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Pigskin ceiling? Here comes woman ref moving up

AP - Fri Nov 27, 12:03 am ET

Sarah Thomas looks at the mirror in the officials' locker room, tucking hair under a straightened cap and feels happy. "I look like a boy," the linesman says. Actually, she looks like a referee. With her shoulder-length blond hair tied up in a knot behind her head and covered by the black hat, close inspection is needed to notice that Thomas is a woman on the otherwise all-male crew...