West Texas A&M, Humboldt State, North Alabama, Adelphi win on day one of NCAA Division II National Championships

DENVER, Colo. – No. 1 West Texas A&M, No. 5 Humboldt State, No. 3 North Alabama and Adelphi opened with wins on the first day of the NCAA Division II National Championships as part of the Spring Festival, Tuesday at Metropolitan State University of Denver’s Regency Athletic Complex. Tournament Central The Lady Buffs (59-3) and Jacks…

Euroskeptic newcomers unseat Dutch PM’s conservative Senate majority in wake of Utrecht shooting

Euroskeptic party, Forum for Democracy, is set to become one of the two largest groups in the Dutch Senate, stripping the ruling coalition of its majority after winning provincial elections on Wednesday. Forum voor Democratie (FvD) has scored a major victory and is set to win 12 seats in the upper house of parliament –…

Humboldt State moves to No. 1 in first NFCA Division II Top 25 Coaches Poll

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Behind a 5-0 start at the Desert Stinger Classic, Humboldt State jumped to No. 1 in the first 2017 NFCA Division II Top 25 Coaches Poll of the regular season, announced the Association on Wednesday morning. The Jacks’ move to No. 1 marks the first time in the top position since the…

Passengers Peeved After Bermuda-Bound Cruise Redirected To Halifax

HALIFAX — Vacationers who packed bathing suits for Bermuda instead bundled in sweaters as their cruise ship docked in Halifax on Sunday morning, their travel plans derailed by a burgeoning hurricane. Norwegian Dawn, which has a guest capacity of 2,300, was originally supposed to spend seven days on a round trip from Boston to Bermuda,…

Hulu Developing Leonardo DiCaprio’s The Devil in the White City Series with Martin Scorsese

A series based on the book, The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic and Madness at the Fair That Changed America, by Erik Larson, is now being developed at Hulu. The announcement came from Hulu’s Senior Vice President of Originals, Craig Erwich, at the Television Critics Association’s Winter Press Tour Monday morning. Leonardo DiCaprio acquired the rights…

Carson-Newman’s Siebert named NCAA Woman of the Year top-9 finalist

INDIANAPOLIS – Former Carson-Newman softball second baseman Elayna Siebert (Knoxville, Tenn.) has been named to the final nine for the NCAA’s Woman of the Year award.  The NCAA Woman of the Year selection committee announced Siebert and 29 other honorees as  finalists for the award on Sept. 7 before trimming the list down to nine,…

Trump withdraws latest round of North Korea-related sanctions… or not?

President Trump’s imprecise wording in his tweeted reversal of the latest sanctions against North Korea has left many analysts puzzled about what exactly the US leader meant to say. Donald Trump sparked quite some confusion on Friday when he declared on Twitter that the US would be canceling “additional sanctions” against Pyongyang. While initially it…

Florida’s McDonald to lead Chicago Bandits in 2017

CHICAGO – General Manager Toni Calmeyn of the National Pro Fastpitch League’s Chicago Bandits announced Tuesday, Feb. 21 that University of Florida softball assistant coach Sharonda McDonald will be the team’s new head coach for the 2017 season. McDonald, who is in her second year as an assistant coach with the Gators, oversees the development of the Florida…