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IOC washes away softball for no good reason (USA Today)

Rain fell at the Olympic softball venue most of the day, which was fitting for the sad farewell that took place there Thursday evening. It wasn't so much that the United States didn't win its fourth consecutive gold medal in softball, although that was a shocker, but more that the sport itself had lost, kicked out of the next Olympic Games by a 2005 International Olympic Committee vote that we ...

U.S. softball loss gives Olympics something worth reconsidering (Yahoo! Sports)

A surprise upset for the U.S. closes the door on Olympic softball, but leaves open-ended question about sport-ending decision.

Japan denies U.S. 4th softball gold (Sports Illustrated)

With silver medals swinging from their necks, their eyes filled with tears, five members of the U.S. Olympic softball team walked to home plate and placed their cleats in the dirt.

Even in defeat, U.S. proves point about softball's parity (USA Today)

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 good.

US softball team denied gold, loses 3-1 to Japan (AP via Yahoo! News)