Credit: Little League Softball ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED ON www.si.com/onsi/softball The road to the Little League Softball World Series in Greenville, North Carolina, continues on Friday, as regional finals take place across the nation. Little League Softball currently operates five tournament divisions as part of the International Tournament, where teams must play to advance through District, Section, State, Region, and World Series tournaments. Three divisions culminate at a S

Credit: AUSL ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED ON www.si.com/onsi/softball While the inaugural season of the Athletes Unlimited Softball League (AUSL) will conclude over July 26-28 with the Bandits and Talons in a race for the championship title, it won’t be the last of professional ball this summer. 60 elite players will continue playing and face off in the AUSL All-Star Cup August 2-31. This 21-game high-stakes showdown will create an individual champion instead of a team, embodying th

Credit: Texas Tech Athletics ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED ON www.si.com/onsi/softball The Big 12 Conference announced its 2024-25 Male and Female Athletes of the Year in a press release on Thursday. Texas Tech’s Ni'Jaree Canady took the Female Athlete of the Year honors, while Colorado’s Travis Hunter snagged Male Athlete of the Year. Canady is the eighth overall softball player and the first to win the Big 12 Athlete of the Year honor since 2022. This award may come as a shock to