Lone undefeated Oklahoma City, No. 1 in first regular season 2017 NAIA Softball Coaches’ Top 25 Poll

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — As the only undefeated team in NAIA softball, Oklahoma City controls the No. 1 position in the first regular-season edition of the 2017 NAIA Softball Coaches’ Top 25 Poll, announced Tuesday by the national office. The Stars have now been ranked first in nine-straight polls, dating back to the middle of the…

Russians’ interest in World War Two on the rise, poll shows

The majority of Russians remember the date on which Nazi Germany attacked the Soviet Union and about a third can quote stories from relatives who took part in WWII, according to a recent poll. The state-run public opinion research center VTSIOM released the results of their latest study concerning the history and legacy of WWII…

Suicide Squad 2: Idris Elba in Talks to Replace Will Smith as Deadshot

Following Will Smith’s departure from Suicide Squad 2, British actor Idris Elba is reportedly in talks to replace him as Deadshot. Per The Hollywood Reporter, sources say Elba met with director James Gunn on March 1, and things went so well that talks have already begun with Warner Bros. as a whole. Elba was allegedly…

Tyler, Fisher win again to earn day off at NCAA Division III Championship

OKLAHOMA CITY —Texas-Tyler looked every bit the defending national titlist on Friday night at the NCAA Division III Championship, as it scored eight runs in the first inning en route to a 13-0 five-inning victory over Amherst, which had won all six of its NCAA tournament games to that point. Kaylee Prather had three hits…

Moscow says Russia & Ukraine will ‘inevitably’ overcome crisis after government change in Kiev

The Russian Foreign Ministry has said it expects relations between Moscow and Kiev to normalize sooner or later, but added that close ties would most likely be restored following a change of government in Ukraine. The Foreign Ministry’s comment was issued after Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko signed a decree on Monday, which terminated the Treaty…

New Vancouver Mayor Kennedy Stewart Is 1st Independent To Lead City In Decades

VANCOUVER — Former New Democrat MP Kennedy Stewart has won a neck-and-neck mayoral race to lead Vancouver, as local government saw shakeups across the region. Supporters chanted, “Kennedy, Kennedy,” and broke out in dance as results came in early Sunday morning, heralding Stewart in as the first Independent mayor of Vancouver in more than 30…

Duma to consider proposal to criminalize compliance with anti-Russian sanctions

The Russian parliament will soon pass an amendment introducing criminal responsibility for executing sanctions imposed on Russia by the United States, a high-ranking member of the parliamentary majority caucus has said. The idea was proposed by State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin last week, when the parliament discussed legislation to counter the latest round of anti-Russian…

George R.R. Martin Confirms Game of Thrones Final Books Will Have ‘Important Discrepancies’ from Season 8

It seems the ever-popular TV adaption of George R.R. Martin’s Game of Thrones fantasy series and the remaining books will potentially have some important discrepancies from each other, according to the writer. In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, Martin explains that he actually doesn’t yet know how the show will end. “I haven’t read the…

Virginia Wesleyan voted NFCA’s 2017 NCAA Division III National Coaching Staff of the Year

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – National champion Virginia Wesleyan University was the pick of its peers as the 2017 NFCA’s NCAA Division III National Coaching Staff of the Year, the Association revealed on Monday. Head coach Brandon Elliott and assistants Jim Insana, Jim Quinn and Josh Freeman had previously been selected as the NFCA Division III Atlantic…