BCN: 2025 Issue 10

Editor’s Message Greetings and Salutations true blue believers, Before I begin, I was just handed an urgent bulletin from the BCN Update Desk…VHSL First Round State games will be Tuesday, June 10th at Madison HS, West Springfield HS, Heritage HS, Independence HS...

EM: 2025 Issue 10

Greetings and Salutations true blue believers, Before I begin, I was just handed an urgent bulletin from the BCN Update Desk…VHSL First Round State games will be Tuesday, June 10th at Madison HS, West Springfield HS, Heritage HS, Independence HS and Gainesville HS....

Special Article 2025 Issue 10 Law

Special Article New Legal Protections For Sports Officials In Virginia Steve Levine, Contributor & Robert Fobian, BCN Editor Recently, Steve Levine reached out to us here at BCN to give us an update on some legal protections for sports officials in Virginia. For...

Special Article 2025 Issue 10 Taxes

Special Article 1099 Fundamentals For The Umpire By Rick McIntosh Some of you know that I volunteer for the AARP Tax-Aide program. I have been with them for 17 years as a tax counselor and now as site leader for the Manassas (Bull Run) site. Over the course of the...

UP 2025 Issue 10

Umpire Profile Michael Chmar By Gary Reals Blues, if you’ve had the opportunity to work, or just talk with him, you know Michael Chmar is one intense gent. Indeed, Michael is extremely intense! And the manner in which he projects that intensity is indisputably...