World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) President Riccardo Fraccari cited the quality, attendance and viewership of the 2018 European Professional Softball Series Presented by WBSC as a key indicator that softball, along with baseball, are continuing to emerge as a global, gender-balanced sport with significant growth potential in Europe. The seven-game series in Europe attracted thousands
Risk of a sharper decline in global growth has increased, according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), which urged the United States and China to resolve their trade war. In a report published on Monday, the fund projected a 3.5 percent growth rate worldwide for 2019 and 3.6 percent growth for 2020. Those are 0.2
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. — A Newfoundland mother sobbed Friday after a jury convicted her estranged husband of first-degree murder in the death of their five-year-old daughter. The jury returned Friday afternoon with the verdict against Trent Butt — it carries an automatic life sentence with no chance of parole for 25 years. It prompted cheers
LOUISVILLE, Ky. –National champion Florida State University was voted by its peers as the NFCA’s 2018 NCAA Division I National Coaching Staff of the Year, announced the Association on Wednesday morning. Head coach Lonni Alameda, assistant coaches Travis Wilson and Craig Snider, along with director of operations Antonio Santiago, guided the Seminoles to their first
The case of a major Canadian cryptocurrency exchange, QuadrigaCX, continues to get even stranger after last year’s death of its 30-year-old CEO who effectively froze more than $100 million in customers’ funds. Boom Bust talks to Christy Ai of CounterPartX as the story took another interesting twist. QuadrigaCX’s court-appointed auditor Ernst & Young, which gained
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Luther College’s Samantha Bratland and Rowan University’s Carly Anderson captured the final Louisville Slugger/NFCA Division III National Pitcher and Player of the Week honors of the season, respectively. Junior right-hander Bratland went 4-0 last week to help lead the (35-8) Norse to their third-straight Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference tournament title. In the
TORONTO — Elizabeth May is on a bus that’s 45 minutes from Regina, thinking about fellow travellers. “I’ve got my earphones on so that I don’t disturb other passengers,” she says quietly. “I’ll try to talk softly.” It’s been a heady time for the 64-year-old leader of the Green Party of Canada, a role she
LOUISVILLE, Ky. –Trevecca Nazarene’s Mary Collins and Southern Arkansas’ Elisa Favela were named 2019 Louisville/Slugger NFCA Division II National Player and Pitcher of the Week honorees for games played Feb. 25-March 3. Collins, who hails from Apison, Tenn., had a monstrous doubleheader against Lincoln Memorial. The senior catcher cranked four home runs, including three in
OPEC’s largest crude oil producer, Saudi Arabia, expects oil demand to be rising till at least 2040, and thinks that it’s the most competent oil producer to continue meeting this demand growth. Saudi Arabia will be the one to pump the last barrel of oil in the world, but it doesn’t see the ‘last barrel
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) is pleased to announce that longtime University of San Diego head coach Melissa McElvain is the 2018 recipient of the Association’s Humanitarian Award. McElvain, who donated a kidney five years ago, is being recognized for her continued work in raising awareness for living donation. In 2013,