The NFCA welcomed The Class of 2008 into its Hall of Fame Friday night at the 25th annual NFCA Convention being held at the Marco Island Marriott Beach Resort in Marco Island, Florida. The six member Hall of Fame class included Gary Bryce, Sandy Fischer, Eugene Lenti, Jay Miller, Donna Newberry and Gary Torgerson. Bryce [...]

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By Philip Hersh LAUSANNE, Switzerland — Not only is Barack Obama viewed as an asset to Chicago’s 2016 Olympic bid, he can help women’s softball in its battle to return to the Olympics. At least that’s the way France’s daily sports paper, L’Equipe, sees it. A story in Wednesday’s editions of L’Equipe about the seven [...]

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ALLENTOWN – The Thunder has traded infielder Audrey (Rendon) LaFountain to Philadelphia in exchange for the Force’s second round draft pick in 2010. “Some of our older force fans might recall that we lost Carrie Leto to NE because in between 2006-7, she got married and her husband lived in Boston. Well now we are [...]

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Allentown, PA – The Philadelphia Force announced today that they have traded shortstop Chelsea Spencer, along with a 5th-round draft pick, to the Rockford Thunder in exchange for catcher Savannah Brown and a 4th-round draft pick. “Ever since I saw her play on Team NPF in Oklahoma City and catch Katie Burkhart, I knew I [...]

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With softball dropped from the 2012 Olympic Games, Crystl Bustos is ready to try baseball. After winning Olympic gold medals in 2000 and 2004 and a silver medal this past summer in Beijing, Bustos, 31, is considering an offer to play minor league baseball for the Tucson Toros, a professional independent team that was formerly [...]

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Denver, CO – National Pro Fastpitch (NPF) League Commissioner, Cheri Kempf announced today that the Akron Racers will host the 2009 NPF Championship Series. The dates for the event are Thursday August 20th through Sunday August 23rd, with Opening Ceremonies, Battle of the Bats Finals and Fan Appreciation Day on Wednesday August 19th. For the [...]

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Softball and the media were highlighted on Sunday, day five of the global initiative Generations For Peace: Camp 08 taking place in Aqaba Jordan. Sunday the 71 delegates from the 16 countries attending received coaching from softball experts provided by the International Softball Federation. HRH Prince Feisal said in a press release, “today has been [...]

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