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Alabama hasn't been around long, but it's come close to softball's big prize a few times. Wednesday was its breakthrough as the Crimson Tide won the WCWS title over Oklahoma.

The longer softball is out of the Olympics, the tougher it will be for national programs to stay funded.

Amsterdam. Beijing. Berkeley. Shortstop Britt Vonk has made the global trek a rousing success in her first season at Cal.

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OMAHA, Neb. -- After leaving town quietly last year, Rice opened the College World Series with a statement Friday. Danny Lehmann doubled in the go-ahead run in a six-run eighth inning, and the Owls had 19 hits to rally for a 15-10 victory over ...

OMAHA, Neb. -- After leaving town quietly last year, Rice opened the College World Series with a statement Friday. Danny Lehmann doubled in the go-ahead run in a six-run eighth inning, and the Owls had 19 hits to rally for a 15-10 victory over ...

OMAHA, Neb. -- After leaving town quietly last year, Rice opened the College World Series with a statement Friday. Danny Lehmann doubled in the go-ahead run in a six-run eighth inning, and the Owls had 19 hits to rally for a 15-10 victory over ...

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Monica Abbott led Tennessee to the Women's College World Series finals Sunday, throwing her third straight shutout in the Lady Vols' 3-0 victory over Northwestern.

Taryne Mowatt homered and drove in three runs and Alicia Hollowell threw a one-hitter as Arizona beat Northwestern 8-0 to win Game 1 of the Women's College World Series championship.

Qwest Center Omaha will host the 2008 U.S. Olympic Swim Trials, beating out San Antonio and St. Paul, Minn.

Cat Osterman, who led Texas to a pair of Women's College World Series berths and won an Olympic gold medal in between, has been named to the U.S. National Softball Team for the third time.

Stars go straight from the College World Series to join national team in the Dominican Republic.

Cat Osterman, who led Texas to last year's College Softball World Series, will skip the college season next year while trying to make the U.S. Olympic team.

University of California swimmer Natalie Coughlin set two more world short-course records Saturday in the FINA World Cup Series.

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