LOUISVILLE, Ky. –Angelo State’s Courtney Barnhill and Texas A&M University-Commerce’s Emily Otto were named 2019 Louisville/Slugger NFCA Division II National Player and Pitcher of the Week honorees for games played Feb. 11-17. Barnhill, a Lubbock, Texas native, was 11-for-16 (.686) at the plate with five doubles, two home runs, 16 RBI and nine runs scored…
OTTAWA — Vice-Admiral Mark Norman’s legal team has raised questions about the independence of federal prosecutors after the Crown and lawyers from the department that supports Prime Minister Justin Trudeau spoke several times last year about “trial strategy.” Partially censored copies of notes taken by the Crown during those talks with lawyers from the Privy…
The most profitable investment this year was palladium, according to experts from FinExpertiza consulting. Meanwhile, the world’s most popular cryptocurrency bitcoin was named the most disastrous investment of 2018. FinExpertiza’s research involved 14 investment instruments and 300,000 rubles ($4,330) as the basis sum, according to Rossiyskaya Gazeta. The study found that bitcoin investors would have…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — NFCA high school members will soon have a Leadoff Classic to call their own — actually two — with the announcement of tournaments in New Jersey and Texas in 2019. The NFCA is partnering with Bryan High School head coach Enrique Luna for the 23rd edition of his wildly-popular Bryan-College Station Tournament…
TORONTO — Mothers of children with autism ripped Ontario Minister Lisa MacLeod Thursday for suggesting they buy iPads with funding through her government’s new program. “I think that is unbelievable. An iPad is not what is needed here,” Brandi Tapp, whose five-year-old Henry receives government-funded therapy, told reporters. “Evidence-based, science-based therapy is what is needed…
The first smartphone, designed and marketed by Apple, hit the shelves in June 2007. The original iPhone, known as the iPhone 2G, became a revolutionary gadget combining a mobile phone, a mobile browser, and a media player. Twelve years later, those technical features can hardly amaze a modern overindulged user whose entire life is arranged…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) announced the official seeds and bracket for the 2018 NAIA Softball World Series that runs May 25 – 31 in Clermont, Fla. The 10-team, double-elimination event will be played out at the Legends Way Ballfields. PFX Athletics serves as official hosts for the second-straight year….
A staggering 1.12-million-square-meter megastructure is expected to open in the Chinese city of Chongqing later this year. It will consist of eight skyscrapers connected by a gigantic sky bridge. Known as Raffles City Chongqing’s ninth ‘horizontal skyscraper’, the sky bridge, or ‘The Crystal’, is said to be one of the world’s highest. It is 300…
TORONTO — The Ontario government will give rape crisis centres a one-time funding bump of 6.7 per cent instead of the permanent 33-per-cent increase promised by the previous government. “Obviously, that’s disappointing,” Nicole Pietsch, the coordinator of the Ontario Coalition of Rape Crisis Centres told HuffPost Canada Wednesday. The Ministry of the Attorney General announced…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Ten finalists have been selected for the 2018 Schutt Sports/NFCA Division II National Player of the Year award. The winner will be announced following the conclusion of the 2018 season. This group of student-athletes is represented by eight different programs and eight conferences. All ten selections are on the list for the first…