What gets tricky is when those situations become incidents. This is the language of umpires. A situation is a flash of irritation, a simmering temper, a plea for reconsideration. (Think of ...

Hernandez could not hide his surprise at first-base umpire Rob Drake’s positioning during the sixth inning of Thursday’s game against the Houston Astros. Drake stood in front of the first-base ...

And as long as baseball has been a constant, so too has the umpire. The looming figure in blue with a booming voice and the personality of a junkyard dog has always been a unique character in the ...

Great umpires tend to blend into a baseball game, making the men in blue barely noticeable. Bruce Lazaruk is regarded one of those types of umpires. However, while he might not be seen ...

Both were fictional. In February and March 2025, YouTube users published videos about U.S. televangelist Kenneth Copeland that claimed he had collapsed in a courtroom "after hearing his sentence ...

Florida A&M head football coach James Colzie III has a side hobby as a softball umpire. Colzie has been umpiring ... April 12 at 4 p.m., on Ken Riley Field at Bragg Memorial Stadium.

Novak Djokovic was left furious with the umpire over a shot clock warning during his win over Lorenzo Musetti at the Miami Open. The veteran Serb cruised to a 6-2 6-2 victory over his Italian ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Controversial umpire Joel Wilson has been dumped from the International Cricket Council’s Elite Panel weeks after citing ...

ICC has removed Michael Gough and Joel Wilson from the list of the elite panel of umpires for the 2025-26 season following a routine performance assessment process. They have been replaced by ...

There were heated scenes at the Girona Challenger tennis event on Thursday as Pablo Carreno Busta pushed an umpire during a disagreement over a decision. Carreno Busta, formerly No 10 in the ...

The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Tuesday included Allahudien Paleker of South Africa and England's Alex Wharf in the ICC Elite Panel of Umpires which features Nitin Menon as the only ...

NEW YORK — Teams won 52.2% of their ball/strike challenges during the spring training test of robot umpires, and catchers had a markedly better success rate than pitchers. Major League Baseball said ...