In April, Wisden held a blacktie dinner celebrating the release of its annual almanack. A week before, India had won its first World Cup since 1983, punctuating its rise as an economic powerhouse. The scenes from India were electric and fresh in everyone's mind as the English cricket establishment crowded the Long Room of the pavilion, watched by Victorian men in oil paintings, by Thomas Lord himself, in a black overcoat and a tall white collar.Get used to hearing from Dean Blandino. He's the NFL's new vice president of officiating. A 15year veteran of the officiating department, Blandino becomes the first person to run the officiating department without having been an NFL official himself.

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