Jessica Mendoza, an analyst on ESPN’s Sunday Baseball Team and four-time NFCA first-team All-American, will deliver the keynote address- “Breaking the Mold For The Future of Our Sport”- at the 2017 NFCA Convention, Dec. 6-9 in Las Vegas. Read thefinal installment of the three-part feature about Mendoza. By Rhiannon Potkey, special to NFCA.org Jessica Mendoza was standing…
Federal Conservatives are again goading Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to call byelections, while highlighting how a Liberal Quebec riding is on the cusp of having no representation in the House of Commons for nine months. Tory Leader Andrew Scheer made his push in a statement Friday, accusing Trudeau of playing “political games” last fall by…
The number of Russians who want to go back to the USSR has reached 66 percent in 2018, setting a 15-year record, a fresh poll revealed. It’s an 8 percent increase compared to last year when 58 percent of those surveyed said “yes” to the question if they regretted the fall of the Soviet Union,…
CALGARY — Alberta law enforcement officials say they are worried that the legalization of marijuana could lead to potentially explosive consequences for users taking a do-it-yourself approach to making cannabis derivatives at home. Just over a month ago, Canadians were given the right to purchase dried and fresh cannabis and unconcentrated forms of cannabis oil….
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The NFCA is proud to announce the 360 players chosen for the 2018 NCAA Division III All-Region softball teams. As in the past, the squad is comprised of three 15-player teams in each of the country’s eight NCAA regions. Five schools placed the maximum six players on their respective All-Region team, led…
A large column of Russian military hardware, including anti-ship missile systems, has been spotted moving towards the Crimean city of Kerch, after Russian border guards faced off with Ukrainian ships violating Russia’s border. A video exclusively obtained by RT’s video agency Ruptly shows a whole column of military trucks, as well as several ‘Bal’ coastal…
Lilly Singh — YouTube sensation and unofficial queen of Canada — is about to conquer late-night television. The comedian, who hails from Scarborough, Ont., is taking over from Carson Daly on NBC. Starting in September, “A Little Late With Lilly Singh” will be in the 1:35 a.m. nightly time slot. Continuing her career-defining trend of…
SALEM, Va. – Southern Indiana and Saint Anselm punched their tickets to the NCAA Division II Championship series with victories on Sunday at the Moyer Sports Complex. The matchup will guarantee a first-time national champion for the ninth consectutive year. Game one is scheduled for 10 a.m. ET tomorrow with game two to follow at noon…
JOHANNESBURG — Cholera cases in Mozambique among survivors of a devastating cyclone have shot up to 139, officials said, as nearly 1 million vaccine doses were rushed to the region and health workers desperately tried to improvise treatment space for victims. Cholera causes acute diarrhea, is spread by contaminated food and water and can kill…
Just a few weeks after JP Morgan declared cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin to only have value in a post-capitalist dystopia, the $2.5tn banking giant announced its own blockchain-based “JPM Coin” – should we be worried? While many cryptocurrency enthusiasts are both pained and confused to see the words “blockchain” and “corporate-payments” used in a sentence together,…