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Jen Pawol will become 1st MLB female umpire this weekend
In the NBA, Violet Palmer became the league’s first woman referee when she worked in the Dallas Mavericks opener at Vancouver on Oct. 31, 1997. And in 2015, Sarah Thomas was the NFL’s first woman on-field official when she served as line judge for Kansas City’s game at Houston on Sept. 13, 2015.
Jen Pawol was in her hotel room in Nashville, Tennessee, when she got the call she had awaited for a decade. She was going to ...
It’s rare to see an umpire receive a standing ovation when their name is announced during pregame introductions. But then ...
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