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The 2028 Recruiting Floodgates Just Opened

Sept. 1 unleashed 133 verbals in one week, Team USA lands in OKC to chase a World Cup Finals berth, Extra Inning Softball opens 2028 rankings with a verified-stats rule, and USA Softball gets a nine-year Fieldhouse partner.

Lose the Finale, Win the Cup

Lexi Kilfoyl is your All-Star Cup champion after the wildest eight-point swing of the summer; plus fall ball wakes up and the 2028 recruiting phones are officially ringing.

The AUSL Saved Its Tightest Race for Last

A two-out walk-off, a 1-0 duel to close Series Three, and three captains drafting the last rosters of the AUSL season in Rosemont.

Pro Softball's First Gold Glove Belongs to Sydney Romero

Rawlings makes history in the AUSL, Team Klingler sweeps into every Series 3 captain seat, and Jordan Woolery takes over Truist Park.

45 Stars, One Leaderboard

The AUSL All-Star Cup opens in Rosemont, Ill.; North Carolina shuts out Kentucky for the Little League title; and the pros take over Greenville.

The 2028 audition has started, and Team USA just aced it

Montana Fouts one-hit the world No. 1 as Team USA claimed gold and bronze at Devon Park. Plus: Kim Ng maps out 2027, the pros crash the Little League Softball World Series, and PGF closes out Irvine.

Utah goes back-to-back — the Talons sweep Chicago for a second straight AUSL crown

Montana Fouts closes it with a complete game, Jadelyn Allchin takes MVP, the AUSL hands out its season awards, travel ball crowns its champions, and the Little League Softball World Series opens in Greenville.

Utah is back in the final — and pro softball is about to make network-TV history

Georgina Corrick shuts down Chicago to send the Talons to a title defense, the playoff bracket locks in, and Game 1 lands on ABC — the first pro softball game ever on network television.

Utah clinches first as Chicago's record streak turns the AUSL race into a sprint

The Talons lock up the AUSL's first postseason berth, the Bandits rip off a league-record ninth straight, and NiJaree Canady finally gets her first pro win — with one week to play.

Fouts breaks the win record, Bri Ellis walks it off, and Utah stays on top

A walk-off Fourth across the AUSL: Montana Fouts sets a single-season win record, Bri Ellis caps Utah's home finale, and Chicago rips off six straight to grab second.

Portland crashes the top tier as Megan Grant catches fire

Three weeks in, the AUSL order keeps shifting: the Cascade have climbed to second behind a red-hot Megan Grant, the Talons' win streak finally snapped, and league viewership just jumped 181% on ESPN.

A shutout debut puts the defending champs back on top

Two weeks into the AUSL, the standings have already flipped: a rookie's shutout debut has the Talons in first, Maya Brady can't stop hitting, and pro softball heads to Durham this weekend.

Pro softball's new six-city era is officially underway

The AUSL's first city-based season opened with a record-setting bomb, a defending champ at 3-0, and softball's biggest name finally going pro. Week one is in the books.

Texas wins it all again — and a quiet dynasty gets loud

The Longhorns swept Texas Tech for their second straight national championship. Teagan Kavan became the first two-time WCWS Most Outstanding Player ever. And pro softball

Lone Star encore: Texas and Texas Tech for the title, again

The WCWS Finals are a Lone Star State rematch. Texas swept Tennessee on Monday; Texas Tech beat Alabama twice — walk-off, then a Canady shutout — to get back to Game 1.

The Greatest Show On Dirt —WCWS Opens Today

A special-edition Thursday preview: every WCWS Opening Day matchup, the storylines worth your group chat, and a one-line pick for each game.

OKC or bust: a Super Regional weekend of firsts, shutouts, and a Sooner streak ended

The WCWS field is set — Arkansas and Mississippi State book first-ever trips, Nebraska is back after 13 years, and Oklahoma

The Final 16: a regional weekend for the ages, and a bracket built on mayhem

Super Regionals are set after the wildest regional weekend in years — Texas Tech

Alabama grabs No. 1, Texas makes history, and the bracket gets new math

The 2026 NCAA bracket is set under a brand-new national-seeding format, Texas wins its first SEC title, and 16 regionals open Friday on the Road to Oklahoma City.

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