JugglingReferee http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/06/sports/basketball/joey-crawford-sounds-off-on-35-years-as-an-nba-referee.html?_r=3 NEWTOWN SQUARE, Pa. — When Joey Crawford began his career as an N.B.A. referee in 1977, there were two officials on the court for each game, no 3-point line and just 22 teams in the league, including franchises in Buffalo and in Kansas City, Mo. “It was a different era,” he said. The veteran referee Joey Crawford said he broke a finger years ago while emphatically signaling a technical foul.