Washington quarterback Demond Williams deemed ‘doubtful’ for Purdue clash with rib injury Washington football has now lost three straight games. After coming into the season with high hopes, they won ...

Find out why Major League Baseball Automated Ball-Strike Challenge System is on TIME's list of 2026's best inventions.

In baseball, a borderline pitch is more likely to be called a strike when the batter has three balls and no strikes than when ...

Editor’s note: A previous version of this article and an accompanying chart misstated the dimensions of the “buffer zone” used to evaluate umpires before this year. That buffer zone should have been ...

From 1969-87, the strike zone went from the batter's armpits to the top of the knees. This strike zone was implemented, along with the lowering of the mound from 15 inches to 10 inches, in response to ...

The ABS Challenge System has shrunk the strike zone and boosted walk rates, reshaping fantasy baseball values in 2026.

Historically, there have likely been few jobs in the sports world more stress inducing and challenging than that of a home plate umpire in Major League Baseball. Here is a man—and hopefully with ...

Finnegan Schick is an attorney in Boston. A tradition as old as baseball is coming to an end. Major League Baseball announced this week it will be extending video review into the last stubbornly human ...

After years of testing in the minor leagues and spring training, baseball’s new Automated Ball-Strike challenge system has finally arrived in the majors. For the first time, big league players have ...

Chicago Cubs starter Cody Poteet knew exactly what pitch he wanted to uncork to Los Angeles Dodgers slugger Max Muncy: a fastball down and away. But as the ball left his hand — in the first inning of ...