NFCA.ORG11 The USA softball Womens National Team won the first olympic gold medal in thesports history during the 1996 olympic Games in Atlanta, GA, and defended http://nfca.org/news/?id=2087
International Softball Federation - ISF Governing Body for International softball and olympic softball. regulation andFernandez would have recorded the first perfect game in olympic history. http://www.internationalsoftball.com/english/events/96_olympics.asp
Extractions: PARTICIPATING COUNTRIES (8): Australia, Canada, China, Chinese Taipei, Japan, Netherlands, Puerto Rico, United States ROUND ROBIN SCORES Teams USA CHN AUS JPN CAN TPE NED PUR United States x China x Australia x Japan x Canada x Chinese Taipei x Netherlands x Puerto Rico x FINAL STANDINGS Games Runs Rank Team Played Won Lost For Against W/L% GB USA China Australia Japan Canada Chinese Taipei Netherlands Puerto Rico Semi-Finals: USA 1 China (10 innings) BRONZE MEDAL: Australia BATTING AVERAGE LEADERS Rank Name Team AB H HR RBI BA Chika Kodama JPN Ya-Fen Want CT Dionna Harris USA Chungfang Zhang CHN Sheila Comell USA Emi Tsukada JPN Kerry Dienelt AUS Kelly Kelland CAN Lisa Fernandez USA Ou Ching Chieh CT EARNED RUN AVERAGE LEADERS Rank Name Team BF IP H R SO ER ERA Tanya Harding AUS Christa Williams USA Jenny Holiday AUS Lori Harrigan USA He Liping CHN Juri Takayma JPN Lisa Fernandez USA Lori Sippei CAN Wang Lihong CHN Melanie Roche AUS
Extractions: (continued) Title IX has helped girls and women participate in interscholastic and intercollegiate athletics in far greater numbers than they had in the past. When Title IX became law, dramatic change was needed to level the playing fields of this nation's schools and to change the perception of the place of girls and women on them. Just one year before the enactment of Title IX, in 1971, a Connecticut judge was allowed by law to disallow girls from competing on a boys' high school cross country team even though there was no girls' team at the school. And that same year, fewer than 300,000 high school girls played interscholastic sports. Today, that number is 2.4 million. The rise of women's basketball is illustrative of the dramatic changes that have taken place since the enactment of Title IX. In 1972, 132,299 young girls played high school basketball. In 1994-95 the number had increased to 412,576, an increase of over 300 percent. In the last two years, women's basketball has come of age with the gold-medal victory of the American women's basketball team at the 1996 Olympics, the increased media attention to the NCAA women's basketball tournament, and the development of two professional women's basketball leagues. "Without Title IX, I'd be nowhere."
History softball evolved around the turn of the twentieth century as an adaptation ofbaseball. In 1991 fast pitch was selected to debut as an olympic sport . http://library.thinkquest.org/J0112648/history.html
Extractions: Fast Pitch Softball Fast pitch softball is a rapidly growing sport. In the last 15 years it has changed from a sport played primarily by men as an alternative to baseball, to a womans interscholastic sport played at the high school and college levels. In 1991 fast pitch was selected to debut as an Olympic sport .The U.S. Olympic team won the Gold Medal in the games in 1996 Summer Games. The team included players Lisa Fernandez, Michelle Smith, Christa Williams, and Dr Dot Richardson. They continued their streak by winning gold in the 2000 Olympic games in Sydney, Australia. Softball is relatively well-organized sport with local, state, national, and international championships. Players have the opportunity to travel within the city, state, and country. There are many divisions of softball: ASA (Amateur Softball Association), NSA (National Softball Association), and USSSA (United States Sports Softball Association) softball. Pitching is the key ingredient in fast pitch. Perhaps in no other team sport can a single player make such a significant contribution to the level of play or outcome of the game as the fast pitch pitcher. As a result, many people want to develop a pitcher. There are many pitches in fast pitch like a curve ball, rise ball, change up, screwball, and drop ball.
VL Of Sport - Softball softball coverage coverage at the Virtual Library of Sport history, rules, CBS SportsLine - softball News for collegiate teams and the olympic Games. http://sportsvl.com/ball/softball.htm
Extractions: Home Softball The Game ( About , Rules History Improve your game Forums ... Players A fast moving version of baseball that is played by mixed-sex mixed-ability teams. In comparison with baseball, the ball is bowled underarm, the ball is larger, softer and less dense and it is played on a smaller pitch. It needs only a modest outlay in equipment, and can be played in more or less any wide open space. A match takes about hour and a half to play. Each team bats and fields seven times. The batting side attempts to get their players around the `diamond' whilst the fielding side tries to get them out in one of several ways. The fielding side has to get three batters out to end their `inning'. Teams then reverse roles and so the game continues. From Sutton Softball Club Read on The Game About , Rules History Improve your game Forums ... Equipment About know the game top Wikipedia defines Softball; types, the Field, Players, Equipment etc
KTVU.com - Olympics 2004 olympics Slideshow In Her Own Words Saratoga s Miranda s Date With olympic history The US softball team won its third straight gold medal with an http://www.ktvu.com/olympics2004/
Extractions: Special Election Dating Employment Travel ... Bayinsider.com Daily Schedules Click on a date in blue to see a list of scheduled events. Slideshows Olympics Slideshow: Finally Tears Of Joy For War-Torn Iraq The Iraqi soccer team came into the Athens with little hope for success. But in sports anything is possible. More Details Olympics Slideshow: Good Bye Fab Five And Thanks Olympics Slideshow: Red, White And Blue Sweep In The Men's 200 Olympics Slideshow: A Cardinal Shade Of Bronze In Water Polo ... Olympic Slideshow: Teammates For Life Survey What event do you most look forward to during the summer Olympic games? Basketball Results Match Point Diary Walsh Defends FIVB Beach French Open If there was any need for validation, former Stanford and Archbishop Mitty star Kerri Walsh proved she is the best beach volleyball player in the world as she and fill-in teammate Rachel Wacholder claimed the title at the FIVB Beach Volleyball Tour's World Series 13 event Sunday in Marseille, France. More Details May-Walsh Win FIVB Swiss Crown May-Walsh Win Hellas Open May-Walsh Win Brazilian Open ... Cal's Golden Girl Gets A Warm Homecoming Ushered in by the Cal band, former Golden Bears swimming star Natalie Coughlin was welcomed home Wednesday from the Athens Olympics where she emerged as one of America's brightest stars winning five medals including a pair of golds.
EdGate Summer Games Womens softball was a new event at the olympic Summer Games at Atlanta in The United States olympic Committee site includes the rules and history of http://www2.edgate.com/summergames/spotlight_sport/softball.php
Griffin Publishing ::Olympics And Motivationals:: Students learn about olympic history and traditions as well as the sports thatwill be A Basic Guide to softball US olympic Committee s Sports Series http://www.griffinpublishing.com/cat-pages/olympics.htm
Extractions: Education Journey to Torino, Grades 1-3 NEW Celebrate the Torino 2006 Olympic Winter Games with fun and thought-provoking activities. Students learn about Italy, as well as Olympic history, traditions, and the sports that will be played. Journey to Torino, Grades 4-6 NEW Celebrate the Torino 2006 Olympic Winter Games with fun and thought-provoking activities. Students learn about Italy, as well as Olympic history, traditions, and the sports that will be played. The Olympic Experience in the School (Grades K-3) NEW Bring the Olympic Spirit to life for students with information and activities that relate to the Olympic Games. Learn about Olympic history, traditions, sports, sites and events. This series of thematic units are cross-curricular, cooperative learning tools that are filled with fun activities that foster team spirit as students go for the GOLD. Explore the Olympic Games with lessons that cover all areas of the curriculum. Students become "Olympic Scouts" who work their way through different tasks, culminating in a classroom Olympic Games. The Olympic Experience in the School (Grades 4-6) NEW Bring the Olympic Spirit to life for students with information and activities that relate to the Olympic Games. Learn about Olympic history, traditions, sports, sites and events. This series of thematic units are cross-curricular, cooperative learning tools that are filled with fun activities that foster team spirit as students go for the GOLD. Explore the Olympic Games with lessons that cover all areas of the curriculum. Students become "Olympic Scouts" who work their way through different tasks, culminating in a classroom Olympic Games.
Emotional Ride To U.S. Softball Gold - Softball - MSNBC.com Ruthian, Bustosian the longest shot in olympic softball history, This USsoftball team was everything any olympic team strives to be as close to http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5799312/
Extractions: COMMENTARY Steve Wilstein AP columnist ATHENS, Greece - Some home runs make a statement. The one Crystl Bustos sent flying onto an old airport runway was the stuff of legend. The bright yellow softball rose on a high arc over the left-field wall, soared beyond the grass embankment and over a hedge of bushes. It came down at last on the vast abandoned tarmac, some 330 or 350 or 400 feet from the plate, and kept going. Call it Olympian, Ruthian, Bustosian - the longest shot in Olympic softball history, longer than her two-run homer to center in the first inning. The mammoth drive in the third defined the power of a U.S. team that is, by far, the best the sport has ever known. The American women who won gold medals Monday, beating Australia 5-1 in the final, are so dominant in hitting, pitching, fielding that there are worries they're too good for the sport.
International Institute For Sport And Olympic History and olympic history. The following subject areas are suggested areas of interest for Sociology of Sport; softball; Snowmobiling (see Winter sports) http://www.harveyabramsbooks.com/501c3subjects.html
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Athens Olympic Games Blog It was the first time in olympic history that five men broke 10 seconds in a race . Well before any medals were awarded, US softball pitcher Jennie Finch http://www.livingroom.org.au/olympics/
Extractions: May 2004 "US President George W. Bush's re-election campaign will continue to run a television advertisement that mentions the Olympics, despite questions about whether that violates the by-laws for the Games. US Olympic Committee officials had contacted the campaign about the ad and were awaiting a reply, USOC spokesman Darryl Seibel said in Athens today.
TheStar.com - Olympics/Softball Yukiko Ueno pitched the first perfect game in olympic softball history, ATHENS The United States kept its winning streak in olympic softball http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Render&c=Page&ci
ESPN.com: Olympics Yukiko Ueno pitched the first perfect game in olympic softball history, leadingJapan to a 20 win over China on Friday and a spot in the tournament http://sports.espn.go.com/oly/summer04/softball/index
Extractions: Somewhere, Sue Candrea is smiling . Although U.S. softball gave up its first run of the Games, the Americans capped a dominating Olympic performance Monday with a 5-1 win over Australia for their third straight gold. The women, who outscored the field 51-1, dedicated the win to Candrea, their coach's late wife who died a month ago.
Inside The Bears The Americans lost two games in a week at the World Cup of softball, Yukiko Ueno, who threw the first perfect game in olympic history last summer, http://www.dailysouthtown.com/southtown/dssports/pro/201sd9.htm
Extractions: Staff writer Lovie Smith could get used to this. "I just know this feeling I had this morning and after the game yesterday, I liked it a lot," the Bears coach said. "I like what our team was able to do." The Bears' 38-6 victory Sunday over the Detroit Lions was easily the most decisive for Smith as a head coach and ended a five-game losing streak dating back to Dec. 12, 2004. It wasn't a perfect game, by any means, but nothing the Bears are about to give back. "Even when you play a great game, you can say there's things that you can improve on,'' Smith said. "We're excited about yesterday's game, but after you get back and you watch the tape there are a lot of things that you can improve upon, and that's what we'll do." The running game was particularly impressive. A week after the Bears rushed for 41 yards against Washington, Thomas Jones had 139 yards and rookie Cedric Benson 49 yards on the ground. Having two productive backs, however, potentially presents a problem in getting each guy enough carries.
The Back Page With Althea Pashman On SportzNutz.com The United States possess the richest modern olympic history of any nation. The last of The Back Page olympic previews covers softball. http://www.sportznutz.com/columns/back_page/080804.htm
Extractions: Photo When Kathy Walshon arrived at the Chicago Bandits game on Friday night with her family, none of them would have guessed that she would be leaving the game $5,000 richer. The Bandits were not the only winners in Lisle, Ill that night in their 7-2 victory over the New England Riptide. Related Article: Fan Wins $5,000 at Chicago Bandits Game National Pro Fastpitch All-Star Teams Announced With softball being eliminated from the Olympics just a couple weeks ago, the National Pro Fastpitch League is presenting a game to Chicago that sports fans will not want to miss. The NPF will be showcasing the best softball players in the country during the 2005 All-Star Game at the home field of the Chicago Bandits in Lisle, Ill the weekend of August 27-28th. Read More... West All-Star Roster East All-Star Roster Olympic Softball: Hope for the 2016 Games
CANOE -- SLAM! 2004 Games Softball day when Japan s Yukiko Ueno threw the first perfect game in olympic history They re the US softball team at the olympic Games and they re such an http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Athletics/Games/2004/Softball/
Extractions: Sport Index Archery Badminton Baseball Basketball Beach Vol. Boxing Canoe/Kayak Cycling Diving Equestrian Fencing Field Hockey Gymnastics Judo Paralympics Pentathlon Rowing Sailing Shooting Soccer Softball Swimming Synchro Table Tennis Taekwondo Tennis Track Triathlon Volleyball Waterpolo Weightlifting Wrestling Ten hours after capping their round-robin play with a win, the Canadian softball team watched its medal hopes disappear on TV last night. Canada's 1-0 win over Italy was rendered inconsequential later in the day when Japan's Yukiko Ueno threw the first perfect game in Olympic history to beat China 2-0 and end any hopes the Canadians had of advancing to tomorrow's semifinals.
Extractions: Home About ASC AIS Developing ... Tenders You are here Home About ASC Publications ASC Journals ... Vol 2 No 3 February 2005 This article (190 Kb is available for print/download. Unable to access this document? More information about PDF is available. Cuddihy was the youngest member of the three-man Australian archery team that competed in Athens. Tim and fellow team-mate David Barnes represent a promising future for Australian archery. The 22-year-old confirmed his reputation as the fastest man on wheels when he won every round of the keirin. In the sprint event, Ryan produced an electrifying come-from-behind victory over world champion Theo Bos to claim gold. Ryan downed the flying Dutchman with an exhilarating final-lap surge to catch him metres before the finish line. Put Nathan Baggaley and Clint Robinson in a kayak together and you have a lethal combination. Nathan Baggaley (2003 AIS Athlete of the Year) and Clint Robinson combined in the K2 500 metres to win silver for Australia at the Athens Olympics.
Detroit Free Press: 2004 Olympic Games ATHENS, Greece The most dominant team in olympic history is dominant no more . The US olympic softball team isn t just winning as it chases a third http://www.freep.com/index/2004olympics.htm
History Of Women In Sports Timeline - Part 6 - 1990-1997 1990 Martina Navratilova becomes the first woman in history to win 1996 -Dot Richardson hits the first home run in olympic softball history, http://www.northnet.org/stlawrenceaauw/timelne6.htm
Extractions: to 1899 1990 - Title IX gets a boost from the Supreme Court. 1990 - The number of women playing college sports has jumped to 160,000. 1990 - Bernadette Locke becomes the first female Division I coach of a men's basketball team when she joins the University of Kentucky as an assistant coach to Rick Pitino in June. 1990 - Juli Inkster of Los Altos, CA, becomes the first woman to win the only professional golf tournament in the world in which women and men compete head-to-head. She wins the Invitational Pro-Am at Pebble Beach in a one-stroke victory. 1990 - Triathlete Paula Newby-Frasier is named the Women's Sports Foundation's "Professional Sportswoman of the Year." In her career she is an eight-Time Ironman Triathlon World Champion (1996, 1994, 1993, 1992, 1991, 1989, 1988, 1986). 1990 - Sara Lee becomes the first corporation to make a major commitment solely to female athletics on the collegiate level with a $6 million donation to the NCAA. 1990 - Beth Daniel shoots a 66 to win the LPGA Championship, beating Rosie Jones by one stroke and taking home $150,000, the largest prize in LPGA history.
