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Ray Cox

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Common Mistakes Officials Make — Part IV — Throw your hands in the air, Brothers and Sisters
Common Mistakes Officials Make — Part III — Lumber, lead feet and foul reporting
Common Mistakes Officials Make — Part II — Gadgets and geometry
Common Mistakes Officials Make — Part I — What does "common" really mean?
It's Time to Solo — Part II — Once the toss goes up
It's Time to Solo — Part I — Before the game begins
It Ain't Over... — ... until the fat lady buzzes
To Ref ... or Not — Part II — Accounting the costs
To Ref ... or Not — Part I — Accounting the rewards and blessings
An Ounce of Pregame — Part II — Is Worth a Pound of Cure: Keeping it on the rails
An Ounce of Pregame — Part I — Is Worth a Pound of Cure: coming off the rails
The Game Within the Game — Keep one eye on each game
Handling Coaches — Part II
Handling Coaches — Part I — What I've learned so far
Roads to Redemption — Making good on the promise of youth
Jump Ball: Focus — Part IV — What could possibly go wrong?
Jump Ball: Focus — Part III — Getting ready and being ready
Jump Ball: Focus — Part II — Excellent advice - and a bit of history
Jump Ball: Focus — Part I — One bad toss can ruin your whole night
Be a Hustler — But not a hurrier
Basket, Choice — Basket, wrong
Black Eye — Sucker-punched by one of our own
A Day For Heroes
Ready For The Call — Sans-a-belts up or down?
A Modest Proposal — Yardwork, blue glue, and randomly unloading coaches
The 2007-2008 Basketball Rules Changes — Part II — Ray Cox and Juulie Downs discuss the details
The 2007-2008 Basketball Rules Changes — Part I — Ray Cox and Juulie Downs discuss the details
Time and Distance — Part III — It's best to remain guarded
Time and Distance — Part II — When is a screen not a screen?
Time and Distance — Part I — Maybe it's your spot, but maybe it ain't
The Perfect Storm — How not to let a weaker partner capsize you
Ruminations from the Next Rung — Don't look down; look inside
An Attitude of Giving — It's open season on condors
Fifteen Common Mistakes Officials Make — Part XVIII — Buy, sell, and hold
What's in Your Gear Bag? — Part I — Athletic rules study software
Fifteen Common Mistakes Officials Make — Part XVII — Fireworks
Fifteen Common Mistakes Officials Make — Part XVI — Past, present, and future: That's all you really need
Fifteen Common Mistakes Officials Make — Part XV — Things happen in threes
Ray Cox Stirs the Pot, So To Speak — Some questions about boys vs girls
Fifteen Common Mistakes Officials Make — Part XIV — Fun with fingers and toes
Fifteen Common Mistakes Officials Make — Part XIII — 5...4...3...2...1...Tweet
Fifteen Common Mistakes Officials Make — Part XII — Three seconds wtih Heidi Klum
Fifteen Common Mistakes Officials Make — Part XI — Forward and down
Fifteen Common Mistakes Officials Make — Part X — I can see clearly now
Fifteen Common Mistakes Officials Make — Part IX — Pasture gates and peripheral vision
2006-07 NFHS Basketball Rule Changes — Part IV — This signals the end of the changes
2006-07 NFHS Basketball Rule Changes — Part III — Not last, but as last as I could make it
2006-07 NFHS Basketball Rule Changes — Part II — Time flies on wings of lightning, but now you can bring it back
2006-07 NFHS Basketball Rule Changes — Part I — Fashion policework: not fashionable, but not that much work either
We Want You! — The case for becoming a sports official
Fifteen Common Mistakes Officials Make — Part VIII
Fifteen Common Mistakes Officials Make — Part VII — Doing the paperwork
Choose a Camp to Meet Your Goals — "Let's Make a Deal" was better in black and white
Fifteen Common Mistakes Officials Make — Part VI — What to my wandering eyes should appear?
Fifteen Common Mistakes Officials Make — Part V — Toe your own line and hoe your own row
'Tis the Off-Season — Summer is officiating season
Getting the Jump on Next Season — De-evolution and the Cro-Magnon referee
Another Kind of March Madness — Part II — One way to ensure you're still working in March
Another Kind of March Madness — Part I — How is church basketball like March Madness?
Having Words — Are wives like coaches... or, are coaches like wives?
Clueless George — Chestnuts, old bones and three seconds
Sloppy Substitution — The scorekeeper is not your friend
Ask The Experts — Instant replay
Miranda on the End Line — Part II — You don't need a lawyer on this one
Miranda on the End Line — Part I — The right to remain running
Treading the Footlights — Part II — Thriving in the spotlight
Treading the Footlights — Part I — No need for center stage
Stop Fights Before They Start — Keep your eye OFF the ball
Fluctuating Interest Rates — Keeping your head in the game
You Gotta Have Heart — Part III — An hour a day keeps the doctor away
You Gotta Have Heart — Part II — Stress can kill
You Gotta Have Heart — Part I — Beats per minute
Putting Lipstick on a Pig — The new NBA player dress code
What's in a Name? — Respecting the game of life � and basketball
Identity — It's not just for Native Americans
Lessons for New Officials — Part III — Film, fury, and finding a mentor
2005-2006 NFHS Basketball Rules Changes — Part III — The finishing touch
2005-2006 NFHS Basketball Rules Changes — Part I — Compelling discussion and reckless conjecture
2005-2006 NFHS Basketball Rules Changes — Part II — All the new rules fit to print
Protocol, Passwords, and Secret Handshakes — Part II — The day of
Protocol, Passwords, and Secret Handshakes — Part I — Before game day
The Renaissance Referee — Science, engineering, art, and mechanics
Lessons for New Officials — Part II — Knowledge, natural instincts, and soft skin
Lessons for New Officials — Part I — Boots, Goose, and Gorbachev
We're Just Part of the Game — Too much a part sometimes
The Happy Camper — Part III — The last three days
The Happy Camper — Part II — The first three days
The Happy Camper — Part I — Off to a great start
Whistling in Four-Part Harmony — Summer is the season for radical ideas
We Must Be Londoners — Facing the fears that hold us back
Definite Information — Definite is definitely indefinite
Goin' Courtin' — Part V — Defining moments
Goin' Courtin — Part IV — Don't panic!
Goin' Courtin' — Part III — Except for exceptions
Goin' Courtin' — Part II — Making the play
Goin' Courtin' — Part I — Rules and criteria
Fade to Black — As one season ends, another begins

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