With the hiring of Karina Tovar as a referee in the NFL, there are now four on-field female referees in the league. Tovar joins Sarah Thomas, Maia Chaka and Robin DeLorenzo as the four female on ...

She is also the first black woman to officiate an NFL game. The league has since hired a third female official, Robin DeLorenzo, who previously officiated for the Big Ten. They hired a female side ...