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The NBA's competition committee is recommending an expansion of instant replay to include block/charge calls in late-game situations. This marks the first time the league is considering using replay to examine judgment calls by the referees.

Baseball writers, as a population, tend to have a few hobbies in common. Not everyone's the same, of course, but if you get a bunch in the same place, you can probably strike up a conversation about craft beer, or finding creative new ways to define ...

• Indians manager Terry Francona dishes on his return to baseball, joining Cleveland, Miguel Cabrera, his time with the Red Sox, MLB's usage of instant replay and more. Francona Photos • Bob and Greg Golic discuss the possibility of an...

From concussions to instant replay, WWE has started acting like the NFL, for better or worse.

Major League Baseball appears set for a vast expansion of video review by umpires in 2014 and is examining whether all calls other than balls and strikes should be subject to instant replay.

Manny Acta explains how technology has changed the game in a way fans don't see, and gives a list of his 10 best umps in the game.

Story | Conversation | May 13, 2013

The hottest team in baseball is those Cleveland Indians, and we don't need instant replay to prove it. The Tribe has won 10 of 11 with terrific pitching and more than a few home runs. Mark Reynolds leaves nothing to chance with 500-foot blasts. Scott...

MLB EVP of Baseball Operations Joe Torre talks about the blown call in Athletics-Indians, his conversation with Angel Hernandez, expanding instant replay, Don Mattingly and more. Torre Suns GM Ryan McDonough discusses his new job, the evolution of ...

Replay isn't perfect, and it'll never be perfect. But let's just hope something positive comes from this debacle in Cleveland.

The NCAA men's basketball rules committee couldn't get enough support to even vote on reducing the 35-second shot clock but introduced more replay at the end of regulation and overtime for out-of-bounds and shot-clock violation calls.

I'm sure by now you've seen the home run that was not called a home run in Cleveland in the ninth inning Wednesday night. Instead of a double for Adam Rosales, it should have been a homer that tied the score for the Oakland A's. But after replay, whi...

There really is no gray area with the disputed home run call in the Oakland Athletics-Cleveland Indians game: Upon further review, the umpires still missed an indisputable call on Adam Rosales's long drive to left-center field. There could be exp...

Blog | May 09, 2013

Bud Selig has the power to overturn a blown call like the one in last night's A's-Indians game, and he should use it, writes Buster Olney.

Blog | Conversation | May 09, 2013

The use of video replay will be expanded at next month's College World Series to give umpires the ability to take a second look at a ball hit down an outfield line to determine if it's fair or foul.

The use of instant replay will be at the disposal of officials overseeing middleweight champion Sergio Martinez's title defense against Martin Murray on April 27, promoter Lou DiBella announced on Wednesday.

Cal Ripken Jr. sat down with ESPN Playbook on Tuesday afternoon to promote his third children's book, "Wild Pitch," a story about a young baseball player regaining his confidence after hitting another kid in the head with a pitch. We also asked R...