Sentence examples for the refs was from inspiring English sources

"Who in this league doesn't play with any pains or nicks?" Ewing said before the Knicks evened their war of halfcourt attrition with a wildly uneven 82-76 victoverover the Heat in Game 2 of the Eastern Conference semifinal, a game so unsightly you wondered if everyone, including the refs, was in need of medical attention.

One of the refs was talking about his fantasy team, like 'McCoy, come on, I need you for my fantasy,' ahhh, what?!" There was a referee controversy even before the majority of Week 2 games got underway on Sunday.

The refs weren't calling it today.

Now I'm not saying the refs are perfect.

The refs were right there on top of it.

"Now the refs are like robots," he says.

The league has to make sure the refs are respected.

"He would know who the refs were for scrimmages.

The refs are trying to send a message here: keep the sticks down.

The refs are watching him, even if they say they are not.

It's a difficult game to call and the refs are sometimes just bad.