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Umpires Ryan Wills, Brennan Miller, Chris Segal and Charlie Ramos.(WTOP/Dan Ronan) In the D.C. region, conversations often start with, “What do you do?” WTOP’s series “Working Capital ...

At 84 — 85 on Anzac Day — Lawrie Barnett is Victoria’s oldest umpire, and he has no plans to hang up the whistle any time soon. Aged 84 – turning 85 on Anzac Day – the Order of Australia ...

“No whistle! Umpire put it away,” St Kilda great Leigh Montagna said live on Fox Footy. “That is controversial in the big moments … big call by the umpires.” On Sunday, the AFL told Fox ...

A frustrated Adelaide hierarchy says an AFL admission of an umpiring howler in their one-point loss to Gold Coast is of no use to the club.

The Athletics' Seth Brown was at the plate when everyone, including the umpire, seemed to forget the count. Usually you're awarded first base after four balls in at at-bat. Brown, however ...

Thomas Oldham, a longtime youth baseball umpire, was found dead in a pond in 1999 in a case that is still unsolved. Oldham's body was found weighed down logging chains and concrete blocks ...

Nottingham Forest will have to make a daily assessment on the fitness of striker Chris Wood. The 33-year-old was ruled out of Saturday's FA Cup quarter-final win over Brighton and Hove Albion due ...

But someone was missing, Terry Dolan. The beloved umpire and volunteer was killed in a car crash last summer. But now Terry’s name will live on at the fields that he spent hours caring for. “ ...

STEPPING UP TO THE PLATE. AND I WAS JUST PLAYING FIRST BASE AT THE MOMENT AND I WAS TALKING. I TALKED TO PRETTY MUCH EVERY COACH. COACH TOLD ME HE HAD STAGE FOUR CANCER AND I WAS LIKE, HOLY COW. THE ...

Despite a protest to home plate umpire Will Little that the ball grazed his foot and that he did not swing, Little called Giménez out on a swing for the second out. Out came Schneider ...