NFCA Announces 2015 Mary Nutter Scholarship Recipients

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) is honored to announce member coaches Bradley Kimbrough, Lisa S. Olsen and Taylor Cournoyer are the 2015 recipients of the Mary Nutter Scholarship.   The educational grant, named for the former Pittsburg State (Kan.) head coach and 1997 NFCA Hall of Fame inductee who founded National…

'Baby, It's Cold Outside' Banned From Canadian Radio Stations, Too

TORONTO — “Baby, It’s Cold Outside” is getting a chilly response from Canadian radio stations. At least two of the country’s biggest radio operators — Rogers Media and Bell Media — say they’ve decided to pull the controversial Christmas favourite out of their rotations this year. That comes as the duet, written back in 1944,…

Thanos’ Snap Has an Official Name and It’s Brutal

Spoilers ahead for Avengers: Infinity War and potentially Avengers 4. Thanos’ infamous snap at the end of Avengers: Infinity War has officially been given a name, thanks to an official Marvel tie-in book. As reported by Screenrant, Thanos’ snap is known around the MCU world as “The Decimation.” This revelation arrives thanks to Marvel’s Avengers:…

Leaked docs reveal Facebook lobbied former UK chancellor to soften EU data protection laws

Click:Active Optical Cable A senior Facebook executive cozied up to former UK chancellor George Osborne and urged him to speak out against EU data laws, a leaked internal memo has revealed, amid growing scrutiny of the tech giant. Sheryl Sandberg, chief operating officer of Facebook, apparently saw Osborne as a sympathetic ally in the company’s…

Strasburg’s (Colo.) Oakley Named MaxPreps/NFCA National High School Player of Week

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Senior Annie Oakley of Strasburg (Colo.) High School was selected this week’s MaxPreps/NFCA National High School Player of the Week for contests played Oct. 19-25.   Garnering the final weekly accolade of the fall, Oakley helped the Indians capture the 3A state championship and finish 2015 with a perfect 23-0 record. In…

Back-to-Back National Champions Florida Unanimous No. 1 in Final USA Today/NFCA Top 25 Poll

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Back-to-back national champion Florida was selected the unanimous No. 1 program in the final 2015 USA Today/NFCA Division I Top 25 Poll, announced Tuesday by the Association.   The Gators (60-7) garnered all 32 first-place votes after a second consecutive Women’s College World Series title. Florida won the bookend games over Michigan…

Fans React to Street Fighter 5’s in-Game Ads

Street Fighter 5’s optional in-game advertisements are now live, and fans are angry, saddened and in some cases just bewildered by Capcom’s implementation. Announced by Capcom last week, there are three forms the ads can take: “Ad Style” costumes with content pertaining to Capcom costumes, tournaments or the Capcom Pro Tour slapped on a character’s…

‘The poor thing’: Flight forced to land immediately after takeoff as mother forgets child in airport

In an incident resembling an odd remake of Home Alone, a Kuala Lumpur-bound flight was forced to return to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia after a mother realized she had forgotten her baby at the terminal. By default, planes are cleared to return to airports in case of an emergency, but authorities in this instance were unclear…