Philadelphia Columnist Gets Official Comeuppance

When Philadelphia Daily News columnist John Smallwood attended an NBA referee training session recently, he thought it would be easy. Then, he failed a rules test and learned a few other things as well. Says Smallwood:

Still, while most of us accept that we can't play basketball at the level of Allen Iverson or Jason Kidd, we’re not as quick to accept that we can’t officiate at the level of a Tom Washington, LeRoy Richardson or Courtney Kirkland — the officials for the game at the Wachovia Center.

The truth is, we can’t, even though we think we can after every call we disagree with or question.