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Meet the female NBA referees who got their start as NCAA DII
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Women's History Month: Celebrating NBA's First Female Referee
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Cal Poly Pomona to honor former standout, historic NBA official
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NBA promotes Intae Hwang, Sha'Rae Mitchell to full-time referee
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Natalie Sago, Jenna Schroeder first 2 women to officiate same NBA game
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Current officials, referee executives work to help raise up new
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Meet Crystal Hogan, the only female official in DI men's college
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The NBA's five full-time women referees are changing the game, but
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Meet the female NBA referees who got their start as NCAA DII
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Q&A with NBA referee Jenna Schroeder: The Michigan native on an
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Meet Kevin Raher: a college-aged basketball referee chasing a