Sports Illustrated

How the Red Sox Used a Perfect ABS Challenge to Beat the Reds on Opening Day

The 2026 MLB season is officially underway and it didn’t take long for the new ABS (Automated Ball/Strike) Challenge System to be used in a number of games on Opening Day. One of the best uses of the ...
The Cincinnati Enquirer

Reds react to consequential ABS call. 'It's kind of what our game is now.'

The Reds were on the bad side of an Automated Ball-Strike system reversal in the ninth inning. Reliever Connor Phillips thought he was out of the ninth inning with a strikeout, but the Red Sox ...
The New York Times

How does MLB’s ABS Challenge System work? An explainer to get you caught up

Players and managers were able to get used to ABS during spring training, but Opening Day will likely be the first time many fans experience the system. Mark Cunningham / MLB Photos via Getty Images ...
USA Today

What is ABS? Explaining MLB's newest rule change before Opening Day

Major League Baseball has made some serious changes to the sport in recent years. From the universal DH to replay challenges to pitch clocks, and 2026 will be no different. This year, the league is ...
The New Indian Express

Reset in ties as Bangladesh PM accepts PM Modi's invite

NEW DELHI: Bangladesh’s Prime Minister Tarique Rahman has written to PM Narendra Modi accepting his invitation to visit India, while signaling a broader effort to reset bilateral ties after a period ...
Pocket-lint

I reprogrammed the Windows 11 Copilot key and now it's actually useful

John is a writer at Pocket-lint. He is passionate about all things technology, and is always keeping up with the latest smartphone and PC releases. John has previously written at MobileSyrup. When ...
Dose

The new ABS system shows just how hard referees have to work

With less than two weeks left in spring training before the start of the 2026 Major League Baseball season, we're starting to get a good sense of what the new automated ball-and-strike review system ...
Al Jazeera English

Kashmir, spying, demolitions: How Modi’s India embraced ‘Israel model’

New Delhi, India – At a private event in November 2019, Sandeep Chakravorty, India’s then consul general in New York, was caught on camera calling for New Delhi to adopt an “Israeli model” in ...
SportsNet New York

MLB's new ABS challenge system explained and how Mets hope to use it in 2026

The Mets and all of Major League Baseball will have to navigate a new way to determine balls and strikes in 2026. Starting on Opening Day, the automatic ball and strike (ABS) challenge system will be ...
Women's Health

How Jennifer Aniston built her abs at 56 – and why it works better than traditional core exercises

Ask Jennifer Aniston how she trains her core and she’ll point you to Pvolve. The 56-year-old has been a fan of the low-impact training method for five years – and its approach to ab work might ...
ZDNet

How to reset your Roku TV (and why I do it even if my system is working properly)

I wore the world's first HDR10 smart glasses TCL's new E Ink tablet beats the Remarkable and Kindle Anker's new charger is one of the most unique I've ever seen Best laptop cooling pads Best flip ...