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NASHVILLE, Tenn. – National Pro Fastpitch announced that Rosemont, Illinois, will be the host of the 2018 Championship Series. The Ballpark at Rosemont, home of the league’s longest running affiliate team, Chicago Bandits, will be the site of the Championship held Aug. 16-20. The announcement marks the first time the Championship event will return to a team’s […]

Japanese prosecutors have charged former Nissan head Carlos Ghosn with financial misconduct for under-reporting his income by 5 billion yen ($44 million). Nissan has also been indicted for filing false financial statements. The 64-year-old Ghosn, who has been in detention since November 19 on suspicion of not declaring his actual income between 2010 and 2015, […]

CALGARY — A Calgary bid for the 2026 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games is destined to die after the majority of voters said ‘no’ to it. In a plebiscite asking citizens if they want to host a Winter Games again after the 1988 Winter Olympics in the city, 56.4 per cent of those who went […]

  LOUISVILLE, Ky. – East Haven’s (Conn.) Jessica Stettinger, Mooresville’s (Ind.) Gabby O’Riley, Lawrence County’s (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) Maci Birdyshaw, East Carter’s (Grayson, Ky.) Montana Fouts and Payson’s (Ariz.) Kalea Smith were selected MaxPreps/NFCA National High School Players of the Week for games played the week of April 2-8. East RegionStettinger, a senior catcher, led East […]

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – The NCAA Softball Rules Committee has recommended a proposal banning defenders from blocking the plate or base before they have possession of the ball, effective for the 2018 season. The committee, which met last week in Indianapolis, believes this possible rule change would be equitable for the base runner and the defensive […]

OTTAWA — Rebuilding Canada’s relationship with Indigenous people is part of the legacy Prime Minister Justin Trudeau wants to leave, he told chiefs gathered at a major Assembly of First Nations meeting in Ottawa Tuesday afternoon. “We have to help demonstrate with you that everything we do starts from recognizing the rights you already have […]

The Dow Jones fell more than 700 points on Thursday, as news broke of Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou’s arrest and planned extradition to the US. The drop brings the Dow’s 2-day losses to 1,500 points. Meng was arrested in Vancouver, Canada, on Sunday, and now faces extradition to the United States. The charges against Meng – the […]

LOUISVILLE, Ky. –  Columbus State’s Keeli Waugh and Claflin’s Tiaria Norman garnered Louisville/Slugger NFCA Division II National Player and Pitcher of the week recognition for contests played April 16-22. Waugh, a senior from Dacula, Ga., powered her way to the award and helped the Cougars go 4-0 in Peach Belt Conference play last week. She […]

The residents of Yelets in western Russia have celebrated the beginning of spring by… torching an effigy of Game of Thrones villain, the Night King from the Lands of Always Winter. The Night King dummy, representing winter, was built and then set on fire as part of Maslenitsa festivities, marking the arrival of spring. Every […]