Veteran NBA referee Bill Kennedy suffered an apparent injury and was taken off the court in a wheelchair during the 76ers’ 103-91 victory over the Magic in Orlando, Florida, on Friday night. Kennedy, 59, appeared to suffer a non-contact leg injury while running across the floor during a 76ers fast break late in the first […]
For more than 100 years, baseball has prided itself on being a game of human judgment – a sport in which umpires, not machines, determine the strike zone. That’s going to change. Starting in 2026, Major League Baseball (MLB) will officially introduce the use of an automated ball striking system, commonly known as “robot umpires.” […]
The Yankees learned what they almost knew: Ryan McMahon caught Jose Altuve’s Line Drive in the sixth inning of their victory in Houston on Thursday. Aaron Boone said on Friday that he heard from MLB that the piece should have been ruled when the third basehill Brian Walsh-Die had judged an errone-filled series in Houston […]
It is pretty clear that the Yankees are not the only ones who thought that home board referee Brian Walsh had a tough night behind the album on Wednesday evening in their loss to Houston. The UMP, who threw Devin Williams and Aaron Boone in the bottom of the eighth for complaining about various missed […]
Minnesota manager Rocco Baldelli lost it on the referee of the home plate John Bacon after he called Ryan Jeffers at a crucial moment of the 4-3 home loss of the Twins for the Tigers in 11 innings on Thursday evening. Baldelli came from the dugout of the twins after Bacon ruled that Jeffers had […]