NFL official Bill Leavy, best remembered for serving as the referee during the controversial Super Bowl XL, has died at 76. A cause of death was not given. “Saddened to hear of the loss of Bill ...

Bill Leavy, a retired police officer and firefighter in San Jose and a longtime NFL referee, has passed away. He was 76. Leavy worked as an NFL official from 1995 to 2015, then became a referee ...

PITTSBURGH - SEPTEMBER 18: National Football League referee Bill Leavy looks on from the field before a game between the Seattle Seahawks and Pittsburgh Steelers at Heinz Field on September 18, 2011 ...

I sure hope someone is checking referee Bill Leavy's bank account today. The way he called the game Sunday, I'm surprised that when it was all over, he didn't run up to the camera to exclaim ...

Veteran NFL official John Hussey has been promoted to referee to replace Bill Leavy, who will join the NFL officiating staff as a supervisor. Hussey has spent the past 13 seasons as a line judge ...

You can follow him via Twitter @SeifertESPN. Referee Bill Leavy, maybe best remembered for his admission of making major mistakes at a critical juncture of Super Bowl XL, will have a new role in ...

Referee Bill Leavy, maybe best remembered for his admission of making major mistakes at a critical juncture of Super Bowl XL, will have a new role in 2015 as a supervisor within the league's ...