"....the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day."

I remember back in the 90's raising my son, and reading him a book called, "Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day."  What a title?  I mean doesn't that just get you right in the gut, especially on a day like today.

I am speaking of a news article I read today about a basketball referee who has been charged with murder, in the death of a coach, after an altercation broke out at recent weekend basketball game.  I remember last year writing about the culture of sports, and the increasing amount of problems occuring in the world of officiating-especially as it relates to emotional outbreaks and violence.

Those of us who are students of the officiating avocation, and the culture in which we live, can honestly say we are deeply saddened but not shocked.  It is unfortunate and very sad, that in today's time in which we live, that these terrible, horrible, no good, very bad things occur.

My thoughts and prayers go out to the two individuals-the alleged perpetrator, and the deceased, and the their families who are involved in this so sad and tragic turn of events.