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 ...

We take a lot of stress on the field. Sometimes, our umpires don't eat properly.' IMAGE: Anil Chaudhary believes that Indian umpires are struggling due to overemphasis on theoretical knowledge and ...

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 ...

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 ...

My Bloody Valentine is back. This fall, the shoegaze legends will tour for the first time in seven years. The brief U.K. trek kicks off on Nov. 22 in Dublin, initially a one-off show the band ...

The ICC has updated its Elite Panel of Umpires, welcoming South Africa's Allahudien Paleker and England's Alex Wharf. Nitin Menon remains the sole Indian on the panel, maintaining his high ranking.

Two new officials have joined the ICC Elite Panel of Umpires, with a South African and an English umpire making it to the updated group. The International Cricket Council (ICC) have announced updates ...

And we’re at a point in Triple A where we have a system that the players like, the coaches like, the umpires like and the fans like.” So this was the logical next step — to find out whether ...

A 26-year-old man is in jail, charged in the assault of an umpire during an adult softball game in Hoover. Michael Tyler Seals, of Odenville, is charged with third-degree assault of a sports ...

Asian shipyards churn out hundreds of big boxships and oil tankers a year. The U.S. is lucky if it can finish more than one each year. It has been that way for decades. Few major American ...