Umpiring School Loses Baseball Relationship Over Behavior at Party

Minor League Baseball severed ties with the Jim Evans Academy for Professional Umpiring after learning that employees had dressed up in costumes inspired by the Ku Klux Klan.

Ku Klux Klan Costumes Ruin Otherwise High-Spirited Night Of Bowling At Umpire Training Academy [Umpires]

# umpires Today's New York Times has a report about an umpiring school, and it's not one of those puff pieces about Joe West's country music career. More »

Lions Club needs sponsors for first Kids Bowl for Sight

Stuttgart, Ark. — The Stuttgart Lions Club is seeking sponsors for its first Kids Bowl for Sight, slated for noon Saturday, Feb. 25, at the Rice Bowling Center.

Bowling event raises $1,000 for Youth Center

City councilman Jimmy Schipani and Parents and Youth United representatives Diane Haines pose with the top youth team during last week's bowl-a-thon, which raised more than $1,000 for the Mountain Home Youth Center.

Misbah says Afghans need to play more test nations

Pakistan captain Misbah-ul-Haq wants fast-improving teams like Afghanistan to play more international matches against test-playing nations to be better able to gauge their progress. Having been awarded one-day international status in 2009, Afghanistan will play its first ODI against a test-playing country on Friday when it takes on Pakistan.