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Jim Delany has led the Big Ten since 1989 and upped the conference's women's sports participation numbers. Val Ackerman picks his brain in her latest edition of Man Up.

In her new column for espnW.com, Val Ackerman will talk with prominent male executives to get their ideas about where women's sports are headed.

Recurring questions regarding women's sports are where do we go from here and what it will take to get there? Satisfying everyone involved will take time and a good game plan.

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.

Stereotypes may be pervasive in softball, but that doesn't mean those inside the sport are any more accepting when a teammate is gay. National team member and former Northwestern assistant Lauren Lappin shares her story.

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.