When Major League Baseball introduced the 'ABS' (automatic balls/strikes) challenge system to spring training games this year, it was seen as a compromise: betw ...

A 2023 survey by the National Association of Sports Officials (NASO), which included 35,000 officials across the nation, showed referee registration dropped around 30%, and the average age of referees ...

Iga Swiatek couldn't resist teasing umpire Marija Cicak after being handed a time violation warning during her win at the Miami Open. On Monday, Swiatek triumphed over Elina Svitolina in a ...

Then, almost instantaneously, a six-second animation would roll on the ballpark videoboard — and baseball’s spring ... hours the work of the home-plate umpire has consumed over the past ...

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Veteran umpires S Ravi and CK Nandan will mentor them. Michael Gough, Chris Gaffaney and Adrian Holdstock are the three international umpires part of IPL 2025. Notable absentees include Kumar ...

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BRADENTON — Major League Baseball may soon begin the “Upon ... which featured balls and strikes made 100% via technology, with the home plate umpire merely relaying the call, the system ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — The top-ranked Tennessee baseball team is undefeated no more after a shocking home defeat to ETSU on Tuesday. After completing a weekend series sweep of Florida to open ...

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