Natioinal Pro Fastpitch commissioner Cheri Kempf explains the evolution of the sport in recent years and how its introduction into the 1996 Olympics has helped increase the sports popularity, and how the sport has been affected by the evolution of equipment through increased technology.
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Jennie Finch, 2010 ISF World Championships gold-medalist, recently took time for an exclusive interview with WestCoastFastpitch.com.
She shared her thoughts on parents, softball, and the future; the conversation took place during the 2010 “World Cup of Softball” Media Day in Oklahoma City, Okla.
In addition to winning an ISF World Championship, Finch helped the USA earn a silver medal in the 2008 Olympics, and a gold medal in the 2004 Olympics in the sport of softball.
She is considered by TIME Magazine to be the “most famous softball player in history”.
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Scales and I scored a bunch of tix to various Bejing Olympics events… fencing, softball, BMX, etc.
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Exclusive interview with Spalding’s Jennie Finch. Team USA’s 2008 Beijing Olympics #1 pitcher talks about her first ever Olympic experience.
Spalding Sports – True to the Game
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Like most teenage softball players, Jamie Gray was devastated to learn that the International Olympic
Committee had voted to eliminate her sport from the 2012 Olympic Games. But
unlike the rest, she decided to do something about it. Watch this inspiring true story of a 13-year-old softball player.
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Leaders of youth from African and Middle Eastern countries learn the game of softball at a Generations for Peace camp in Aqaba, Jordan, in late November 2008. The ISF’s involvement with this initiative shows its continued commitment to further developing the sport around the world.
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The U.S. women’s softball team is hopeful their sport will return in 2016 after being dropped from the Olympic games in 2012.
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ESPN college football sideline reporter and University of Florida graduate Erin Andrews will travel to Gainesville to interview Tebow on Thursday at 1:30 p.m. The University of Florida cheerleaders and UF mascots Albert and Alberta will greet fans and participate in the pep rally-style event in the set location outside the North End Zone normally reserved for ESPN’s College GameDay during the college football season. The ESPN shoot is open to the public and is scheduled to conclude by 3 p.m. Fans are encouraged to park in lot adjacent to the Stephen C. O’Connell Center. Gainesville will be the featured “TitleTown USA” city during both the 6 p.m. and 11 p.m. editions of SportsCenter on Monday, July 14.
“TitleTown USA” is an interactive and multimedia effort to determine which city, town or municipality is America’s top championship location. A panel of judges narrowed down fan-generated nominations to 20 finalists; ultimately, online voting by fans will determine the nation’s top sports town. Gainesville was announced June 10 on SportsCenter as a finalist and is going up against other cities as small as Parkersburg, W.Va., and as large as New York.
http://www.gatorzone.com/story.php?id=14164
Pictures that I took can be found here:
http://picasaweb.google.com/RChris173/ESPNTitletownGainesvilleFL
I was there during the filming and almost in full range of the camera that went around at 40 seconds, but I was higher up.
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The U.S. Softball team reflects on the loss of their sport in the Olympics and having to settle for silver in Beijing. (Aug. 22)
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The U.S. Olympic softball team was denied a fourth straight gold medal, losing 3-1 on Thursday to Japan in the sport’s final appearance in the games for at least eight years. (Aug. 21)
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