LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Two-time defending national champion Tufts University stays put as the unanimous choice atop the National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) Division III Top 25 softball rankings. They have received all eight first-place votes in the first four polls this season and last seven polls overall going back to last April. Tufts has
Fortnite and the NFL are teaming up to allow Fortnite players to dress up as their favorite teams in-game. Announced by The Fortnite Team, starting this Friday, November 9, at 4pm PT/7pm ET, Fortnite players will be able to purchase NFL themed Outfits from the in-game store using V-Bucks. No pricing has been given as
OTTAWA — A large proportion of small- and medium-sized businesses soon to be subjected to Ottawa’s carbon tax worry they’ll be unable to pass along the bulk of the extra costs to their customers, suggests a new survey being released Tuesday. The online survey was completed by 3,527 members of the Canadian Federation of Independent
A major obstacle blocking controversial British arms sales to Saudi Arabia has been partially removed after Germany relaxed a ban on weapons exports to the Gulf kingdom. Angela Merkel’s government agreed the ban would no longer apply to existing joint projects with European partners after intense lobbying from the UK and France. The decision means
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – As a result of her outstanding play over the past week, the National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) has selected freshman Alexandria Kilponen of Valor Christian High School in Highland Ranch, Colo., as the MaxPreps/NFCA National High School Player of the Week. Kilponen struck out 41 batters and allowed just three hits
For the first time in 24 years, Sony and PlayStation will not appear at E3 in 2019. As reported by Game Informer, Sony and PlayStation will instead be “exploring new and familiar ways to engage our community in 2019.” “As the industry evolves, Sony Interactive Entertainment continues to look for inventive opportunities to engage the
Canadian households got a little poorer in the fourth quarter of 2018, thanks to falling stock prices and the first annual drop in the value of real estate in records going back to 1990, Statistics Canada said Thursday. Household net worth dropped 2.8 per cent, thanks in no small part to the stock market slide
INDIANAPOLIS – The NCAA Division III Softball Committee announced the 62 teams on Monday that will comprise the field for Division III Softball Championship. Undefeated two-time defending champion Tufts University (41-0), the unanimous choice atop the NFCA Top 25 Poll since last April, heads the list of qualifying teams. The Jumbos have now won
Efforts to deliver the most high-tech Olympic Games in history in 2020 are in jeopardy due to a shortage of one of the most basic components used in Japan’s construction industry – the bolt. Tuesday marked 500 days until the opening ceremony for Tokyo 2020, which will feature more than 11,000 athletes competing in a
A retired British engineer has become a local celebrity in Prague after taking it upon himself to maintain the Czech capital’s memorials to victims of the Holocaust. Trevor Sage, who move to Prague in 2006, regularly takes to the streets to clean the 311 memorial stones that mark where a Holocaust victim once lived. Set