Members filled their buckets in near-record numbers at this year’s NFCA National Convention from Dec. 2-5 at the Atlanta Marriott Marquis in the most successful event outside of Las Vegas in Association history. Over 1,400 attendees flocked to Atlanta to participate in the annual gathering of the best fastpitch coaches and exhibitors in the sport,…
Get On My Level, a Canadian fighting game championship, is banning Ice Climbers’ infamous “Wobbling” technique in this year’s tournament. Announced by GOML, the decision came following player feedback, and fans on Twitter and Reddit are largely pleased by the news – though some fans are less than thrilled by the news. This rule applies…
The Yellow Vest protesters have apparently adopted an unconventional weapon against the French law enforcement – fecal bombs. At least three policemen have been already affected by them during the most recent protest. The criminal police (BAC) officers came under the excrement attack in the city of Marseille on Saturday, getting heavily stained by fecal…
With marijuana now legalized for recreational use in Canada, it’s a good time to talk about hemp, as many people may still have misconceptions about how the two plants differ. Marijuana and hemp may look the same growing in a farmer’s field, but hemp is very different from marijuana and has been legal in Canada…
Irvine, Calif. – Eight international softball teams from seven different countries have arrived in Irvine, Calif. for the World Cup of Softball X the Amateur Softball Association (ASA)/USA Softball announced on Monday. The action kicks off today at 9 a.m. (PDT) as Argentina takes on the Puerto Rico and continues through Sunday, July 5. Participating countries are Argentina,…
Oreo, the real-life raccoon that was used as a model to help animators capture the motion and behaviors used for the CGI Rocket Raccoon from Guardians of the Galaxy, has passed away. Quinta Layla, the group in Portugal who took care of Oreo, posted the news on Facebook this morning. Oreo was nearly 10 years…
One of the Catholic Church’s most prominent cardinals admitted on Saturday that files documenting child sex abuse were either destroyed or never existed, allowing predator priests to continue preying on victims. “Files that could have documented the terrible deeds and named those responsible were destroyed, or not even created,” Cardinal Reinhard Marx told a gathering of…
It’s a regular occurrence in television crime drama — the shallow grave. A kind soul has been murdered and the perpetrator has attempted to hide the body. Inevitably, someone comes across the remains and the hunt for the killer begins. One of the hallmarks of this type of investigation is the forensics team. They’re tasked…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – University of Indianapolis senior Morgan Foley and West Texas A&M freshman Shayne Starkey were named the Louisville/Slugger NFCA Division II National Pitcher and Player of the Week, respectively on Wednesday afternoon. Foley had a spectacular weekend at the Music City Invitational to garner her first pitcher of the week nod and second overall…
Millions of Facebook and Instagram users have been forced to vent their frustration via Twitter after the social media networks experienced an unexplained outage across the US and Europe. For about an hour users from the US and Canada to Chile and Italy have reported being unable to log in or post on their feeds…