Players’ and managers’ efforts to work the umpires to contract or expand the strike zone have long been a part of the game.

Two women who’d gone to school together in New Jersey were there celebrating their 60th birthdays—Nina Kaplan, a Boca Raton ...

Collier, a forward for the Lynx and reigning WNBA Defensive Player of the Year, led Unrivaled with 25.7 points per game. She ...

Batters, pitchers and catchers can challenge a home plate umpire’s ball or strike call. Powered by Hawk-Eye ball-tracking technology, the automated ball-strike system replays the pitch trajectory to ...

In this year’s baseball spring training, the new Automated Ball-Strike System is helping settle challenges to home plate ...

Josh Jackson From California to Massachusetts, from Arkansas to Iowa, leadership in professional baseball is evolving. Coming into the 2025 season, there are 14 women in general manager positions ...

Entering a field in sports reporting never crossed my mind at a young age. A female reporter never flashed across the screen ...

Documentary "See Her Be Her" highlights female baseball players, supporting Little League's "Girls With Game" initiative.

Widely recognized as the real-life inspiration behind the hit Apple TV series Ted Lasso, Smith takes ownership of one of the ...

Michael Gough is the third umpire, and Andy Pycroft will be the match referee. For the second semifinal, Kumar Dharmasena and Paul Reiffel are the on-field umpires, with Joel Wilson as third ...

Last spring the 48-year-old Pawol, who attended umpire school in 2015 and began umpiring in the minors in 2016, became the ...

Jen Pawol, on MLB call-up list, could become league's first female umpire. She's working Yankees vs. Astros spring training game behind home plate.