Softball

1/10/2026 |  Brands turn to emerging women’s sports leagues to reach young digital natives (Gist Sports, The) Softball. Baseball. Lacrosse. What do these sports have in common? In 2025, they all fielded brand-new professional women’s leagues.
🥎 Athletes Unlimited (AU) branched out beyond softball tournaments to create its first traditional sports league, Athletes Unlimited Softball League (AUSL). Its first season was a smash, drawing record crowds and prominent MLB and ESPN partnerships, with two expansion teams on deck for next year.

11/13/2025 |  Athletes Unlimited Softball League Adds Two Teams (SportsTravel) Athletes Unlimited Softball League has unveiled two new teams, including in the softball hotbed of Oklahoma City. The professional league, which has strategic investment from Major League Baseball, will welcome the Oklahoma City Spark into the league and revealed the identity of a second expansion team, Cascade. The Spark and Cascade will join the defending AUSL Champion Talons, as well as the Bandits, Blaze and Volts, to form a six-team league with competition resuming in summer 2026.

10/29/2025 |  Black Star shares details amid upcoming player showcase amid data proving power of Black soccer fandom (Gist Sports, The) Today, Black Star — ForSoccer’s media and events brand cultivating Black soccer culture — announced the player lineup and an exclusive capsule collection for the Allstate Next Wave National Showcase, the first national showcase displaying the skills of the top-ranked Black women soccer players in the U.S.

8/22/2025 |  Australia to host 2027 Women’s Softball World Cup Finals (SportsTravel) The WBSC Women’s Softball World Cup will return to Australia in April 2027 in Redcliffe, Queensland, 45 minutes outside of Brisbane, returning to the country where the inaugural World Cup was played in 1965.

6/5/2025 |  Women's College World Series: Texas wins controversial Game 1 with go-ahead hit on attempted intentional walk (CBS Sports) The Texas Longhorns beat the Texas Tech Red Raiders 2-1 in Game 1 of the Women's College World Series championship series on Wednesday night in a contest that included multiple controversies, a stunning mistake by a star pitcher and more emotional swings -- and minutes spent in replay review -- than one could count.