They turned it into something way bigger than it needed to be. Soccer is turning into a sport for robots. Referees can’t show emotion, players have to give cookie-cutter interviews with lines ...

As the movie “Fight Club” taught many of us in the ‘90s, the number one rule of a fight club is to never talk about it. The Common Market on Green Street in Durham never got that message.

Rather than replacing referees entirely, experts predict a future where AI works alongside them. “I don't think we're at the stage anywhere near yet where you're going to have some robot moving ...