's job more...

MikeCarey News From the Web

05/21/12 DC Comics to re-focus on Vertigo Source: Digital Spy The publisher outlined its plans for the mature reader imprint during its panel at London's Kapow!
05/14/12 WVU women's basketball: For Carey, new addition looks... Source: Charleston Daily Mail - Charleston WV Early last week, women's basketball Coach Mike Carey was aware that he was close to welcoming one of the country's best recruiting classes to West Virginia.
05/12/12 Three British Comic Cons In Three Weekends Source: Bleeding Cool This weekend is the Bristol Comic Expo , the genetic inheritor of the old UKCAC conventions.
04/26/12 Man Stabbed With Butcher Knife Source: WBNS - 10 TV Ohio News Now - Columbus OH A man who was stabbed with a butcher knife Thursday afternoon was in critical condition at Miami Valley Hospital and a female suspect is in custody, ONN's affiliate WHIO reported.
04/22/12 Carey happy with WVU women's season Source: The Register-Herald - Beckley WV Coach Mike Carey lost more than 90 percent of the scoring off his 2009-2010 women's basketball team.