Why The First Female NFL Referee Is Taking One For The Team

I had so many puns about the first female NFL referee that I wanted to use here, but ABC News beat me to all of them.It’s a shame that Shannon Eastin had to cross a picket line to make history, but well-behaved women rarely do. I’m just hoping her success breaks barriers for other women…

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Rebecca Eisenberg

Sep 5, 2012

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