Call it the Gasp Factor. As in, When something routinely happens in sports that makes fans gasp with alarm, it's time to take protective measures. And for softball, that moment may have arrived, given ...

A new product designed just for softball players is set to disrupt the market on Wednesday when Markwort Sporting Goods Company introduces NEO Masks to the world. NEO is a unique fielder’s mask ...

The image of a pitcher staring down a batter is among the most captivating in any sport — the one-on-one, mano-a-mano matchup that’s the fundamental embodiment of athletic competition. In softball, ...

There's not a lot of space between the pitcher's rubber and home plate in high school softball. It's 43 feet, to be exact...not a lot of response time on hard line drives up the middle. While many ...

Brianna Walski saw the hard-hit softball coming off the bat. The East Grand Forks Senior High pitcher couldn't react quickly enough to either catch the ball or avoid it. The ball glanced off the thumb ...

Which umpire mask is best? Umpire masks are an essential piece of safety equipment for calling baseball and softball games for players of all ages and skill levels. The average fastball thrown in ...

We granted Jackson area high school softball coaches anonymity and asked them a series of questions in a new series called, "Coaches Confidential," which highlights pressing questions and topics and ...