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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…

Southpaw Haylie Wagner Re-Signs with Bandits for 2020 Season
Chicago Bandits, FeaturedROSEMONT, Ill. – The Chicago Bandits have come to terms with southpaw Haylie Wagner on a 1-year deal, the club announced Friday afternoon.
The former University of Michigan Wolverine started her professional career with the Pennsylvania…

2019 Rookie of the Year Abbey Cheek Re-Signs with Chicago Bandits
Chicago Bandits, FeaturedROSEMONT, Ill. (November 5, 2019) – The Chicago Bandits have reached an agreement on a one-year deal with infielder Abbey Cheek, team officials announced Tuesday morning.
The 2019 National Pro Fastpitch Rookie of the Year made an instant…

All NPF Selection Gwen Svekis Returns in 2020
Chicago Bandits, FeaturedROSEMONT, Ill. (November 4, 2019) – The Chicago Bandits and catcher Gwen Svekis have reached an agreement on a 1-year contract extension, team officials announced Wednesday afternoon.
Svekis dominated both at and behind the plate during…

Chicago Bandits Announce Two Series Events for 2020 NPF Season
Chicago Bandits, League NewsROSEMONT, Ill. – The Chicago Bandits announced today, two Series Events for the 2020 National Pro Fastpitch season. The league announced the outline for the brand new format of multi-team events in late August and Chicago’s announcement…

USSSA Pride Capture Second Straight Cowles Cup
2019 CS, Chicago Bandits, Game Recaps, League News, USSSABy Kayla Lombardo, Softball America on August 17, 2019
ROSEMONT, Ill. – It was déjà vu for the USSSA Pride in 2019. After a 2018 National Pro Fastpitch Championship Series that saw USSSA record a three-game sweep over the Chicago…

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…

Pride Shut Out Bandits to Take Game 1 of the NPF Championship Series
2019 CS, Game RecapsRosemont, Ill. (August 15, 2019) - The USSSA Pride won the first game of the NPF Championship Series 3-0 over the Chicago Bandits behind a strong pitching from their pitching staff on Thursday.
National Pro Fastpitch Pitcher of the Year Jolene…

Bandits Clinch Regular Season Title
Beijing Eagles, Chicago Bandits, Featured, Game RecapsRosemont, Il. (August 7, 2019) - It only took five innings for the Bandits to defeat the Beijing Eagles, 9-1, on Wednesday night. With the victory and a loss by the USSSA Pride, the Bandits clinched the regular season title for the first time…

Bandits Take Both Games of Doubleheader Against Beijing
Beijing Eagles, Chicago Bandits, Game RecapsRosemont, Il. (August 6, 2019) - The Bandits continued their winning ways on Tuesday with their second doubleheader sweep of the Beijing Eagles this season.
Game 1: Bandits 2, Eagles 1
For the second straight game, a hero was needed to…

Fico Guides Bandits Past Eagles in Pitcher's Duel
Beijing Eagles, Chicago Bandits, Game RecapsRosemont, IL.( August 5,2019) – Offense was at a premium in the series opener between the Bandits and the Beijing Eagles, but timely hitting led the Bandits to a 2-1 walk-off win.
Rachele Fico was excellent in the circle for the Bandits,…