(Encyclopedia) softball, variant of baseball played with a larger ball on a smaller field. Invented (1888) in Chicago as an indoor game, it was at various times called indoor baseball, mush ball,…
First Olympic Appearance: 1996 by John Gettings and Mark Zurlo Did You Know? United States second baseman Dot Richardson, who hit the game-winning home run in the gold medal final against…
The first world softball championship was a women's tournament which was in held Melbourne, Australia, in 1965. Joan Joyce played basketball, volleyball, and softball as a teenager in Waterbury,…
softball playerDied: February 9, 2007 (Huntsville, Alabama) Best Known as: hard-throwing softball player Hard-throwing softball player who toured the globe for 60…
BaseballBasketballBoxingDivingField HockeyGymnasticsSoccerSoftballSwimmingTennisTrack & Field Gold medal winners from 1896-2004 in the following events: Baseball, Basketball, Boxing, Diving,…
Sydney A record 10,651 athletes (4,069 of them women) from 199 nations participate; the only nation excluded is Afghanistan. North and South Korea enter the stadium under one flag. Australian…
Born: Sept. 11, 1946 Former basketball and softball star who was women's AD at Texas for 18 years before leaving to become executive director of Women's Sports Foundation in 1992.
Born: July 26, 1935Olympics archer and sporting goods manufacturer (Easton softball bats); one of 4 American delegates to the International Olympic Committee; president of International Archery…
Millions of kids rush to the emergency room every year after getting hurt playing a sport. Here are the sports that send the most kids to the hospital.1. Basketball 2. Cycling 3. Football 4.…
