21.   Soccer referees are like no other sports officials.

22.   Some sports officials believe that the public disclosure of medical information is essential to the business of selling tickets.

23.   Sports officials and psychologists agree that there are several likely causes of increasing parental violence.

24.   Sports officials in Canada argue that frequent, unannounced testing is the only way to clean up a sport sullied by the Johnson scandal.

25.   Sports officials shifted the marathon from the afternoon to the morning to avoid the worst heat of the day.

26.   Sports officials, both at the college and professional levels, joined the chorus calling for curbs, saying the lure of Internet betting could overwhelm young athletes.

27.   Sports authority officials say they already have received applications for the youth program and will continue to look at proposals.

28.   The first raised the penalty for assaulting a sports official on the field from a Class C misdemeanor to Class A.

29.   The message needs to travel to Florida, where high school sports officials are abashed by short shorts.

30.   The standards are higher for sports officials, however.