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NATIONAL PRO FASTPITCH ANNOUNCES OLYMPIC CHANNEL TO CONTINUE COVERAGE FOR SECOND CONSECUTIVE SEASON
Broadcasts, Featured, League NewsNASHVILLE, 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
Broadcasts, Featured, Home Page Top, League News
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…

Bandit Jessie Scroggins Announces Retirement
Chicago Bandits, FeaturedRosemont, IL (January 17, 2020) – Chicago Bandits outfielder Jessie Scroggins has announced her retirement from professional softball.
“The love and energy that Jessie has for the game will be hard to replace,” Bandits GM Toni Calmeyn…

Pride Defeat Bandits to go up 2-0 in NPF Championship Series
Chicago Bandits, Game Recaps, USSSARosemont, Ill. (August 16, 2019) - The USSSA Pride took the second game of the NPF Championship Series with a 5-4 victory over the Chicago Bandits on Friday.
The Pride jumped out to an early lead in the bottom of the first inning. Shelby…

Eagles fall to Bandits and USSSA in doubleheader
Beijing Eagles, Chicago Bandits, Game Recaps, USSSADaytona Beach, Florida (July 26, 2019)—The Chicago Bandits and Beijing Shougang Eagles were scoreless until the last inning of play in Game 1 of Friday’s doubleheader. Starting pitchers, Wang Lan and Danielle O’Toole were tremendous in…

O’Toole Wins Pitching Duel Against Parnaby as Bandits Edge Peppers, 1-0
Aussie Peppers, Chicago Bandits, Game Recaps ROSEMONT, Ill. (July 19, 2019)—Danielle O’Toole threw a complete four-hit shutout, leading the Bandits to a 1-0 victory to clinch a series win.
O’Toole and Peppers ace Kaia Parnaby were locked in a pitchers’ duel right from the…

DiCarlo’s Big Night Leads Bandits Over Peppers
Aussie Peppers, Chicago Bandits, Game RecapsROSEMONT, Ill. (July 18, 2019) — After a road trip during which they lost four of seven, the Bandits were eager to get back on their home turf Thursday night.
Chicago responded with a run-rule victory, pulling away with eight runs in…

Bandits Win Double Header Over Comets to Complete Series Sweep and Extend Winning Streak to 13
Chicago Bandits, Cleveland Comets, Game Recaps Rosemont, Ill. (July 6, 2019) - The Chicago Bandits (19-3) won both games of a double header against the Cleveland Comets (9-17) on Saturday.
Game 1: In a low scoring affair, the Bandits defeated the Comets 3-1 for the first game of…

Bandits Cruise Past Comets to Secure 11th Straight Win
Chicago Bandits, Cleveland Comets, Game Recaps Rosemont, Ill. (July 5, 2019) - A four run third inning sparked the Chicago Bandits (17-3) in their 5-1 victory over the Cleveland Comets (9-15) on Friday.
After Emily Crane got on base with a walk, Gwen Svekis started the scoring…

Bandits Pull Away Late From Comets on Independence Day to Extend Winning Streak to Ten
Chicago Bandits, Cleveland Comets, Game RecapsRosemont, Ill. - Rachel Fico pitched a complete game shutout and was the lynchpin of a 4-0 victory for the Chicago Bandits (16-3) over the Cleveland Comets (9-14) on Thursday.
Fico was dominant in the pitching circle, striking out eight batters.…

Bandits Win Pair of One-Run Games for Six-Game Sweep of Wild
Canadian Wild, Chicago Bandits, Game RecapsROSEMONT, Ill. — The Bandits continued to showcase their magic in one-run games, taking a pair of tight decisions from the Canadian Wild to sweep the six-game series. Chicago won the opener with a fifth-inning rally, and then took the nightcap…

Bandits Outlast Wild in 10-inning Marathon on Scroggins’ Walk-Off Single
Canadian Wild, Chicago Bandits, Game RecapsROSEMONT, Ill. (June 30, 2019) — Jessie Scroggins was in the middle of everything for the Bandits on Sunday.
Scroggins capped a three-hit night with a walk-off single in the 10th, securing the Bandits’ sixth straight win, this one a 7-6…