NATIONAL PRO FASTPITCH ANNOUNCES OLYMPIC CHANNEL TO CONTINUE COVERAGE FOR SECOND CONSECUTIVE SEASON

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (June 19, 2018) – National Pro Fastpitch announced an agreement with the global Olympic Channel for regular season and championship action from the 2018  NPF season. The agreement includes more than twenty games and will…

ESPN+ and NPF Announce Exclusive Broadcast Partnership

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Summer-Long Schedule Features Multiple Appearances from Every Team in the League Addition of NPF Grows ESPN’s Softball Portfolio, Continues Long-Standing Commitment to the Sport  Per ESPN (May 24, 2018) ESPN+ has added more exclusive…

THE GLORY CLINCH 2007 REGULAR SEASON CHAMPIONSHIP Washington Sweeps Second-Place Thunder at Home

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Ashburn, VA - With a single crack of the bat, Oli Keohohou made history Sunday night. The first baseman’s seventh-inning, two-out, full-count home run to right field off Rockford pitcher Cat Osterman clinched the Washington Glory’s first…

Force Player Emily Friedman Helps Build Baseball Dreams in Honduras

By Marty Gitlin There are no loftier endeavors than those helping the less fortunate. Philadelphia Force second baseman Emily Friedman has always been aware of that, but she had to travel to Honduras for that view to be reinforced. Friedman…

NOKONA RE-SIGNS AS OFFICIAL SUPPLIER TO NPF

By Marty Gitlin National Pro Fastpitch has renewed a partnership agreement with Nocona Athletic Goods as an official supplier and licensee of softball equipment. The growing company will provide fastpitch bats, gloves, batting gloves and…

SCHEDULE UPDATE

Due to unforeseen scheduling conflicts with the Chinese National Team, there have been several revisions to the 2007 NPF Schedule. The 2007 UPDATED NPF SCHEDULE will be added to the schedule section of the NPF website in the next few days…

OSTERMAN’S DRIVE AND COMPETITIVE NATURE FUEL HER SUCCESS

By Marty Gitlin Monopoly? Ping-pong? Tennis, anyone? The game doesn’t matter. If you think you’re going to have a nice, leisurely competition against Cat Osterman, think again. She’s going to want to beat the heck out of you. Fortunately…

FORCE FORGE AHEAD WITH NEW OWNER

By Marty Gitlin Thomas Kleinman has never been one to sit in an office and push papers around. Not in the 60s, when he earned a baseball scholarship and served two years in Vietnam. Not in the 70s, when he shunned his law practice,…