SUMTER, S.C. — A 61-year-old man died after collapsing while working as an umpire during a youth softball tournament in ...

Weather readings showed a high of 92 degrees in the Sumter area on June 21, said Columbia area meteorologist Matt Gropp.

Mitchell Huggins, a beloved junior sports umpire in the Midlands, died while on duty during a heat wave. The 61-year-old passed away Saturday after being transported to a hospital, according to the ...

Mitchell Huggins, 61, was rushed to hospital on Saturday afternoon after falling ill and passing out while overseeing a game ...

An umpire turned his back on the play in the NCAA softball championship. / stewhog / YouTube The Arkansas Razorbacks beat the Oklahoma State Cowgirls 12-0 in six innings in the Fayetteville ...

However, the 89-year old local baseball and softball umpire wasn’t prepared for the curveball hurled in his direction recently. Prior to the regular-season high school softball finale between host ...

USA Softball is mourning the loss of Hall of Fame umpire Robert Savoie, who passed away Monday. He was 89 years old. Savoie was preceded in death by his loving wife, Arlene Nave, of 59 years, and ...

The 2025 MLB baseball season is underway, and while the teams on the field are competing to get to the World Series in October, there is a third team on the field every night: the umpires.

As Major League Baseball celebrates Opening Day, it is one step closer to tasking machines with calling some balls and strikes. Umpires are entwined with baseball’s personality, but how much ...

Florida A&M head football coach James Colzie III has a side hobby as a softball umpire. Colzie has been umpiring since 2009 and officiated a game between Mississippi State and Auburn in March.

TAMPA — Jen Pawol didn’t get a call-up last year, but she’ll have another shot at making history in 2025. The former Hofstra softball star again will umpire MLB games in spring training and ...

DES MOINES, Iowa — Umpire Pat Hoberg was fired by Major League Baseball on Monday for sharing his legal sports gambling accounts with a friend who bet on baseball games and for intentionally ...