Backed by a historic partnership with Major League Baseball, the Athletes Unlimited Softball League has launched its inaugural season and will be pitting its four teams against each other until the championship weekend in late July. Thanks to the widest broadcast distribution of any season in any sport under the

Will Ferrell and Christopher Walken have nothing on the Bandits of the Athletes Unlimited Softball League. If you really want to hear "more cowbell," just check out one of their games. Pitcher Sarah Willis told MLB Network during the Bandits' 6-0 win over the Volts on Saturday night that the

We are only one week into the Athletes Unlimited Softball League season, but we might have already seen the game of the year on Saturday afternoon between the Talons and the Blaze in Chattanooga, Tenn. The two clubs combined for 26 runs and 29 hits in a 14-12 win for

Sydney McKinney needed to work on hitting the inside pitch. So Bandits assistant coach Mike Lotief came up with some unorthodox ideas for how to ensure McKinney could get the barrel of her bat out in time to catch inside offerings from opposing pitchers in the Athletes Unlimited Softball League.

Thursday's game between the Bandits and Volts of the Athletes Unlimited Softball League featured a heavyweight pitching matchup of two pitchers selected first overall in their respective draft this year. The Bandits' Lexi Kilfoyl -- a former Oklahoma State All-American -- was selected No. 1 overall in January's first-ever AUSL

If you’re an avid card collector, you’ve probably ripped open plenty of Topps packs, hoping to pull an autographed card of a highly touted rookie. But do you have an autographed card of the "Barry Bonds of Softball?" You can try to get one now.

Bubba Nickles-Camarena and the Bandits of the Athletes Unlimited Softball League have developed a fun new home run celebration. And they’re getting a lot of practice with it. Nickles-Camarena became the first player in the brand-new AUSL to hit multiple homers this season, smacking her second of the year in

It was a highly-anticipated matchup between star rookies each making their first professional start when the Blaze took on the Volts at Wilkins Stadium on the campus of Wichita State University on Monday night. And, as expected, it was a close and low-scoring affair to close out their AUSL season-opening

Sam Landry welcomes change. In fact, she feels like it has been a pivotal part of her softball career. Like the change from Louisiana-Lafayette to Oklahoma that reignited her love for the game. And now the change from college ball to the next level, as she’s set to make her

The Athletes Unlimited Softball League’s inaugural Opening Weekend continued Sunday, with the Bandits (1-0) still taking on the Talons (0-1) in Rosemont, Ill., and the Blaze (0-1) once again meeting the Volts (1-0) in Wichita, Kan. Here are the results from Sunday’s action. Talons 6, Bandits 3 After dropping the

In baseball, we've often heard of dad strength -- you know, when a Major League dad launches a home run or three after welcoming a child into the world. But there's mom strength on the diamond, too. A case-in-point: Danielle Gibson Whorton used her mom strength on Saturday when she

ROSEMONT, Ill -- Three hours before the historic first pitch, fans lined either side of the blue carpet leading up to the entrance of The Stadium at Parkway Bank Sports Complex. Youth softball teams in full uniform, groups of girls with Talons, Bandits, Volts and Blaze T-shirts and families from

The 2025 Athletes Unlimited Softball League held its Opening Day on Saturday with a pair of matchups between star-studded rosters. The Talons and Bandits kicked off the action in Rosemont, Ill., while the Volts and Blaze met in Wichita, Kan., in the second game of the day.

ROSEMONT, Ill -- Last week, Erin Coffel was in Oklahoma City working as a graduate manager for Florida as the Gators took on Tennessee in the Women’s College World Series. On Saturday afternoon, she had the game-winning hit for the Bandits in their 3-1 Opening Day victory over the Talons

ROSEMONT, Ill. -- Just under two miles outside of O’Hare International Airport, the near constant hum of airplanes overhead is rivaled only by the sound of infield drills at the Parkway Bank Sports Complex. The softball smacking the back of a glove. The “yes queen!” after a properly executed rundown.

Professional softball is at its height of its visibility with the launch of the Athletes Unlimited Softball League. Last week, Major League Baseball announced a strategic investment in the AUSL, marking a first-of-its-kind partnership with a women’s professional sports league to help establish and grow the AUSL as a sustainable

ROSEMONT, Ill. -- The glove never goes into her equipment bag. That’s Sis Bates’ first rule of glove love. “I never smush it,” the excitable shortstop of the Volts in the startup Athletes Unlimited Softball League (AUSL) said during the league’s media day. “I will never throw my glove, and

MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred discussed a wide variety of subjects on Wednesday from the Owners Meetings in New York -- including the possibility of seeing the automated ball-strike system in the Major Leagues, baseball at the Olympics, the continued growth in MLB viewership and attendance, baseball and softball participation and

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

Montana Fouts pitched 230 innings in her senior season at Alabama in 2023, with 24 complete games among her 31 starts and an additional 13 relief appearances that resulted in four saves. In an extra-inning win over Texas, she went all 11 frames. In a two-day stretch against Longwood, she

The Athletes Unlimited Softball League begins its inaugural season on Saturday. It’s a bold and fun new venture that will be barnstorming the country this summer. The league is guided by its commissioner, the barrier-breaking former MLB executive Kim Ng. The league’s season will involve four teams -- Bandits, Blaze,

The Athletes Unlimited Softball League begins its inaugural season on Saturday. It’s a bold and fun new venture that will be barnstorming the country this summer. The league is guided by its commissioner, the barrier-breaking former MLB executive Kim Ng. The league’s season will involve four teams -- Bandits, Blaze,

The Athletes Unlimited Softball League begins its inaugural season on Saturday. It’s a bold and fun new venture that will be barnstorming the country this summer. The league is guided by its commissioner, the barrier-breaking former MLB executive Kim Ng. The league’s season will involve four teams – Bandits, Blaze,

The Athletes Unlimited Softball League (AUSL) begins its inaugural season on June 7. It’s a bold and fun new venture that will be barnstorming the country this summer. The league is guided by its commissioner, the barrier-breaking former MLB executive Kim Ng. The league’s season will involve four teams –

Baseball is known for its family connections. There are legendary baseball families, from the DiMaggios to the Griffeys to the Bondses to the Alous to the Guerreros, and so many more. But MLB isn't just about baseball connections. It's a league full of softball connections, too. So when Major League