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However, in 1998, USSSA rebranded the name to United States Specialty Sports Association, because it expanded into other sports, including youth girls fastpitch, boys baseball, youth basketball, martial arts and more. USSSA governs 13 sports across the US, Puerto Rico, various US Military bases and Canada, and has a membership of over 3.7 million.
July 16, 2009, Jennie Finch pitches a perfect game for the Chicago Bandits in a 3–0 win against the Philadelphia Force. July 27, 2009, the Chicago Bandits played the Schaumburg Flyers of the Frontier League men's baseball team in what was dubbed as Battle of the Sexes 2. The game was played at Schaumburg's Alexian Field under softball rules ...
Major professional teams; Club Sport League Founded Note Chicago Cubs: Baseball: Major League Baseball: 1875 Chicago White Sox: Baseball Major League Baseball 1894 Based in Chicago since 1900 Chicago Bulls: Basketball: National Basketball Association: 1966 [1] Chicago Sky: Basketball Women's National Basketball Association: 2005 Chicago Bears ...
Chicago is one of eleven U.S. cities to have teams from the five major American professional team sports (baseball, football, basketball, hockey, and soccer). Chicago has been named as the "Best Sports City" by Sporting News three times: 1993, 2006, and 2010. Chicago was a candidate city for the 2016 Summer Olympics but lost to Rio de Janeiro. [1]
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It currently consists six teams: four in the east and two in the west. As of its 2025 season, the minimum salary for a player will be CA$50,000, with each team allowed one "marquee player" whose salary of which only CA$75,000 counts towards a team's total salary cap of CA$1.5 million. [17] [18]
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Today, there are 5 National Pro Fastpitch teams: the Aussie Peppers, the California Commotion, the Chicago Bandits, the Cleveland Comets, and the Canadian Wild. [2] Each team has about 20 players on roster. The league's main goal is to provide entertainment and to secure fast-pitch as a professional sports for decades to come.