On this day in 1939, the Harry James Band recorded “From The Bottom Of My Heart.” Their singer was performing his first ever single, and the young Frank Sinatra was kicking off one of the greatest careers in performing arts history. Sinatra was on a two-year contract and paid just $75 weekly. He went on to […]
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The College of St. Scholastica has announced that Kevin Moore will be the next Head Men’s NCAA Hockey Coach. Moore replaces Tim Madsen, who stepped down in early April to pursue other opportunities. Moore will be the 11th Head Men’s Hockey Coach in school history. “I am looking forward to immediately connecting with our student athletes, […]
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Adrian College has just added its 48th athletic team with the introduction of a coed esports program that begins this fall. Adrian becomes the third member of the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) to sponsor an eSports program. The Bulldogs will be in the National Association of Collegiate Esports (NACE) division. Adrian College is applying to become a member […]
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The Big Ten is now being viewed as most likely having a conference-only season for all fall sports, including football. ESPN reported that this is the most likely outcome on Thursday afternoon. The goal of the change would be to eliminate some long-distance travel. NBC Sports reported that it would help to ensure that their […]
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The Ivy League has decided that fall sports, including college football, will not be played at its institutions in 2020. The conference made the announcement on Wednesday evening. The press release said “it will not be possible for Ivy League teams to participate.” The move comes as critics are pushing against schools and athletes playing […]
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The 1992 Los Angeles riots, also referred to as the 1992 Los Angeles uprising, was a series of riots and civil instances that occurred in Los Angeles County in April and May 1992. Unrest began in South Central Los Angeles on April 29th, after a trial jury acquitted four officers of the Los Angeles Police […]
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The Michigan Intercollegiate Athletics Association has revised all of the conferences 2020-2021 athletics schedules for the fall. Adrian College will now kick off the season on September 19th. Adrian hosts the Olivet Comets on the 19th. It was supposed to be the date of the non-conference finale against Benedictine in Lisle, Illinois. Now it’s a […]
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The Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association has released the revised league schedule. Last week the MIAA Presidents’ Council announced that fall sports will be predominantly conference play. MIAA conference competition will begin on September 19th. The schools will participate in cross country, football, men’s and women’s golf, men’s and women’s soccer, and volleyball. Towards the bottom of this […]
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Japan has unveiled a new design for the bullet train. It will now feature an increased top speed and the unique ability to safely run through an earthquake. The N700S is the newest innovation in rail travel; according to the company website, the ‘S’ stands for ‘Supreme’, to ‘signify the progression in design, technology, and […]
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Former Nottingham Forest midfielder Derrick Otim has passed away after drowning while visiting friends in Lake Keowee, South Carolina. The 24-year-old had played for the Reds’ academy before leaving the club in 2015 and enrolling at Xavier University in Ohio. Derrick graduated in May and was reportedly visiting friends at the lake on July 3, […]
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A statue of Christopher Columbus in Baltimore was removed and thrown into the harbor. The monument was near a Little Italy neighborhood, where it had stood for 36 years. The statue was dedicated by former mayor William Donald Schaefer and former president Ronald Reagan. On Saturday night on the Fourth of July, protesters threw ropes around the […]
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One person has been killed and another injured after a man drove his car into Black Lives Matter protesters in Washington. 24-year-old Summer Taylor and 32-year-old Diaz Love were marching on a closed stretch of Interstate in Seattle when the incident took place. The two women were struck in the early morning hours of Saturday, July […]
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