Pitch Kills Ariz. Little Leaguer

Arizona baseball team refuses to play rival 'out of respect'

(NEWSER) - An Arizona Catholic high school has ditched a shot at a state baseball title to shun a rival team with a female second-baseman. Our Lady of Sorrows, a fundamentalist Catholic school in Phoenix, refused to participate in the Arizona Charter Athletic Association state championship game against Mesa Prep because Paige Sultzbach, 15, plays second base, reports the Arizona Republic . Paige sat out two season games against the Catholic school out of deference to officials' opposition to any coed sports— but she refused to skip the championship game. More»

12-year-old will throw out first pitch before Mets game tomorrow

(NEWSER) - Life has been a bit insane for Mackenzie Brown since Tuesday, when the 12-year-old became the first girl in her Bayonne, NJ, Little League’s history to throw a perfect game. Brown’s performance cracked ESPN, she’s appeared on a Fox national morning show, and tomorrow she’ll throw out the first pitch at a New York Mets game, the Newark Star-Ledger reports. More»

(AP) - Hawaii's mini-mashers got a little help from Mexico's miscues to win a fourth straight Little League World Series title for the United States. Tanner Tokunaga smacked two homers and Iolana Akau added a solo blast as the boys from Waipahu, Hawaii, defeated Matamoros, Mexico, 12-3, to take the biggest prize in youth sports. More»

Fannie Mae, Afghanistan benched as president hosts yet another sporting event

(NEWSER) - With Washington roiled yesterday by economic woes and bad news from Afghanistan, George W. Bush spent an hour watching 6- and 7-year-olds play T-ball, Dana Milbank notes in the Washington Post—the 95th sports-related event he's hosted as president, to 45 cabinet meetings. "For a president facing little good news at the office," Milbank writes, "sport is pleasure." More»

... and then tried to pin it on his own teenage son

(NEWSER) - A dad who was angry at the assistant principal of his son's school tried to exact a modern form of revenge: He created a fake profile under the official's name at a porn site, then posted lewd photos and videos supposedly from the man, reports the Arizona Republic . He also created a fake email address under his victim's name and had explicit chats. More»