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ESPN is marking the 40th anniversary of Title IX by unveiling the top 40 female athletes of the past 40 years. Softball player Lisa Fernandez certainly posted some impressive numbers: Three Olympic gold medals with Team USA, two national champions...

Softball great Lisa Fernandez is hopeful the sport will return for the 2016 Olympics.

People told Lisa Fernandez she was too short or didn't have the right build to play softball at the highest level. So she went out to prove to the world that not only could she pitch, she also could hit.

On the same mound where she starred in college, Lisa Fernandez played what could be her final game for U.S. softball.

A single tear rolled down the cheek of three-time Olympic champion Lisa Fernandez as she stood near a fence after practice, the only sign she allowed to show that her tenure with the U.S. national softball team was nearing an end.

Lisa Fernandez, a three-time Olympic champion and perhaps softball's signature star for more than a decade, did not make the U.S. team's final 15-player roster for the Beijing Games.

Laura Berg and Lisa Fernandez will attempt to win a fourth Olympic gold medal next summer in Beijing as members of the U.S. Women's National Softball team, which was formally announced Monday.

As softball is set to lose its spot in the Olympics after 2008, the World Cup of Softball might be the event to bridge the gap between the sport and the casual fan.

Three-time NCAA champion Debbie Doom and fellow pitchers Lisa Fernandez and Jennie Finch were among 10 players named to the NCAA Division I softball 25th anniversary team Tuesday.

By Graham Hays ESPN Fantasy Games Short of signing Jennie Finch, Lisa Fernandez and Cat Osterman and convincing Uncle Bud to loosen the rules outlawing underhanded pitching motions -- and don't think the Rangers haven't pondered the notion -- ther...

Things to watch: Monday, Day 9

Lisa Fernandez pitched a three-hitter Sunday and Crystl Bustos drove in two runs as the Americans rolled to their eighth shutout in eight days, 5-0 over Australia, putting them into the gold medal game.

Lisa Fernandez pitched a one-hitter as Team USA made it six shutouts in six games with a shortened 7-0 victory Thursday over Greece.

Jennie Finch pitched a one-hitter with eight strikeouts and Lisa Fernandez went 3-for-4 with a homer as the Americans posted their fifth straight shutout, beating Canada 7-0.

Lori Harrigan allowed only a first-inning bunt single and Crystl Bustos homered Tuesday as the Americans posted their fourth straight shutout of these games, 4-0 over China.

Lisa Fernandez and the U.S. softball team showed no mercy -- again.