softball

Softball great Joan Joyce has died at the age of 81. She has deep Connecticut ties and was inducted into the CT Women’s Hall of Fame over a decade ago.

As the Olympics continues to add emerging sports to its program, the Tokyo Games will feature several brand-new sports

The U.S. Olympic softball team struggled to put runs on the board in Tuesday’s gold medal game against Japan, but it took away runs in style. Left fielder Janie Reed made a spectacular home run robbery against Japan’s Fujita Yamato to close out the top of the seventh inning. The leaping grab kept the Team USA deficit at 2-0...

The U.S. women’s softball team took home the silver medal after losing 2-0 to Japan in the gold medal game of the Tokyo Olympics.

As Team USA prepares to go for softball gold in Tokyo, there are hundreds of softball players here in Connecticut looking to bring a title home themselves. One of the nation’s largest youth softball tournaments takes place right here in Connecticut beginning Tuesday. Games will be played at Windsor’s Fast Pitch Nation. Over 800 youth softball players will be in...

Team USA softball improved to 5-0 after defeating Japan in walkoff style.

The opening round of softball has yet to be completed, but the matchup for the gold medal game is already set.  Team USA will take on Japan in the gold medal game, as both teams have gone 4-0 in opening round play and have clinched the top two spots. The United States has won a gold or silver in...

Team USA’s Women’s Softball team walked off with a win against Australia, 2-1, moving them to 4-0 overall in the Olympic tournament.

Team USA Softball are off to a dominating start as they advance to 4-0 in the Olympic Games.

The U.S. Olympic softball team won their third straight victory on Saturday, shutting out Mexico 2-0.

Cat Osterman set down 14 batters as Team USA won their third straight game of the 2021 Tokyo Olympics.

The Team USA Softball team defeated Canada in their second game of the Tokyo Olympics. U.S. starting pitching remained dominant as starting pitcher Monica Abbott pitched through the 6th inning

For the second straight game to start the Olympics, Team USA shut out their opponent, this time with a 1-0 victory over Canada Wednesday night. Monica Abbott allowed just one hit across seven innings while striking out nine to pick up her first win of the Tokyo Games. The United States improved to 2-0 while Canada dropped to 1-1. The…

Making their fifth Olympic appearance and first since 2008, Team USA overcame a slow start to defeat Italy 2-0 at Fukushima Azuma Stadium.

United States softball defeat Italy in their opening game of the Tokyo Olympics. Starting pitcher Catherine Osterman dominated in her start, allowing just one hit and recording 9 strikeouts.

The Tokyo Olympics began in style for the host nation as Japan’s softball team notched a preliminary round victory over Australia.

Japan, the No. 2-ranked softball team, will throw the very first pitch of the very first event of the pandemic-delayed Olympics.

Skateboarding, sport climbing, surfing, karate will make their debut at the Tokyo Olympics with baseball and softball making a one-time return.

Two-time Olympic medalist and softball pitcher Cat Osterman discusses why she decided to come out of retirement to join Team USA.

Southington softball is back in the state championship game for the 24th time in program history. That’s the most all-time and this weekend, the Blue Knights will play for their 19th state title. After winning it all in 2019, Southington will take on Fairfield-Ludlowe on Saturday in the Class LL championship game and they are grateful for the opportunity. “I…