Umpires BJ Guerin and Bob Strezenpek polish their shoes before a game at Frontier Regional in South Deerfield this summer. High school coaches rate umpires on appearance, impacting officials’ postseason job availability. PHOTO BY GRACE MAZUR

Labor shortage be damned, the umpires

Welcome back to the Pittsburgh Steelers’ mailbag. Training camp is over meaning our mailbags will return to its regular Thursday schedule starting next week at 2:30 PM/EST. With some downtime today, I wanted to post a mailbag today to answer anything exiting camp and the team’s fir

A research team led by scientists from Johns Hopkins University have developed a tiny EEG electrode cap to measure activity in a brain model the size of a pen dot. Its designers expect the device to lead to better understanding of neural disorders and how potentially dangerous chemicals affect

Where did those chrome balls used in VFX come from?

Important note: In this VFX Firsts podcast, the film that is suggested to be the first to use chrome balls was not, in fact, the first to use chrome balls. I apologize for this error.

The initial topic of the podcast was perhaps

NEWS... BUT NOT AS YOU KNOW IT

On the eve of the Battle of Gaugamela in 331BC, Alexander the Great ordered his men to shave. Legend says that he feared the Persian soldiers, commanded by King Darius III, would fight dirty by grabbing the beards of his warriors.

Fast-forward to 202

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Shares of Freeport-McMoRan (NYSE:FCX ) have taken a move lower again, losing about half their value from the highs about a quarter ago. With Freeport being synonymous of copper, this move is highly noteworthy as shares fell to the lows over the past year. In the debate about raging inflation,

Now THIS is what I call Breaking News.

You’re sitting at your favorite sports game in the middle of the row elbow-to-elbow with strangers. The thought of getting up and crawling on top of these people to get out is nightmarish but the sound of your grumbling belly can be heard ove

After a slow first half for its offense Friday night, Tyner found its stride, starting with an electrifying kickoff return to open the third quarter against visiting Howard.

The big play on special teams sent the Rams on their way to a commanding 43-0 nonregion win as they opened the sea