ROME — The World Baseball Softball Confederation has launched a new Youth Commission to further position baseball and softball among the leaders in youth sport. The WBSC Executive Committee approved the establishment of the youth-centered commission at its recent meeting in Rome that was hosted at the headquarters of the Italian National Olympic Committee, where…
Montenegro’s Chief Special Prosecutor has clarified earlier accusations that “official” Russia was behind an alleged coup attempt in the small Balkan state in 2016. Instead, he’s claiming two GRU agents were involved. Milivoje Katnic’s accusation had been labelled as “groundless” and “absurd” by Russia’s Foreign Ministry on Sunday, who said the justice official had spent…
HBO has revealed the poster for Game of Thrones’ eighth and final season, and it’s a smart mash-up of two of the show’s most striking images. What initially seems to be the pointy chair everyone seems to want so much reveals itself to be a dragon – or the other way round, if you see…
A veteran NDP MP used the most unparliamentary language to blast the Liberal government’s push to complete the Trans Mountain expansion project despite concerns from many Indigenous groups. “Why doesn’t the prime minister just say the truth and tell Indigenous Peoples that he doesn’t give a fuck about their rights?” Romeo Saganash asked in question…
Bear Grylls, of Man vs. Wild fame, has just been revealed as the star of Netflix’s next Bandersnatch-esque interactive series – You Vs. Wild – and you get to help him survive. Netflix announced that You vs. Wild’s eight-episode first season will arrive on April 10 and will allow viewers to “make decisions to help…
Russia’s Lower House Committee for Legislative Work has upheld a proposal to increase fines for violent behavior on board passenger aircraft and for those refusing to comply with the captain’s orders. If the new bill is passed into law, the maximum fine for disobeying the captain’s orders would increase practically tenfold and become 40,000 roubles…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Eleven finalists have been selected for the 2017 Schutt Sports / NFCA Division I National Freshman of the Year award, announced the Association on Thursday afternoon. The award will be presented to the winner prior to the 2017 NCAA Women’s College World Series in Oklahoma City, Okla. The finalists hail from 11…
In an interview with Comicbook.com, Dark Phoenix writer and director Simon Kinberg described his film as the “natural culmination for this cycle of X-Men movies” rather than an ending forced by Disney’s acquisition of 21st Century Fox. “From the beginning of conceiving what we were going to do with this film and writing it, which…
New anti-Russian sanctions being proposed by US senators are part of the internal political strife in Washington with the real target being Donald Trump, a senior Russian MP has told reporters. “The US senators’ initiative to toughen the anti-Russian sanctions is yet another manifestation of the anti-Russian agony. People on the Capitol Hill cannot put…
AUSTIN, Texas — The College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) announced its 2017 Academic All-America® softball teams. NCAA Division I, II and III had three teams apiece, while two teams made up the College Division. Auburn’s Kasey Cooper (DI), Southern Arkansas’ Maddie Dow (DII), Texas Lutheran’s Amanda Lochte and Reinhardt’s Taylor Weeks (College/NAIA) were selected the winners…