Losing for the first time since 2000, the U.S. softball team was denied a chance for a fourth straight gold medal Thursday, beaten 3-1 by Japan in the sport's last appearance in the Olympics maybe for...

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The U.S. women’s softball team struggled to find a silver lining to the silver medal earned Thursday night in Beijing, especially since this was the last year of Olympic softball. One theory as to why the sport was voted out of the 2012 Olympics —...
BEIJING – Losing for the first time since 2000, the United States did not earn a fourth straight softball gold medal, falling 3-1 to Japan in softball's last appearance in the Olympics for at least eight years. Yukiko Ueno, Japan's remarkably...
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