Major League Baseball is making a major investment in professional women's sports. MLB is partnering with the Athletes Unlimited Softball League — which is made up of the best pro softball players in the United States.

The first steps toward a major professional softball league are taking shape, and the state of Illinois will play an early part in the launch. Major League Baseball announced it has made a "strategic investment" in the Athletes Unlimited Softball League, which will begin play this season on June 7 with some games in suburban Chicago.

Thirteen years after the Japanese women's softball national team achieved their biggest victory when they took down Team USA in the gold medal game at the 2008 Olympics, they returned to the 2020 ...

NORMAN — Oklahoma softball head coach Patty Gasso announced Monday the signings of five incoming freshmen set to join the Sooners in fall 2020. "This is a well-rounded group of athletes who have ...

with the two rivals winning the last seven World Baseball Softball Confederation titles—five to the USA and two to Japan. The dominance has been on display at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics so far ...