Chicago White Sox Reportedly Planning to Have Fans at Games This Year
(6/24) As you may recall, Illinois has successfully navigated to Phase 4 of its reopening process, which means that, as of Friday, outdoor sports...
Minor league umps squeezed as lost year looms
(6/23) All across baseball, farm systems are shut down because of the virus outbreak. So for Dannegger, a 24-year-old umpire prospect with a promising...
MLB players, coaches subject to fines or suspensions for on-field altercations
(6/23) Tuesday, MLB insider Joel Sherman reported players and coaches are subject to immediate ejection, fines and/or suspensions if they come within six feet...
Cam Smith breaks Bill Harrigan’s refereeing record
(6/23) Cameron Smith has officially broken Bill Harrigan’s record for refereeing the most first grade matches in the NRL. Smith has now controlled the...
Umpires Association awards 8 college scholarships
(6/23) Eight scholarship recipients were selected in conjunction with the respective guidance depts. of Joseph A. Foran and Jonathan Law high schools. The recipients...
How referee Michelle O’Neill has utilized the downtime
(6/23) Michelle O'Neill, who was an assistant referee for the final of the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup, is one of those keen to...
MLB owners unanimously vote to implement 2020 season
(6/22) MLB has released a statement in which it announces it will be going forward with a 2020 season under terms of the March...
Sankey says SEC will know fate of 2020 season in July
(6/22) College football programs have made their returns to campuses all across the country, beginning voluntary workouts and hoping that they will be able...
NJCAA pushes back 2021 wrestling season, with NJCAA Wrestling Championships now April 23-24, 2021
(6/22) The National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) has announced its plan for the 2020-21 athletic season, making some changes in how it conducts...
Female umpires hoping to inspire younger generations
(6/21) This weekend, youth softball returned to College Station and Bryan with the 8th annual Texas State Softball Championships. It was the first time...
Softball faces umpire shortage, strict rules
(6/21) It's one thing to make the call to return to sports, it's another thing to suddenly staff games and tournaments with a dwindling...
FIBA referees online training ideal
(6/21) Dexter Douglas said yesterday that the ongoing International Federation of Association Basketball (FIBA)/Caribbean Basketball Council (CBC), ‘Referees Online Training Program, is ideal for...
Panama City Beach baseball tournaments put umpires back to work
(6/20) Dozens of umpires are able to get back to work with the 2020 Grand Slam World Series of Baseball tournaments happening in Panama...
AUSTRALIA’S TOP FEMALE REFEREE ON ‘FORGOTTEN’ SIDE OF COVID’S SPORT IMPACT
(6/20) There’s another team in Australia that is raring get back on the pitch when football returns. A team that is sometimes an afterthought...
Take it easy on the umpire, okay?
(6/19) Right now in America, we’re going through a little bit of a referee shortage. Nobody wants to take that kind of abuse from...
Army veteran working as football referee with ‘Battlefields to Ballfields’
(6/19) Moore is a part of 'Battlefields to Ballfields,' an organization that helps veterans get into refereeing and officiating. And Moore sees some common...
The former referee chief tackling dementia and loneliness
(6/19) Now, having gained so much from the sport, FIFA’s former Head of Refereeing is using the beautiful game to give something back. He...
Chris Wilder sympathises with referee Michael Oliver over technology failure
(6/18) Sheffield United boss Chris Wilder admits he has sympathy for referee Michael Oliver after a goal-line technology farce denied them victory at Aston...
SEC Announces new Assistant Coordinator of Men’s Basketball Officials
(6/18) The Southeastern Conference also announced that Reggie Cofer, a veteran NCAA official with Final Four experience and current coordinator of officials for the...
2020 U.S. Open plan: Electronic line-calling, fewer line judges and ball people
(6/18) Electronic line-calling will be used instead of line judges for U.S. Open matches at all courts except the two largest arenas, while singles...
FROM THE ASHES: HOW THOMAS EDISON INSPIRED OUR COMPANY TO SURVIVE THE 2020 SPORTS...
(6/17) Call it a 100-year challenge. Call it a real-life stress test. Call it whatever. Regardless, the thought of Thomas Edison and his response...
Meet the former referee still pushing boundaries
(6/17) The 47-year-old Tempa has no need to thank anyone for her incredible refereeing career. "I used to watch football on TV when I...
‘A big unknown’: Experts forecast referee shortage for youth sports season
(6/17) "The referees are an after thought," said Paula Hildeman, the state referee administrator for the Minnesota State Referee Committee in soccer. "The clubs...
Retired MLB umpire Dale Scott on coming out, Pride, and robo umps
(6/16) Scott, now 60, was a major league umpire from 1986 until his retirement due to post-concussion complications in 2017. In those 31 years,...
