Mitchell Huggins, 61, died while officiating a softball game in South Carolina Anna Lazarus Caplan is a writer-reporter for PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2022. Her work previously ...

A well-respected umpire known as “Uncle Mitch” died over the weekend after he collapsed in the heat during a South Carolina youth softball tournament, according to officials. Father of one, Mitchell ...

When the crew of Alayna and Kierra Laranjo take the field, an extensive combination of playing, coaching and USA Umpire experience is behind them. And the mom and daughter duo have each other’s backs ...

The 2026 spring sports season will be here before we know it. And the Wichita Falls softball umpires association (WFSUA) is ...

MCALLEN, Texas (KVEO) — An umpire’s call during a Texas softball game resulted in one coach being put behind bars — and not those of the dugout. On Saturday night, during the last game of the evening ...

For the first time in nearly 150 years of Major League Baseball, a female umpire worked a regular season game. Jen Pawol, a 48-year-old former college softball player from New Jersey, called outs on ...

A veteran youth sports umpire was assaulted by an angry fan in a disturbing incident last weekend in Binghamton, New York. Speaking to Kyle Spisak of WBNG, longtime youth sports umpire Carlos ...