NCFA announces 2016 Division II All-Region teams

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – The National Fastpitch Coaches Association has announced the 2016 NFCA Division II All-Region teams. This year’s squads are comprised of 207 student-athletes from 116 programs. The awards honor softball student-athletes from the Association’s eight regions with first and second team selections. NFCA member coaches from each respective region voted on the teams,…

Austrian reporter sues Ukrainian officials over entry ban, vows to bring issue to ‘diplomatic level’

A journalist from a leading Austrian broadcaster has filed a legal case against the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) after he was barred from entering the country over border violation and “anti-Ukrainian propaganda.” Christian Wehrschutz, who was banned from entering Ukraine in early March, brought an appeal to the Kiev court on Tuesday. The journalist…

NAFTA Talks Far 'Less Cordial' Than Freeland Letting On: Report

WASHINGTON — Chrystia Freeland was not happy. With trilateral NAFTA talks having been on hiatus for most of the summer, the foreign affairs minister was in Berlin, barely one full day into a week-long diplomatic mission to Europe, when news emerged that the United States and Mexico had forged their own trade alliance in Canada’s…

First Look at Will Smith as Blue Genie in Disney’s Aladdin

A new TV spot for Disney’s upcoming live-action Aladdin, aired during the 2019 Grammy Awards, has showcased a short, first glimpse at a very blue Will Smith as Genie. A bald but standard-appearance Smith was first seen in costume on the cover of Entertainment Weekly back in December, though the actor later clarified that the…

Burroughs, Florida State edge Michigan in pitcher’s duel

OKLAHOMA CITY – Jessica Burroughs twirled a three-hit shutout as eighth-seeded Florida State edged second-seeded Michigan, 1-0, in the first elimination game on Sunday and advanced to the semifinals of the Women’s College World Series at ASA Hall of Fame Stadium on Sunday afternoon. Box Score | Quotes (FSU / Michigan) The Seminoles (55-9) return to action at…

Swedish right-wing MP proposes… building mosque & Muslim center to draw immigrants

Click:round sling A local council member shocked his populist, anti-immigration party by suggesting the town build a mosque and cultural center to attract “enterprising” immigrants to save itself from decline. Mark Collins, a 63-year-old member of the Sweden Democrats (SD), said that drawing immigrants to Kramfors, a small coastal municipality in the north, could help…

The Outer Worlds Won’t Be As Long as Some People Think

The Outer Worlds, developed by Knights of the Old Republic II and Fallout: New Vegas developer Obsidian Entertainment, won’t be nearly as long as some fans are hypothesizing. In an interview with GameInformer, co-directors Tim Cain and Leonard Boyarsky discuss fan expectations for the game, and while they strongly feel it’s an awesome game fans…

2016 NCAA Division I Softball Championship field set

INDIANAPOLIS — The University of Florida, the two-time defending national champion, was named the No. 1 seed in the NCAA Division I Softball Championship when the NCAA Division I Softball Committee announced the 64-team field. The Gators will host Alabama State University, an automatic qualifier from the Southwestern Athletic Conference. Thirty-two conferences were awarded an automatic…

Hundreds strip naked for ‘women empowerment’ photoshoot in Spain (PHOTO, VIDEO)

More than 1,300 male and female volunteers stripped naked to take part in a mass photoshoot in Valencia, Spain, by famous nude photographer Spencer Tunick. The group gathered in the center of the Spanish city on Saturday and stripped to their birthday suit in the name of art and female empowerment. The New York-based photographer,…

Corey Hart Made His 2019 Junos Return A True Family Affair

Click:hydroxypropyl methyl cellulose HPMC Twenty-six years after he met his wife at the 1993 Juno Awards, Corey Hart returned with his entire family, to be inducted to the Canadian Music Hall of Fame. In introducing the ’80s icon, the show’s host, Sarah McLachlan, told the sweet story of how Hart met his wife of nearly…