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Jeff Kearney

Jeff Kearney teaches English in a middle school outside Boston. He has officiated college basketball and soccer, as well as baseball, softball, volleyball, soccer, and basketball at the high school varsity level. He cites working a Maryland high school basketball state championship game as his career highlight. His interests include his beloved Red Sox, other Boston sports, and playing guitar. You may reach Jeff at jeffkearney@officiating.com.

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Jeff Kearney article archive

Are You a Good Partner?
And It Was All Yellow — Desperate officiating
Common Sense Officiating — Part II
Caught in the Act (of Shooting)
Common Sense Officiating — Part I
Communicate with Coaches — Part II
Communicate with Coaches — Part I
Love the One You're With
Seven Responses to Dave Libbey — Part I — Thoughts on the musings of a Final Four Ref
Minor Annoyances — A new list of things that tick me off
Skirmish Management — What we can learn from Jim Quirk
2007-2008 HFHS Rules Changes — One ref's perspective
To Stay Postgame or Not to Stay — That is the question
Random Officiating Thoughts
Star Struck — A day in the life of the CYO referee
Five Good Fouls
An Affair to Remember — A basketball ref tries out soccer for size
Two-minute Warning — Decisions, decisions
Joey Crawford ... and Other Random Thoughts — Technically speaking
March Gladness — Random thoughts about this year's NCAA Tourney
Hey, Now, You're an All Star — Get your game on
A Wake Up Call — Dealing with tragedy
A Night at the Opera... — ...or in this case, a high school hoops game
Do's and Don'ts for the New Year — On and off the court
Things to Look For... — ...in college basketball this season
Resolutions for the New Year — Is this the year I can keep one?
'Tis the season... — ...to be reffing
2006-07 NFHS Basketball Points of Emphasis — Part IV — The O.C., the Kennedys, The Fray and Ref Talk
A Tribute to Bruce Froemming — ... on the occasion of his 5,000th game
2006-07 NFHS Basketball Points of Emphasis — Part III — Time-outs, tough situations, and Rachel Bilson-Kearney
2006-07 NHFS Basketball Points of Emphasis — Part II — ...plus a tribute to C.B. Bucknor
2006-07 NFHS Basketball Points of Emphasis — Part I — "Idol" thoughts and head Injuries
Call It Both Ways! — Part IV — How to pass a fitness test without really trying
How to Succeed in Your Pregame... — ...without really trying
Call It Both Ways — Part III — Do refs cheat ... and is Lindsay Lohan still hot?
New Year's Resolutions — My officiating resolutions for the new year
Call It Both Ways — Part II — Levels of officiating, NFL talk, and other random thoughts
Call It Both Ways! — Part I — Some thoughts on the NFL and its officials
10 Things I Hate About You — Part II — More Julia Stiles!
10 Things I Hate About You — Part I — Julia Stiles - schwing!
The Weight — ...you put the load right on me
'Tis the Season — To keep yourself jolly
Hoop Dreams — Part IV — Water, water everywhere
Hoop Dreams — Part III — Quotes, advice, and "Zippy," the Monkey
Hoop Dreams — Part II — The lightbulb turns on
Hoop Dreams — Part I — My quest for the promised land
NCAA Men's Basketball Survey — Part XI — Dropping F-bombs
NCAA Men's Basketball Survey — Part X — The joy and pain of the coaching box
NCAA Men's Basketball Survey — Part VIII — 3-2-1 contact!
NCAA Men's Basketball Survey — Part VII — On the defensive
NCAA Men's Basketball Survey — Part VI — Soapbox derby
NCAA Men's Basketball Survey — Part V — "My So-Called Life"
NCAA Men's Basketball Survey — Part IV — Shot clocks, timeouts, and Julianne Moore
NCAA Men's Basketball Survey — Part III — Might as well jump!
NCAA Men's Basketball Survey — Part II — Disqualification thoughts
NCAA Men's Basketball Survey — Part IX — In touch with reality
NCAA Men's Basketball Survey — Part I — All the rules that's fit to print
Just a Little Patience — Yeahhhhhhhhhh
"I'm a Ref, Too" — ... and other B.S. coaches also say
"I'm a Ref, Too"... — Part I — ... and other B.S. coaches say
The Day The Music Died — ... and we were singing...
The Root Canal — What to do when your game resembles one
Like Sands In the Hourglass — These are the days of our lives
The Importance of Being Earnest — Wilde about officiating
Things That Tick Me Off — A lighthearted look at some every day annoyances
Basketball Diaries — Part IV — Back in the saddle
Basketball Diaries — Part III — Anger management
We Three Kings — Part IV — of Orient are?
Basketball Diaries — Part II — ...musings on Coors, ADD, and Shakespeare
Basketball Diaries — Part I — ...a day in the life
We Three Kings — Part III — ...a column complete with grammar lessons!
We Three Kings — Part II — NFHS 3-person mechanics changes
We Three Kings — Part I — 3-person mechanics changes
Communication Breakdown — Part V — It's a-l-w-a-y-s t-h-e s-a-m-e
Communication Breakdown — Part IV — It's still, still, still always the same
Communication Breakdown — Part III — It's still still always the same
Communication Breakdown — Part II — ...it's always the same
Communication Breakdown — Part I — ...it's always the same
R-E-S-P-E-C-T — Part II — Find out what it means to me - again
The Secret Joys of Refereeing — Tales from the road
R-E-S-P-E-C-T — Part I — Find out what it means to me
Domo Arigato, Mr. Roboto — Domo (domo) Domo (domo)
I'm Looking California ... — ... and feeling Minnesota
NFHS Basketball Rules Fundamentals — Part VII — Polling the electorate
NFHS Basketball Rules Fundamentals — Part VI — Shaking it like a Polaroid picture
NFHS Basketball Rules Fundamentals — Part V — In a double foul mood
NFHS Basketball Rules Fundamentals — Part IV — Writing so good it's infectious
NFHS Basketball Rules Fundamentals — Part III — Plus three suggested NFHS rules changes
NFHS Basketball Rules Fundamentals — Part II — Pulling out the rules
NFHS Basketball Rules Fundamentals — Part I — Jenny, Jenny, who can I turn to?
Turn the Page — Every ounce of energy...
Me and My Big Mouth — Musings about mouthguards
NCAA/NFHS Rules Differences — Part VII — Staying alive
NCAA/NFHS Rules Differences — Part VI — "Time out" somebody yelled
NCAA/NFHS Rules Differences — Part V — Back to the future
NCAA/NFHS Rules Differences — Part IV — All the rules that's fit to print
NCAA/NFHS Rules Differences — Part III — Plus an ode to Dodger Stadium
NCAA/NFHS Rules Differences — Part II — The heart of the matter
NCAA/NFHS Rules Differences — Part I — Airborne shooter, closely guarded, and coaching box
NFHS Editorial Changes — Part III — The final countdown
NFHS Basketball Editorial Changes 2004-05 — Part II — Change your life in 992 words
NFHS Basketball Editorial Changes 2004-05 — Part I — Plus some ill-advised pining about Jenny's golf game
NFHS Basketball Rules Changes 2004-05 — Today, I actually earn my money
Liar Liar — The truth is out there
All I Need to Know About Refereeing... — Part II — I learned from James Naismith -- again
All I Need to Know About Refereeing... — Part I — ...I learned from James Naismith
How to Find Osama... — ...and how to tick off the editor
The Legend of Fair Ball Harrington — Fear and loathing in Nebraska
The Book is Better Than the Movie — Musing about movies and officiating
It's Been A While... — Will the editor even remember me?
Guess Who's Back...Back Again? — Shady's back, tell a friend
A Trip to Bountiful: The State Soccer Championship — Part III — In the end...
A Trip to Bountiful: The State Soccer Championship — Part II — In the middle...
A Trip to Bountiful: The State Soccer Championship — Part I — In the beginning...
Emphasize the Point — Part V — The final countdown
Emphasize the Point — Part IV — Here I Go Again On My Own
Emphasize that Point — Part III — As the point turns
Back to School — Part II — Jeff Kearny and Dave Patterson talk glory days
Emphasize that Point — Part II — Heartbreak Hotel
Emphasize that Point — Part I — The "Department of Redundancy" department
Advantage: Soccer — Part I — Two writers debate the badness of bad rules
Running Down a Dream — You're probably not making it to the ACC...so now what?
Quack, Quack — Living large as a lame duck
Glory Days — They'll pass you by
A Pause for Effect — A universal lesson learned from an MLB umpire
Vive le Canada! — I am moving here when the cops finally close in
Referee Vacation — Is it ever OK to take a game off?
Moving On Up — ...to a deluxe apartment in the sky
Wish You Were Here... — And thoughts on the Birddog
Quidditch Has Referees! — Harry Potter books don't stink as much as I thought
"O Captain, My Captain" — My Dead Poets Society journey
The Write Stuff
Live Free or Die — Bonus: actual officiating information contained within
Turn and Face the Strange Ch-ch-changes
Party Like It's Your Birthday — Somebody please get me a present
Old School — How much should we talk to coaches?
Grand Theft Cleveland
Bad Medicine
Be The Ball, Danny...
Fantasy Island
Meet The Parents
Once, Twice, Three Times a Technical
Good Fences Make Good Neighbors — The world evolves around respect
Of Course, I'm An Excellent Driver
Show Me The Money — Part II — The happy times
Show Me The Money — Part I — A boy's life
The Waiting Drove Me Mad . . .
These Are a Few of My Favorite Things
My Own Personal "Shawshank Redemption" — Part II — Email and ice
My Own Personal "Shawshank Redemption" — Part I — A youth full of crime
The Jeff Kearney Fan Club
Seize The Day, Boys
Once More Into the Breach, Dear Friends
Wanted: Dead or Alive — Dead ball officiating
All The Small Things
Baseball Umpiring Nearly Ruined My Life
Court Awareness
Spicing Up Your Preseason
Duke Edsall
Officials' Association Survival Guide — Part II — More advice --Dos and Donts --for those with higher expectations
Officials' Association Survival Guide — Part I — Fitting in, moving up -- advice for those with higher expectations

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