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JANUARY/FEBRUARY, 2026
February 13, 2026 - Port Orange, FL - Florida pickleball brawl involving up to 20 people results in paddles to the face and felony charges, reported by Storey Wertheimer, nbcnews.com.
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February 11, 2026 - Los Angeles, CA - LAUSD investigating incident involving basketball player and official after playoff game, reported by Eric Sondheimer, LA Times. For video, see, California High School Basketball Player Punches Referee During Heated Altercation After Playoff Loss, reported by Grayson Weir, Bro Bible, February, 13, 2026.
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February 7, 2026 - New Jersey, Youth sports are at a ‘crisis point,’ Congress says. What’s being done in N.J. to address surging costs? Reported by Murjani Rawls, NJ.com.
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February 6, 2026 - Northern California - With Court Storming Upset of De La Salle and Empty Stands at Piedmont, Historic Wins Unfold After Brawls, reported by Mitch Stephens, San Francisco Chronicle, reprinted on yahoosports.
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January 30, 2026 - Piedmont, CA - Brawl Breaks Out At Bay Area High School Basketball Game, KTVU-TV Video on YouTube.
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January 29, 2026 - Bradenton, FL - IMG Steps Up Flag Football High School Recruiting Less Than Two Weeks After NCAA Announces That Flag Is An Emerging College Sport. See IMG Press Release: Girls Flag Football: What the NCAA's Ruling Means For Student-Athletes.
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January 28, 2026 - Las Vegas, NV - Big Money, The Threat of Lawsuits, and Open Meeting Laws Lead Collision Between a High School Powerhouse and Its State Governing Body. See Lawsuit Threatened, Nevada Reverses Course on Playoff Realignment, reported by Todd Adams, USA Today High School Sports.
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January 22, 2026 - Knotts County, KY - ‘They just tased Ryan’: Chaos erupts at Ky. grade school basketball game, WKYT TV, January 23, 2026.
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January 21, 2026 - Jackson, MS - Bill Introduced Would Allow Mississippi High School Student-Athletes to Make NIL Money, reported by Garrett Busby, WLOX-TV (Biloxi, MS).
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January 19, 2026 - Prestonburg, KY - Kentucky High School Basketball Game Devolves Into Chaos When Sucker Punch Sparks All-Out Brawl, reported by Grayson Weir, BroBible.com.
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January 18, 2026 - Mesa, AZ - 100-Person Brawl Breaks Out at Club 7 on 7 Football Tournament. See Nearly 100-Person Fight Cancels Youth Games At Mesa Sports Complex, reported by Lauren Kobley, Casey Torres, and Zach Prelutsky, azfamily.com.
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January 17, 2026 - Winter Haven, FL - Caught on Camera: Umpire Attacked During Youth Baseball Game in Polk County, reported by Jim Dela, Suncoast.com (Sarasota, FL).
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January 14, 2026 - Women's Flag Football Now On Path For NCAA Championship Status, reported by Mitchell Northam, USA Today.
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January 13, 2026 - Idaho. Update on oral arguments in the Idaho transgender lawsuit before the Supreme Court. See US Supreme Court Conservatives Lean Toward Allowing Transgender Sports Bans, reported by Andrew Chung and John Kruzel, Reuters News Service.
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LATEST COLLINS ARTICLES/INFORMATION
Assigning Shortage Liability, It’s Official, Monthly Newsletter of the National Association of Sports Officials, April 2024, page 8.
I.C. for U And Almost All, Referee Magazine, March 2024, page 80 (National Association of Sports Officials).
FROM THE ARCHIVES
California Celebrates State Day, It's Official, October 2023, page 4 (National Association of Sports Officials).
IC Chaos in California, Referee Magazine, January 2021, page 80 (National Association of Sports Officials).
Gig Economy Bill, Referee Magazine, January 2020, page 80 (National Association of Sports Officials).
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