Russian hockey player Alexander Ovechkin was making out with his wife Anastasia when his black Labrador got envious and leaped between them to join the intimate moment. A video posted on Instagram shows the captain of the national Washington Capitals ice hockey team repeatedly kissing his 25-year-old wife in their dining room. Ovechkin is seen…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Holly Speers of Kent State and UCLA’s Rachel Garcia were named Louisville/Slugger NFCA Division I National Player and Pitcher of the Week, respectively, for games played April 16-22. Speers powered her way to this week’s honor, recording six extra base hits, including four home runs, and 11 RBI. The senior infielder also doubled…
A new weapon installed on Russian warships can make enemy soldiers miss targets by blinding them, while also causing hallucinations and making them want to vomit. Two Russian frigates were fitted with the new non-lethal dazzler-type weapon, the 5P-42 Filin (eagle-owl), the manufacturer’s representative told RIA Novosti. The weapon is designed to temporarily blind the…
MONTREAL — Renowned Quebec director Robert Lepage says his previously cancelled play about black slavery has been rewritten and reworked before it is presented once again on stage next month. Lepage published a long public letter today in which he acknowledges what he calls his clumsiness and misjudgments in his early production of “SLAV,” which…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Los Alamitos won twice this past week to stay in the top spot, and the top 10 teams were unchanged in the latest USA Today Sports/NFCA High School Super 25 poll. The (12-0) Griffins outscored their two opponents 20-6 to remain unbeaten, while five of the other teams in the first 10…
I’ve been out as transgender and non-binary for almost two years. Before I came out, I’d never been harassed, sexually or otherwise. In the two years since I came out, I’ve been harassed on a weekly, and often daily, basis. I’ve had slurs hurled at me, been grabbed by strangers and received dozens of messages…
A painting by renowned Russian landscape artist Arkhip Kuindzhi vanished from the Tretyakov Gallery in an incredibly brazen museum heist, but was found a day later at a remote construction site outside Moscow. Russian police and the FSB security service initiated a search for the ‘Ai-Petri. Crimea’ – a famous painting by Kuindzhi which was…
ELIZABETH, Ind. —The NFCA Coaches Clinic in Louisville knocked it out of the park for the third straight year as it wrapped up its two-day run on Saturday at the Horseshoe Southern Indiana Hotel and Casino. Featuring a stellar lineup of nationally-known coaches, the two-day educational event provided a first-rate opportunity for softball instructors at…
If there are “killer drones” then there should be “drone killers” too. Russia’s Defense Ministry said tests of its new robotic air defense system are expected to be concluded by the end of the year. Military analysts warn that small and cheap UAVs will change the future of warfare, and Russia’s response to the challenge…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – UCLA’s Rachel Garcia and Florida’s Kelly Barnhill were named Louisville/Slugger NFCA Division I National Player and Pitcher of the Week, respectively, for games played Feb. 19-25. Garcia had an outstanding week in the circle and at the plate for the third-ranked and still undefeated Bruins (15-0). The sophomore form Palmdale, Calif. went 3-0…