NFCA Convention day 2 recap

NEW ORLE­ANS –  A 1,500-game winner, the revamped and successful mentoring session, the opening of the exhibit hall, early morning workouts, extra-inning fireside chats, business meetings and an after-hour party were some of the many highlights from day two of the record-breaking 2016 NFCA Convention in New Orleans. The day kicked off with a brand-new…

‘Epidemic’ of harassment charges will lead to end of humanity, claims Russian presidential hopeful

The leader of the Russian nationalist-populist party LDPR has said that the current anti-harassment campaign could cause men and women start hating each other, which would cause the extinction of humans as a species. Uproar as LibDem leader Zhirinovsky attacks pregnant reporter “We should understand that if the epidemic of accusations against men does not…

Abbott to speak at Empowerment Forum on National Girls and Women in Sports Day

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Play Like a Girl will host an Empowerment Forum on Confidence, Leadership and Playing Like a Girl on National Girls and Women in Sports Day, February 1. One of the event’s highlights will be an armchair conversation featuring National ProFastpitch pitcher Monica Abbott at First Tennessee Park. Additionally, awards will be presented to three…

Doug Ford Becomes 1st Ontario Premier To Invoke Notwithstanding Clause

A new bill to slash the size of Toronto’s city council passed its first reading in Ontario’s legislature Wednesday, after a raucous day of disruptions. Most NDP MPPs were escorted out of the legislature after shouting and banging on their desks to stop Progressive Conservative minister Steve Clark from reading the bill. On her way…

Raiders of N. Korean Embassy in Spain offered stolen docs to FBI, used ‘Trump’ alias – court papers

The leader of a self-described dissident group that attacked the staff of the North Korean Embassy in Madrid, stealing troves of documents, fled to the US and offered the files to the FBI, court papers say. A group of 10 men raided the North Korean Embassy in Madrid on February 22. The intruders bound and…

In Blow To Press Freedom, Myanmar Jails Reuters Journalists For 7 Years

YANGON (Reuters) – A Myanmar judge on Monday found two Reuters journalists guilty of breaching a law on state secrets and jailed them for seven years, in a landmark case seen as a test of progress toward democracy in the Southeast Asian country. Yangon northern district judge Ye Lwin said Wa Lone, 32, and Kyaw…

Cat Osterman enshrined into the Little League® Hall of Excellence

One of the most accomplished, decorated softball pitchers in the history of the sport, Cat Osterman, was enshrined into the Little League® Hall of Excellence on Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2016. Osterman, who played in Little League Softball® at Bear Creek Little League in Houston, Texas, in the 1990s, was honored in an on-field ceremony prior…

Russian MP apologizes after accusations of sexual harassment

A Russian MP who has been accused by several women of improper behavior has asked forgiveness for hurting their feelings “in some way.” In a short Facebook post on Thursday, as Russia celebrates International Women’s Day, Leonid Slutsky apparently addressed the recent accusations against him. Addressing all women, he said he wanted “to ask forgiveness…