TUSCALOOSA, Ala. -- "What a day," Talons manager Howard Dobson said. "What a day to make history." The ball sailed over the left-field fence, Sydney Romero flapped her Talon wings as she crossed home plate, and an inning later, her team had won the first ever Athletes Unlimited Softball League

Backed by a historic partnership with Major League Baseball, the Athletes Unlimited Softball League's inaugural season came to an end on Sunday with the Talons defeating the Bandits in the second game of the three-game championship series. They finished the regular season with the best two records in the four-team

After a historic inaugural season – with record-breaking crowds, superstar-powered highlights and elite women-celebrating-women cameos – it's time for the Athletes Unlimited Softball League Championship Series presented by Sephora. Two teams, the Talons and the Bandits, are squaring off in what should be an epic best-of-three series in Tuscaloosa, Ala.

Erin Coffel’s name is now etched in history. The Bandits infielder has been crowned MVP of the inaugural Athletes Unlimited Softball League season. The announcement was made Saturday prior to Game 1 of the three-game championship series between the first-place Talons and Coffel’s second-place Bandits, who had an AUSL-leading 152

The Athletes Unlimited Softball League (AUSL) announced several of its award recipients for the 2025 season ahead of Wednesday’s regular-season finales in Rosemont, Ill., and Tuscaloosa, Ala. Bandits infielder Erin Coffel was named the league’s Hitter of the Year. Three days later, she was named the league's first Most Valuable

The first year of the Athletes Unlimited Softball League is almost complete, with the Talons and Blaze set to face off this weekend in the Championship series beginning Friday night. The two teams raced ahead of the competition, thanks to stars like the Talons' Georgina Corrick, who paced the circuit

Georgina Corrick is a softball-hurling superstar. She was transcendent at the University of South Florida -- putting up a 113-32 record with a 1.04 ERA in five seasons. She's the school's all-time leader in no-hitters, perfect games, starts, complete games, wins, strikeouts and any other stat you know or don't

It started out innocently enough. With the bases loaded in the top of the second inning, the Volts' Danieca Coffey swung at a two-strike offering and hit a slow tapper back to Bandits pitcher Emiley Kennedy. What could have been an easy out at first instead ended up being one

It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s … McKenzie Clark? With DC’s "Superman" being released in theaters earlier this month, it was fitting that there was a superhero catch in Saturday’s slate of AUSL games. Perhaps it was even more appropriate that the player making that catch has a name

The Bandits have the best offense in the Athletes Unlimited Softball League, but sometimes it hurts. They lead the AUSL in several offensive categories, including runs, hits, home runs, batting average, on-base percentage and slugging percentage. The trade-off for that sweet swinging is that the Bandits -- well, one player

Come for the clutch homer. Stay for the spin. Skylar Wallace put a little flourish on her fourth home run of the Athletes Unlimited Softball League season Thursday, and for good reason.

Howard Dobson was watching the Texas Rangers’ championship run in 2023 when Corey Seager launched his third home run of that World Series. Seager was on fire, and he’s continued to stay hot, pursuing a perfect swing. In the media coverage and conversation of Seager’s elite hitting, then-Rangers bench coach

Maya Brady made her Athletes Unlimited Softball League debut worth the wait. The former UCLA star lived up to the hype Wednesday in her first AUSL game for the Talons after missing the season’s first 18 games due to a Grade 2 hamstring strain. “I feel like I’ve been so

ATLANTA -- Six weeks ago, Major League Baseball announced its first-of-a-kind partnership with the Athletes Unlimited Softball League, investing in the women’s professional sports league. To say it's been a six-week whirlwind for those involved with the AUSL and the partnership would be an understatement. They’ve seen significant growth in

What a weekend it was for the first-place Talons. On Saturday, they became the first team to punch their ticket to the inaugural Athletes Unlimited Softball League championship -- doing so nearly two weeks in advance -- by virtue of the Volts’ loss to the Blaze. The Talons (14-4) followed

Popular folk wisdom says that good things come in threes. That was definitely the case for the Bandits on Saturday. In a 9-1 win over the Talons, the Bandits homered not once or twice but three times in a five-run third inning en route to their 11th win of the

The Talons' 8-7 win over the Bandits on Friday night at Claussen Field at the University of Nebraska-Omaha had it all. After the Talons took a commanding 5-0 lead, the Bandits used a six-run inning to take the lead, before the Talons settled it in extra innings with a walk-off

Talons rookie center fielder Sierra Sacco made a name for herself in the pro ranks last month when she hit the first homer in AUSL history. On Wednesday, she showed her glove can be just as impressive as her bat. It was a play that had Sierra written all over

Aliyah Binford was on vacation in Pensacola, Fla., with a few of her former Ole Miss teammates when she received a call from the Blaze. Would she like to join the team?

Aubrey Leach is one of the best softball players in the world. She played at the University of Tennessee from 2016-2019 -- finishing on Top 10 lists for career batting average, steals, on-base percentage and walks. She competed in the AUX for the last four years, tallying the second-most points

There are some occasions when the very essence of the game -- its raison d'être -- is captured in a single moment. During Monday night's AUSL contest between the Talons and the Bandits in Rosemont, Ill., we saw that in the fourth inning.

The Athletes Unlimited Softball League launched on June 7. And with the backing of Major League Baseball, this four-team foray into pro softball has made an instant impression on fans. As planned since its inception, the AUSL has been on a two-week hiatus that began on June 24, but play

Softball is booming, and Major League Baseball is backing a new opportunity for star players to continue their careers professionally. The Athletes Unlimited Softball League launches June 7. It’s a bold and fun new venture that will be barnstorming the country in its inaugural season this summer. The league is

SEATTLE -- T-Mobile Park is farther away from Florida State University than any big league ballpark, yet geography didn’t get in the way of a meetup between two of the school's most prominent recent baseball and softball alumni on Wednesday afternoon. Cal Raleigh, the Seminoles’ slugger from 2016-18, welcomed Michaela

TAMPA -- About 15 minutes before Drew Rasmussen’s first pitch Monday night at George M. Steinbrenner Field, Sierra Romero scaled the mound and fired a strike of her own.