MLB will use robot umpires in 2026
By Canadian Press on September 23rd, 2025
NEW YORK (AP) — Robot umpires are getting called up to the big leagues next season. Major League Baseball’s 11-man competition committee on Tuesday approved use of the Automated Ball/Strike System in the major leagues in 2026. Human plate umpires will still call balls and strikes, but teams can challenge two calls per game and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!New coach, new expectations: Knicks aim for NBA Finals with Mike Brown
By Canadian Press on September 23rd, 2025
GREENBURGH, N.Y. (AP) — The Knicks have a new coach and entirely new expectations. A team that couldn’t even make the playoffs before Tom Thibodeau arrived is now one of the favorites to reach the NBA Finals. Mike Brown has inherited what could be the strongest roster in the Eastern Conference. New York returns all ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Sponsor patches on uniforms would raise millions but some athletic directors in wait-and-see mode
By Canadian Press on September 23rd, 2025
The leader of the largest multimedia rights holder in college athletics is confident sponsor patches will begin appearing on team jerseys sooner than later with schools under pressure to find new ways to make money in this new era of revenue-sharing with athletes. Learfield President and CEO Cole Gahagan told The Associated Press the 67 ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Amid the chaos during NFL games, coaches aim to maintain calm inside the headset
By Canadian Press on September 23rd, 2025
Amid the chaos on the sideline and the frenzy within the stadium, there must be calm inside a coach’s headset during NFL games. It’s a loud, intense, pressurized environment where communication is essential. Quarterbacks need to hear the plays that are called into their helmet speaker through a one-way radio in order to relay it ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Noblesville, Indiana, to serve as the home of USA Gymnastics’ proposed Training and Wellness Center
By Canadian Press on September 23rd, 2025
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — USA Gymnastics has selected Noblesville, Indiana, as the site of the organization’s planned Training and Wellness Center. Noblesville, a northeastern suburb of Indianapolis, beat out several other cities for the project, which USA Gymnastics plans to use as a hub that will touch the sport at all levels and host everything from ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Ryder Cup money for the American players is about good charity and bad optics
By Canadian Press on September 23rd, 2025
FARMINGDALE, N.Y. (AP) — The Americans have become an easy target for Europe at this Ryder Cup, and it has nothing to do with how they have been outplayed over the last 30 years. It’s about how much they’re getting paid. Never mind that no American player has indicated plans to stuff their pockets already ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Paris court orders trial for far-right activist accused of killing former Argentina rugby star
By Canadian Press on September 23rd, 2025
PARIS (AP) — The Paris court of appeal on Tuesday ordered a man linked with France’s extreme right to stand trial on a charge of murder in the fatal shooting former Argentina rugby player Federico Martín Aramburú. Aramburú was shot several times in the back in the early hours of March 19, 2022 outside a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Robot umpires are coming to MLB. Here’s how they work
By Canadian Press on September 23rd, 2025
NEW YORK (AP) — Robot umpires are coming to the big leagues in 2026 after Major League Baseball’s 11-man competition committee on Tuesday approved use of the Automated Ball/Strike System. ABS will be introduced in the form of a challenge system in which the human umpire makes each call, which can be appealed to the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Oklahoma State fires football coach Mike Gundy after 20-plus years
By Canadian Press on September 23rd, 2025
Mike Gundy, one of college football’s most colorful coaches over the last two decades, was fired by Oklahoma State on Tuesday. The 58-year-old Gundy had a career record of 170-90 at his alma mater, where he was a star quarterback in the late 1980s. He posted winning records every season from 2006 to 2023, but ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!It’s rare to see the Ravens pushed around physically, but that’s what happened against Detroit
By Canadian Press on September 23rd, 2025
BALTIMORE (AP) — By the end of the game, the contrast was too obvious to ignore. Jared Goff could wait patiently in the pocket with time to pick apart the Baltimore defense. Meanwhile, Lamar Jackson’s legendary elusiveness became less and less effective as the Ravens’ offense broke down against a swarming Detroit pass rush. When ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Robot umpires approved for MLB in 2026 as part of challenge system
By Canadian Press on September 23rd, 2025
NEW YORK (AP) — Robot umpires are getting called up to the big leagues next season. Major League Baseball’s 11-man competition committee on Tuesday approved use of the Automated Ball/Strike System in the major leagues in 2026. Human plate umpires will still call balls and strikes, but teams can challenge two calls per game and ... Read More »
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