A team of six, including Baseball Federation president Harvey Schiller and Detroit Tigers center-fielder Curtis Granderson, addressed the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in Geneva on Friday, hoping for baseball to have a place in the 2016 Games. Two of the IOC concerns were the recent high-profile cases of drug use in Major League Baseball and […]
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 […]
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 […]
In the upcoming Summer Olympics, we can expect the following disciplines:
Aquatics
Archery
Athletics
Badminton
Baseball
Basketball
Boxing
Canoe / kayak
Cycling
Equestrian
Fencing
Football
Gymnastics
Handball
Hockey
Judo
Modern Pentathlon
Rowing
Sailing
Shooting
Softball
Table Tennis
Taekwondo
Tennis
Triathlon
Volleyball
Weightlifting
Wrestling
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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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