KANSAS CITY, Missouri, Oct. 29 -- The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics issued the following news release: The Seahawks of Keiser (Fla.) are the top squad in the latest edition of the NAIA Football GoRout Top 25 Ratings, receiving all but one first-place votes. Grand View (Iowa) once again grabs the last first-place vote and sits in second. Indiana Wesleyan remains third and and St. Thomas (Fla.) fifth, while Montana Western leapfrogs into fourth position. Rating Methodology:   more

KANSAS CITY, Missouri, Oct. 29 -- The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics issued the following news release: Amon Williams of Pikeville (Ky.) raced his way to being named the NAIA Football Offensive Player of the Week, Nate Swofford of Evangel (Mo.) has been named the NAIA Football Defensive Player of the Week and Austin Deleon of Saint Francis (Ind.) has been named the NAIA Football Special Teams Player of the Week. The trio was selected based on their performances from October 2  more

KANSAS CITY, Missouri, Oct. 30 -- The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics issued the following news release: Mario Goic of SCAD Savannah (Ga.) is the NAIA Men's Soccer Offensive Player of the Week, while Esteban Navarrete of Southeastern (Fla.) was named the NAIA Men's Soccer Defensive Player of the Week. The duo was selected based on their performances from October 21 - 27 and were chosen out of a pool of conference/Continental Athletic Conference (Independents)/unaffiliated grou  more

KANSAS CITY, Missouri, Oct. 30 -- The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics issued the following news release: SCAD Savannah's (Ga.) Abigail Siddall and Benedictine's (Kan.) Mackenzie Korzenecki are the NAIA Women's Soccer Players of the Week, NAIA officials announced today. Siddall is the national offensive player of the week, while Korzenecki earns the defensive award. The duo was selected based on their performances from October 21-27 from a pool of conference/Continental Athleti  more

KANSAS CITY, Missouri, Oct. 30 -- The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics issued the following news release: Jazi Smith of Montana Western has been named the NAIA Women's Volleyball Attacker of the Week, Darla Crow of Bethel (Kan.) has been named the NAIA Women's Volleyball Defender of the Week and Rhys Layton of Montana Tech has been named the NAIA Women's Volleyball Setter of the Week. The trio was selected based on their performances from October 21-27 and were chosen out of a   more

ATLANTA, Georgia, Oct. 29 [Category: Medical] -- The American Cancer Society issued the following news release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. The National Association of Basketball Coaches and the American Cancer Society have extended a partnership to continue the two organizations' widely celebrated collaboration on the Coaches vs. Cancer program. Coaches vs. Cancer is a nationwide initiative between the NABC and the American Cancer Society that leverages the leadership of basketball coaches to advance th  more

KANSAS CITY, Missouri, Oct. 30 -- The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics issued the following news release: The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) has signed a three-year partnership with Jostens as an Official Licensed Supplier of Recognition Rings for the NAIA. With over 125 years of manufacturing experience, Jostens is a trusted supplier of championship rings for institutions and professional teams across the country. "The NAIA's commitment to characte  more

LAWRENCE, Kansas, Oct. 30 (TNSres) -- The University of Kansas issued the following news: The ideology of American exceptionalism has long held that the United States is and has been exceptional throughout its history, not making the same mistakes or perpetuating the same evils of other world powers. Yet a new study from the University of Kansas has found that influential history textbooks have long argued that America acted as an empire, especially in the late 19th century. Stephen Jackson,   more

KANSAS CITY, Missouri, Oct. 29 -- The Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S., a veterans service organization, issued the following news release: * * * Army veteran Jay Liss encourages veterans to file a VA claim and that 'The most important thing is to stay alive' * * * Veteran Jay Liss, who has a doctorate in psychiatry, is 83 and lives in St. Louis, Missouri, with his wife, Ellen "Joy." They have two daughters, Jennifer and Jessica. Dr. Liss served as a captain in the Army for two years, sp  more