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NFL Referee Retires After Saturday Game in Kansas City

By Greg Echlin
Published January 8, 2018 at 2:20 PM CST
After several controversial calls in the Kansas City Chiefs season-ending loss to the Tennessee Titans Saturday, referee Jeff Triplette has announced his retirement. (Photo: ESPN Sports)
After several controversial calls in the Kansas City Chiefs season-ending loss to the Tennessee Titans Saturday, referee Jeff Triplette has announced his retirement. (Photo: ESPN Sports)

Jeff Triplette, the referee on the officiating crew at Saturday’s playoff game at Arrowhead Stadium, has called his last game in the NFL. The NFL Network reported, and confirmed by ESPN, that Triplette is retiring. He had his share of controversial moments in the Chiefs season-ending loss, 22-21, as Greg Echlin reports for Kansas Public Radio

 

           

 

 

 

 

 
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Greg Echlin
Greg Echlin is the sports reporter for KPR and KCUR. Ever since he set foot on the baseball diamond at Fernwood Park on Chicago's South Side, Greg Echlin began a love affair with the world of sports. After graduating from Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, he worked as a TV sports anchor and a radio sportscaster in Salina, Kansas. He moved to Kansas City in 1984 and has been there since covering sports. Through the years, he has covered multiple Super Bowls, Final Fours and Major League Baseball's World Series and All-Star games. With his high metabolism rate, Greg is able to enjoy a good meal and stay slim when he's not running around on the sports scene. He loves desserts, even making them. Cheesecakes, pies and parfaits are the most common around the Echlin household.
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