Not by the Playbook - Should Softball play hardball over its future?

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Softball is the third most popular collegiate sport in the United States, attracting thousands of fans to the ground as well as watching home on TV. But the professional league, the National Pro Fastpitch League is under financial pressure. Cheri Kempf is the league's commissioner and she says that more businesses should invest in the sport.

Plus, Japanese broadcaster NHK has commissioned several Paralympic based anime TV shows featuring the country's most successful Para athletes. Double Paralympic Champion Wheelchair tennis player Shingo Kunieda has a cartoon based on him. The multiple Grand Slam winner says the cartoons are helping remove stigmas surrounding Para Athletes.

The Invictus Games has been taking Australia by storm. We speak to Ann-Maree Jacobs, who along with her friend Pauline, have sewed and stitched quilts for the athletes and the Royal Family.

Published on Saturday, 27th October 2018.

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