Football Zebras
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- Created in 2009, Football Zebras discusses officiating and the rules of the NFL without team bias
- Live appearances on ESPN, CNN, Mad Dog Radio, NPR, and several local sportsradio programs (list with audiovisual links)
- Listed in the Sports Illustrated Social 100 of sports-related Twitter feeds.
- Listed in Referee magazine’s list of websites “worth checking out”
- Broke the news story regarding the qualifications of Super Bowl XLVII referees (see the Football Zebras special report), which was reported by the New York Times and other news outlets
Football Zebras has confirmed Clete Blakeman is the #SB50 refereehttps://t.co/TH8BEua8uc pic.twitter.com/Jf0QVK9f4t
— Football Zebras (@footballzebras) January 20, 2016
Nice scoop, Ben Austro. I think Blakeman’s a good ref. Good presence. Good control of game. https://t.co/6tf3O5jiNH
— Peter King (@SI_PeterKing) January 20, 2016
My new favoritest follow is @footballzebras
— Tim Graham (@ByTimGraham) October 26, 2015
@footballzebras you guys seriously do a fantastic job. Very helpful for broadcasters.
— Adam Amin (@adamamin) October 6, 2015
Interesting perspective by Football Zebras re: use of headsets and how they may be assisting officials in the NFL https://t.co/wK5YlZ8C5G
— Jim Daopoulos (@RefereeJimD) September 20, 2015