NEW YORK — Paul Clemons, Emil Jiménez and Alex MacKay were hired Friday as fulltime major league umpires and Major League ...

The Umpire Placement Course is a professional umpire school that allows attendees to compete for positions at MLB partner leagues and college spring leagues.

Pawol last year became the first woman to umpire a big league spring training game since 2007, but did not receive a regular-season call-up.

Five new umpires will be working their first full season as Major League crew members in 2025. MLB announced the promotion of ...

Major League Baseball today announced that three new umpires have been promoted to the full-time Major League staff, joining two other hires that occurred in 2024. The newest members promoted in 2025 ...

Engineers inspired by moose built robotic feet on robots that can handle soggy soils.

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DALLAS (AP) — Reilly Opelka faces potential discipline for his post-match comments about a chair umpire he called the “worst ump on tour,” the ATP said in a statement Friday. Opelka was ...

If you live with cats or dogs who regularly leave a flurry of fur in their wake, a robot vacuum can take on some of the legwork to minimize how often you need to manually clean. We spoke with two ...

Apple has engineering teams working on various in-home robotic devices and the AI software and functionality that might be able to make a home robot useful. Apple's work on robotics takes place in ...