The officiating was excellent.    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

No obvious bias in officiating, and the two teams both played excellent defense.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Volokh Conspiracy » Duke vs. Butler Post-Game Open Thread] Reference

While I think NBA officiating is terrible, I don't quite subscribe to the conspiracy theory yet.    From Wordnik.com.  [Uphill battle (Jack Bog's Blog)] Reference

Their intent of raising the level of instruction, raising the level of officiating, is probably good.    From Wordnik.com.  [NBA, NCAA joining forces to make mark in youth summer hoops] Reference

I don't think that the officiating is the problem here.    From Wordnik.com.  [Yahoo! Sports - Top News] Reference

MacTavish, the Oilers 'coach, thought the officiating was the difference.    From Wordnik.com.  [NHL - National Hockey League - Vancouver vs. Edmonton] Reference

Goodell said there was nothing wrong and that the officiating is the best.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

Where you and I agree completely on is the absolute atrociousness in officiating.    From Wordnik.com.  [Uphill battle (Jack Bog's Blog)] Reference

It was a no-name officiating crew, and one that doesn't belong in important games.    From Wordnik.com.  [Jack Bog's Blog] Reference

More distinguishable than the officiating was the fact neither team played particularly well.    From Wordnik.com.  [USATODAY.com - Miller's late heroics propel Pacers to 2-1 series lead] Reference

The U.S. team never comfortably adjusted to the nuances of the international game or the differences in officiating.    From Wordnik.com.  [USATODAY.com - New direction for USA Basketball?] Reference

To say the officiating has been a bit erratic is like inferring BP's cleanup of the Gulf has been less than exhaustive.    From Wordnik.com.  [YubaNet.com] Reference

How can the industry create new fans with this kind of officiating?.    From Wordnik.com.  [BoxingScene.com] Reference

When you play Notre Dame in South Bend, you include "officiating" in your review.    From Wordnik.com.  [Maize n Brew] Reference

About 260 of these have "officiating" principals handling the college administration for three to four years.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

"Well now," said he, as he observed the fullfaced brother who was "officiating" among the women, "that ere feller takes my eye!.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Captain Attends a Camp-Meeting (Chapter Ten of Adventures of Simon Suggs)] Reference

"Well now," said he, as he observed the full-faced brother who was "officiating" among the women, "that ere feller takes my eye!.    From Wordnik.com.  [Some Adventures of Captain Simon Suggs, Late of the Tallapoosa Volunteers; Together with "Taking the Census," and Other Alabama Sketches. By a Country Editor. With a Portrait from Life, and Other Illustrations, by Darley] Reference

Put aside the kvetching about officiating in the U.S.    From Wordnik.com.  [Going For Hockey Gold] Reference

All I do know is this has been the season of bad officiating.    From Wordnik.com.  [Play it Again, NFL] Reference

Serious NBA fans can recite a litany of common officiating sins.    From Wordnik.com.  [NBA to Coaches: Shut Up!] Reference

It is customary to send a fee to the officiating clergyman, unless he is.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Book of Good Manners; a Guide to Polite Usage for All Social Functions] Reference

Boxing has probably witnessed more bad officiating than all other sports combined.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hey! We Wuz Robbed!] Reference

A deeply divided nation has responded as one to the sorry state of NFL officiating.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hey! We Wuz Robbed!] Reference

While the officiating in the NBA game is often awful, it may also be an impossible task.    From Wordnik.com.  [NBA to Coaches: Shut Up!] Reference

And they needed some officiating help to get past Sacramento in the Western Conference Finals.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Best In Sports] Reference

The NFL continues to tweak the officiating procedures related to the positioning of the umpire.    From Wordnik.com.  [More modifications to positioning of umpire] Reference

When Susan asked me a few weeks ago about officiating at her wedding, I thought she was kidding.    From Wordnik.com.  [Cathleen Falsani: For Better Or For Worse, By the Power Vested In Me] Reference

After all, John McEnroe was screwed by bad officiating in every tennis tournament he ever played.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hey! We Wuz Robbed!] Reference

(Nor the shoddy officiating that threatened to tarnish one of the most remarkable World Cups in history.).    From Wordnik.com.  [The Clash Of The Titans] Reference

Last weekend, I was officiating a wedding ceremony at a location new to me about an hour's drive from home.    From Wordnik.com.  [Anne Naylor: Finding Trust In An Unknown Future] Reference

And no one in the Eastern Conference is likely to challenge the Lakers sufficiently to even bring officiating into the equation.    From Wordnik.com.  [Starr Gazing: Is The Fix In?] Reference

Now, the national team's outstanding goalkeeper is taking aim at officiating in Women's Professional Soccer and the league itself.    From Wordnik.com.  [Goalkeeper Hope Solo vents again after women's soccer match, criticizes referee and league] Reference

Fans now concentrate on officiating mistakes or individual achievements; in the latter case, whichever team wins is inconsequential.    From Wordnik.com.  [The NFL and the fantasy freaks are back for more] Reference

For more serious crimes the suspect (and sometimes the witnesses) were put to the extraordinary question by the officiating priests.    From Wordnik.com.  [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference