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With automatic bids to the national tournament on the line, the girlies are stuffing your feed with web gems, walk-offs, and extra-inning barnburners.

May 10, 2024

NCAA softball conference tournaments promise midweek mega-battles

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Most softball conference tournaments step up to the plate today

May 08, 2024

Upsets rattled NCAA softball’s final regular-season weekend

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Still stunned by the regular season’s last weekend? Same. The girlies closed things out with some diamond-level chaos, making fans even more excited for the upcoming postseason.

May 06, 2024

Blockbuster matchups headline the last weekend of NCAA softball’s regular season

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It’s the last weekend of the regular season, and the season titles are still up for grabs in three stacked Power Five conferences.

May 03, 2024

Four NCAA baseball and softball series top the weekend’s watchlist

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Warmer weather means softball and baseball, and these three-game weekend series will put you in a springtime mood.

April 26, 2024

With the postseason looming, baseball and softball diamonds are heating up

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With less than a month before softball and baseball conference tournaments take the field, here’s who’s dominating diamonds…and who’s been crushed by the pressure.

April 12, 2024

Oklahoma chases a fourth title as NCAA softball season kicks off

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February 07, 2024

College

USA softball takes on Team Japan in All-Star Series

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August 04, 2023

The No. 1 USA Softball WNT — with an entire roster of current NCAA athletes — will compete in the Japan All-Star Series this weekend.

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The GIST of It Podcast

Ep #365

WNBA prepares for charter flight takeoff and a USTA WTF

May 09, 2024

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WNBA prepares for charter flight takeoff and a USTA WTF

Hey there!

Content warning: Today’s episode contains mention of sexual assault.

Today’s episode of The GIST of It starts out with nothing but net, as co-hosts Ellen Hyslop and Steph Rotz discuss a plethora of league-altering WNBA news, most notably the announcement that charter flights could be implemented for all teams as soon as this season.

Part 2 sadly brings a WTF, after a federal jury ordered the USTA — tennis’ governing body — to pay a $9M settlement to a player who alleges the organization failed to protect her from being sexually assaulted by a coach. Just awful.

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