Just a day after Japan defeated the United States in softball, the International Softball Committee is planning their lobby to get the sport reinstated as an Olympic event. Softball was voted out of the Olympics by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and won’t be a part of the London Games in 2012. One of the […]
They said the American softball team couldn’t be beaten. Their last defeat was in the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games. In fact, one of the reasons cited for discontinuing softball as an Olympic sport was that the United States dominated the sport too much. Japan must not have gotten that memo.
In one of the most […]
A lot has been made of Dara Torres being the mother of two-year-old Tessa, but Torres is far from the only 2008 Olympian who is also a mom. No longer do Olympic dreams have to end with motherhood. Just ask these women:
American Melanie Roach is a 33-year-old mother of three. She’s also a world-class […]
Heavy thunderstorms in Beijing on Thursday have delayed several events, including the softball games, the tennis quarterfinals, and the rowing and kayaking events.As Beijing was getting pounded by heavy winds and rain, the sailing events, located in the Chinese coastal city of Qingdao, were canceled due to lack of wind.
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Lauren Bay Regula was really stingy as she only gave up one hit in five innings while her teammate, Megan Timpf, went 3-for-3 with three runs batted in, leading Canada to a 6-1 victory over Chinese Taipei in women’s softball.
In case you don’t know, Bay Regula could just be genetically engineered to pull off such […]
PLANT CITY, FLORIDA, March 12, 2008. — The game schedule for the 2008 Olympic Softball competition was announced today. The International Softball Federation (ISF) unveiled the 32-game slate that spans August 12-21 at Fengtai Softball Field in Beijing, China.
Each of the eight teams will play each other once during round robin play, meaning that […]
18 January 2008 - This past weekend the International Coaching College for Africa/Europe wrapped up in Tirrenia, Italy. A total of 36 coaches from eleven countries were on-hand for the five-day session.
Combined with the ICC for the Americas held last month at the ISF’s world headquarters in Plant City, Florida, and the course […]
Beijing, China—It took only five innings for the USA Softball Women’s National Team to record its 100th win in World Championship play as they defeated Great Britain, 7-0, to remain unbeaten. The U.S. recorded its first win on Feb. 14, 1965, in Melbourne, Australia with a 1-0 win over New Zealand who happens to be […]
Was this an anti-American move brought on by the European dominated International Olympic Committee? That cannot be proven, but the fact remains that Softball and Baseball will be dropped from the Olympic program starting in London in 2012.
Whatever the reason, there were a number of vocal statements made:
“I think anti-Americanism was a factor,” International […]
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Written by Jeanne Dupuis [email], and Sandy Mitchell [email] for b5media.
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