{
  "id": 674785,
  "title": "Joey Crawford knew as a kid he wanted to be a referee, and it led him to the Basketball Hall of Fame",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/joey-crawford-knew-as-a-kid-he-wanted-to-be-a-referee-and-it-led-him",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-12T14:53:02.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Associated Press",
    "slug": "associated-press",
    "url": "https://apnews.com/article/joey-crawford-nba-referee-hall-of-fame-e45462a34062e0977dc1683039c30d37"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Joey Crawford had no backup plan. He would watch Philadelphia 76ers games in the 1960s, and probably unlike most kids growing up in that area around that time he had no aspirations of becoming the…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}