Of the 13 netball umpires going to the Commonwealth Games ... “Hopefully I get to some training camps [before we go] or pick up anything I can just to practice, even Saturday morning secondary ...

Most umpires deemed fit for fall league work have a chance at a spring training call-up, so when Pawol received one, it was not exactly shocking. But when she got that call from her supervisors ...

Kurkowski sits on the training staff — and is former director — of the Wisconsin Umpires Association, which offers a training program designed to take beginners in January and get them ready ...