AKRON, Ohio – The Rockford Thunder captured their first Cowles Cup at Firestone Stadium on Sunday afternoon crowning them the 2009 NPF champions as they defeated the USSSA Pride 2-0 in the final game of the season. Rockford climbed back from a 1-0 deficit and near elimination to win both of their series on the [...]

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AKRON, Ohio The National Professional Fastpitch (NPF) womens professional softball league announced its 2009 individual and regular season awards today also releasing the members of the All-NPF team. The Chicago Bandits and Akron Racers, the league’s top two teams combined to sweep the 2009 NPF Awards and took 11 out of 18 slots on the [...]

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Japan won the Easton Foundation Youth Softball World Cup with a victory over the Netherlands in the gold medal game two days ago in the Czech Republic. The eleven-nation tournament began on August 9 and consisted of teams whose participants were age 16-and-under. The Dutch team had advanced to the event’s final game with 5-4 [...]

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On the heels of last week’s announcement from the IOC regarding their recommendation to not include softball on the 2016 slate, the National Pro Fastpitch League suddenly becomes a more important focus for the fastpitch softball community. Fans, players, manufacturers, and media outlets are all asking the question “What will become of softball at the [...]

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OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. — The Amateur Softball Association (ASA) has announced the audience numbers for the KFC World Cup of Softball presented by Six Flags and the Men’s Slow Pitch Border Battle which aired July 16-20 on ESPN and ESPN2 – and in high definition on ESPN HD and ESPN2 HD. With a combined 17 [...]

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The following is a media statement from Don Porter. I think it speaks for itself. Don Porter, President of the International Softball Federation (ISF) “We will continue to pursue our Olympic dream” Berlin, (Germany); 13th August 2009: The president of the International Softball Federation, Don Porter, issued the following statement today following the decision by [...]

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OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. — Shortstop Natasha Watley (Irvine, Calif.) was selected as the U.S. Olympic Committee’s (USOC) Female Athlete of the Month for her impressive performances with the USA Softball Women’s National Team in July 2009, the USOC announced today. She led the team in several categories including hits, RBI and stolen bases. “I am [...]

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BERLIN, GERMANY — The International Softball Federation has signed an historic Memorandum of Understanding with Olympafrica International Foundation to promote sports development in Africa. The ISF will provide equipment and softball coaches will undertake workshops in 14 different African countries including Burundi, Cameroon, Comoros, Republic of Congo, Gambia, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Lesotho, Mali, Mozambique, Niger, [...]

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Berlin, (Germany); 11th August 2009: Representatives of the BackSoftball campaign have arrived in Berlin as part of the most crucial week in the efforts for the sport’s reinstatement onto the Olympic Games Programme in 2016. International Softball Federation President Don Porter arrived from Prague, where he attended the opening of the Easton Foundation Youth Softball [...]

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Sydney, Australia; 10th August 2009: Softball teams from eleven countries around the world are putting their final preparations in place before heading to Sydney for the seventh World Masters Games, which start exactly two months from today, on October 10, further exhibiting the global appeal of softball to a wide range of age groups. Almost [...]

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