{"id":247211,"date":"2026-06-08T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/08\/athletes-unlimited-softball-league-ausl-begins-first-city-based-season-the-gist\/"},"modified":"2026-06-08T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T00:00:00","slug":"athletes-unlimited-softball-league-ausl-begins-first-city-based-season-the-gist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/08\/athletes-unlimited-softball-league-ausl-begins-first-city-based-season-the-gist\/","title":{"rendered":"Athletes Unlimited Softball League (AUSL) begins first city-based season | The GIST"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>The GIST: <\/strong>Missing softball following last week\u2019s epic Women\u2019s College World Series (WCWS)? You\u2019re in luck. Athletes Unlimited Softball League (AUSL) begins its second season tomorrow, boasting more teams, more games, and more ways to watch than ever before. Going, going, gone.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2705 League expands to six teams for first city-based campaign: <\/strong>AUSL operated under a tour-based system last year, meaning this season marks the first with teams playing in their home cities \u2014 a more traditional format that will help the league embrace already softball-crazed markets.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>AUSL also added two new squads this season \u2014 Oklahoma City Spark and Portland Cascade \u2014 bringing the league total to six. Those teams will play 25 regular-season games from tomorrow through mid-July ahead of a <a href=\"https:\/\/theausl.com\/news\/2026-ausl-championship-texas-am-davis-diamond-college-station\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">historic three-team postseason<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\ud83c\udfc6 Defending champ Talons ready to run it back: <\/strong>Now based in Utah, the 2025 champion Talons return much of last year\u2019s title-winning core, including reigning Pitcher of the Year Georgina Corrick and her partner-in-hurling, Montana Fouts. So stacked.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>And if you like offense, may we suggest the Chicago Bandits? They boast 2025 MVP Erin Coffel, along with two of the league\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/theausl.com\/stats\/?season=2025-ausl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">top three home run hitters<\/a> last season.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\ud83d\udc40 All eyes on softball with improved broadcast deals: <\/strong>After the WCWS put up another year of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/her\/news\/2026-womens-college-world-series-espn-tv-ratings-surge-through-first-10-games\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">incredible viewership numbers<\/a>, fans can rejoice because AUSL is more accessible than ever. The league announced a <a href=\"https:\/\/theausl.com\/news\/espn-ausl-athletes-unlimited-multi-year-distribution-deal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">multi-year distribution deal with ESPN<\/a> in the offseason and will be in front of all bat and ball enthusiasts worldwide through its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlb.com\/news\/mlb-partnering-with-athletes-unlimited-softball-league\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">strategic partnership with MLB<\/a>. Knocking it out of the park.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n  !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s){if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n  n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;\n  n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n  t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,\n  document,'script','https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n  fbq('init', '1716705275141133'); \/\/ Insert your pixel ID here.\n  fbq('track', 'PageView');\n      <\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thegistsports.com\/article\/ausl-begins-city-based-season\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The GIST: Missing softball following last week\u2019s epic Women\u2019s College World Series (WCWS)? You\u2019re in luck. Athletes Unlimited Softball League (AUSL) begins its second season tomorrow, boasting more teams, more games, and more ways to watch than ever before. Going, going, gone. \u2705 League expands to six teams for first city-based campaign: AUSL operated under [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":247212,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6805],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-247211","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-womens"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247211","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=247211"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247211\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/247212"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=247211"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=247211"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=247211"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}