RENO, Nevada – The Amateur Softball Association of America (ASA) announced today the host sites for the 2011 National Championship season as part of the annual Council Meeting in Reno, Nevada. Along with over 90 tournament sites awarded, voting was held for the 2011 ASA Council Meeting site as well as positions for the Board [...]

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Atlanta is getting a professional women’s softball team. A group of investors has signed a letter of intent with the National Pro Fastpitch softball league to bring the Rockford Thunder – a six-year-old franchise from Rockford, Ill. – to the area, Atlanta attorney Preston Delashmit said. Delashmit and his family would be the majority owners, [...]

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Defending National Champions Staying With Mizuno Norcross, GA (November 10, 2009) – Mizuno USA, Inc., announced today that the company has reached a multi-year equipment contract extension with the University of Washington Huskies to remain an “Official Corporate Sponsor of the Women’s Softball Program.” Washington’s softball team will continue to be equipped in Mizuno, utilizing [...]

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OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. — The Amateur Softball Association of America (ASA) continues its preparation for the 78th Annual Council Meeting as it is just days from kicking off the meeting in Reno, Nev. Hosted at the Peppermill Resort, Nov. 6-14, the Annual Council Meeting brings together administrators, players and tournament hosts from around the country [...]

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PLANT CITY, FLORIDA (USA) — International Softball Federation President Don Porter and Amateur Softball Association/USA Softball Executive Director Ron Radigonda announced today that the 2010 ISF Women’s World Championship originally scheduled for July 16-26 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (USA) will have to be pushed back to a later date and new location due to a [...]

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When The National Pro Fastpitch League first started up a few years back, I was caught off guard by the locations of their teams. Texas had a team which was exactly what I expected. I had hoped it would be in the Dallas/Ft Worth area. The surprise was the rest of the league being located [...]

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ESPN The Magazine’s inaugural ‘Body Issue,’ which honors athletes of various shapes, sizes, genders, races and — it would appear– stages of pregnancy! USA Softball star Jessica Mendoza, a gold medalist in the 2004 Olympic Games, posed alongside her teammates this summer while 8 ½-months pregnant with her first child. “The bodies in this issue [...]

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Nashville, TN – National Pro Fastpitch announced today the site for the 2010 NPF Championship Series. The Series has been awarded to Sulphur Louisiana and will be held August 26-29 at McMurray Park in Sulphur. The event will be hosted by, and with the cooperation of, the Sulphur Parks and Recreation Department and the support [...]

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