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LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Neshoba Central was idle this week, but maintained its status as the No. 1 team in the USA TODAY Sports/NFCA High School Super 25 poll. The (21-0) Rockets, who have won 60 straight games dating back to May 2017, return to action today with a home game against Cleveland Central. They have […]

LOUISVILLE, Ky. –Immaculate Heart Academy’s (Washington Township, N.J.) Ryleigh White, Constitution’s (Philadelphia) Ellie Benedict, Bishop McNamara’s (Forestville, Md.) Makayla Marbury, Marion County’s (Lebanon, Ky.) Haley Mattingly and White Pine’s (Ely, Nev.) Eva Kingston were selected MaxPreps / NFCA National High School Players of the Week for their outstanding play during the week of April 8-14. […]

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – USC Upstate’s Alyssa Oakes and UMBC’s Courtney Coppersmith were named Louisville/Slugger NFCA Division I National Player and Pitcher of the Week of the Week, respectively, for games played April 1-7. Oakes slugged her way her first NFCA national honor. The junior catcher hit .500 with four home runs, 15 RBI and a 1.500 […]

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Central Oklahoma edged out West Florida by one point to grab the No. 1 spot in this week’s 2019 NFCA Division II Top 25 Coaches Poll. The Bronchos (38-4) and Argonauts (39-7) each received seven first-place votes, but UCO collected 384 points to UWF’s 383 to garner their first No. 1 ranking since […]

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — It’s becoming tougher to separate the top teams in the NFCA Division III Top 25, but there’s no change at the top, with two-time defending national champion Virginia Wesleyan University at No. 1 for a third-straight week and the 28th time in the last 29 weeks. The (34-3) Marlins have now won […]

(NEW YORK) — The WNBA is nearly doubling its national TV exposure with a multiyear deal with CBS Sports. CBS Sports Network will broadcast 40 WNBA games beginning next month when the season opens. The Minnesota Lynx vs. the Chicago Sky on May 25 will be the first game on the CBS Sports Network. “Through […]

Along the Gulf shores of Texas and Louisiana there is a complex of deep, underground caverns. Inside each of these enormous caves – each of which is large enough to easily fit Chicago’s Willis Tower inside — the U.S. government keeps hundreds of millions of barrels of petroleum to safeguard the country against natural-disaster-induced and […]

Republicans passed a sweeping tax cut for two-thirds of Americans in 2017, saying it would pay for itself and the American public would thank them. Now, as Americans finish filing to the IRS for the first time under the new system, the law has swelled the deficit and surveys show just one-fifth of taxpayers believe […]

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — German prosecutors charged former Volkswagen CEO Martin Winterkorn and four others with fraud in the emissions cheating scandal that has helped turn many Europeans against diesel engines and accelerated the push toward electric cars.Prosecutors said Monday that Winterkorn knew about the scheme since at least May 2014 and failed to put […]

SAN FRANCISCO — Tesla CEO Elon Musk had prepped Wall Street for a first quarter loss but analysts were still stunned by its size: $702.1 million, among the company’s worst quarters in the past two years. The net loss was more than double what analysts had predicted as Tesla’s sales slumped 31% for the quarter. […]