OLYMPIC softballer Danielle Stewart has been named as an international media ambassador for the BackSoftball campaign to have the sport reinstated as an Olympic sport for the 2016 Games. Stewart, 27, of Manly West, is one of 12 women’s players who will represent their countries at international events to help spread the word. Stewart said [...]

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Softball Canada is pleased to extend an invitation to interested candidates to apply for the position of Head Coach of our Senior Women’s National Team (SWNT). A job description for the Head Coach position SWNT is attached. In addition to the traditional responsibilities, the Head Coach will work in collaboration with the Operations Manager – [...]

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Denver, CO – National Pro Fastpitch (NPF) League Commissioner Cheri Kempf announced today the schedule for the 2009 season for the League’s six affiliate teams. Each team in the League will play a 50-game regular season schedule with all teams playing each other a minimum of 10 games (5 home and 5 away). Unlike the [...]

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OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. — The Amateur Softball Association recently named Mike Candrea of Tucson, Ariz. as the new ASA Softball Director of Coaching Education effectively immediately. A new position within the Amateur Softball Association, the former 2004 and 2008 USA Softball Olympic team head coach will continue to enhance the ACE Coaching Certification program as [...]

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By CHARLES WILSON | Associated Press Writer INDIANAPOLIS – Being a girl hasn’t kept Logan Young from playing baseball with the boys for nine years, and she and her parents don’t think that should change now that she’s in high school. The 14-year-old and her family have filed a federal lawsuit over an Indiana High [...]

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A Polk County jury awarded former Iowa State softball coach Ruth Crowe $287,000 in damages late Friday as part of a potentially wide-ranging verdict against Cyclone athletic officials for wrongfully firing Crowe in 2005. “This issue wasn’t about Ruth Crowe or about what kind of award she might get,” Crowe said Saturday about the verdict. [...]

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Plant City, Florida, USA; 21st November 2008: The list of softball players from around the world that have been chosen to participate in the Athlete Ambassadors program was announced today. A list of twelve females that will complement the current efforts of the BackSoftball campaign was revealed by International Softball Federation President Don Porter. The [...]

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Canadian softball player Alison Bradley is being tapped to help get her sport back into the Olympics. Bradley, a two-time Olympian from Pinkerton, Ont., was one of 12 players named Friday by the International Softball Federation to its Athlete Ambassadors program. Canada’s Alison Bradley runs to first base during Olympic Womens Softball game action against [...]

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COLLEGE STATION, Texas – Former Texas A&M softball player Jami Lobpries recently signed with the Philadelphia Force, one of the six teams of National Pro Fastpitch (NPF). Lobpries will make her professional debut in 2009. “I’m really excited to have this chance to play the game I love at such a high level,” said Lobpries. [...]

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