Olympic Softball

A couple of years following the Olympic debut of softball at the 1996 Games in Atlanta, I had the opportunity to go to a week-long softball camp at a local college. I was just making the jump from slow-pitch to fast-pitch softball as a young teen, and my ...  

One of the all-time great women's fastpitch softball players is coming to West Lafayette on Saturday. Crystl Bustos, a two-time Olympic gold medalist for the USA, will put on a hitting clinic for girls 8 to 18 at Family Sports Center, 3242 W.  

Baseball may be the American (both Northern and Latin) past-time, but it won't be played in the London arena of the 2012 Olympics. Back in 2005, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) decided to oust baseball and softball from the games starting in 2012.  

The International Olympic Committee announced the removal of women's softball from the Olympic ... may use several different types of arm motions while pitching. Balls, bats and gloves Although the two sports are similar, the bats, gloves ...