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Standing ovation as first female umpire for Major League Baseball takes to the pitch

J en Pawol has made US sporting history by becoming the first female umpire to referee a Major League Baseball (MLB) game ...

Pawol breaks MLB's gender barrier, is first female ump to work regular-season game

Jen Pawol made history Saturday as the first female umpire to work a regular-season game in the major leagues.

Who is Jen Pawol, the first woman set to umpire in an MLB game?

Jen Pawol will make MLB history when she takes the field for the Miami Marlins and Atlanta Braves for a Saturday doubleheader ...

Prominent referees to retire at the end of the season

The 2025/26 Bundesliga season will be the last of three prominent Bundesliga referees: Deniz Aytekin, Tobias Welz and Frank ...

MLB is calling up its first female umpire, promoting Jen Pawol for Saturday's Marlins-Braves game

Jen Pawol is set to become the first woman to umpire a game in Major League Baseball when she works games this weekend ...

Footage resurfaces of Moses Itauma, aged 17, knocking out amateur rival with sickening body shot

Precocious heavyweight talent Moses Itauma has always had dynamite in his hands. Before turning over as a professional at the ...
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‘He was the catalyst’: Toronto referee remembers Hulk Hogan, the man behind the myth

TORONTO - Even as Hulkamania was catching fire around the world, former WWE referee Jimmy Korderas says Hulk Hogan always treated him like “one of the boys.” When Korderas joined what was then called ...