The yellow ball has made softball a hitters’ sport, with players throughout the lineup regularly smashing home runs. College Sports. How did college softball become a hitter’s game?

The ball pops up in the air and soars into an arc, drifting against the blue sky, then comes down with a plunk on the glass wall behind Jon Guerra. Out. “Your swing is too hard,” Guerra says ...

The fastest-growing sport in the United States isn’t basketball. It isn’t football, baseball or soccer, either. It’s not volleyball, tennis, golf or swimming. In fact, according to a study ...