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The Latest Breaking News from Little League

In 1982, a team from Washington won the Little League World Series and became famous. Forty years later, here is what the players learned.

SEATTLE — Pitcher Cody Webster didn't realize the magnitude of what he and his friends had accomplished until he saw the front page of a Chicago newspaper during an airport layover.

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The Little League World Series Is 75 and Still Growing

The most widely watched youth sporting event in the world is more than just summertime programming for ESPN—it’s a competition spreading baseball across the globe.

Sports Illustrated

‘Cotton’ in Black player’s hair at Little League World Series sparks outrage

It was off base.

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Little Leaguer Luis Garcia unleashed an absolutely epic bat flip after his LLWS home run

Bat flip of the year?!

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‘Miracle’ as scans of injured Little League player ‘normal’ after second fall

Easton Oliverson hospitalised after falling out of dormitory bunk bed

The Independent UK

Jorge Mateo’s bases-clearing double in 8th powers Orioles to 5-3 win over Red Sox in Little League Classic

WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. — In case Rougned Odor needed any assistance, a Little Leaguer sitting behind home plate at Bowman Field on Sunday stood up and waved his arms, up and down, while shouting. Odor’s Orioles teammates were doing the same, signaling for the Baltimore second baseman to slide.

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An Iowa Little Leaguer showed off his cannon of an arm to get runner at home plate, and fans were impressed

What a rocket of an arm!

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Little League player critically injured after bunk bed fall leaves ICU, but doctors say that face swelling is limiting his vision

Easton “Tank” Oliverson, the 12-year-old Little League player who was hospitalized in critical condition after falling from a bunk bed last weekend, is no longer in intensive care but still facing challenges, his family said Friday on Instagram.

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Utah ball player, 12, in serious condition after bunk bed fall ahead of Little League World Series

A 12-year-old baseball player was critically injured after falling from a bunk bed at a player dormitory in Williamsport, Pa., over the weekend.

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Little League Baseball Player’s ‘Dream Job’ Goes Viral

Honestly, sign us up for this job, too.

Sports Illustrated

Beaned Little League batter rises to console upset pitcher

A Little League batter rose from a beaning to console the upset pitcher in a dramatic scene at a Little League regional tournament game in Waco, Texas

The Independent UK

Video shows Little Leaguers jumping for cover as gunshots fired

The parents of the 7-and 8-year-old baseball players who were forced to hit the dirt to dodge gunshots were left ‘horrified’

The Independent UK

Danny Almonte’s ex-manager Rolando Paulino still coaching in the Bronx, but Little League scandal tough to shake

NEW YORK — It has been more than two decades since Rolando Paulino became both the hero and pariah of youth baseball, in short order.

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Dom Amore: As Title IX turns 50, visionary Donna Lopiano still sees much left unfinished in gender equity in sports

Fifty years ago this week, legislation prohibiting federally funded educational institutions from discriminating against students or employees based on gender, became the law of the land.

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Youth Baseball Coach Broke 72-Year-Old Umpire’s Jaw in Dispute

The umpire’s jaw was fractured in two places.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Phillies win 9th straight as Thomson’s magical run continues

PHILADELPHIA — Matt Vierling hadn’t played second base in a game before. Not in high school. Not in Little League. Never. But there he was, playing second base for nine innings of a major league game Saturday.

Sports Illustrated

How Mo’Ne Davis’s SI Cover Came to Be

Photographer Al Tielemans sensed the local youth baseball player could become a star.

Los Angeles Times

Angels star Mike Trout's hometown ready to celebrate 'the kid from the 'Ville'

NEW YORK — The fusillade would usually start around 9 a.m. on Saturdays. Click! Clack! Clank! Tim Shannon would look out the window of his home on Morias Avenue in Millville, N.J., and sure enough, there would be young Mike Trout, in full Little League uniform, tossing up rocks and…

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The Orange County Register

Jim Alexander: Getting hip to baseball on Route 66

The lyrics might only be familiar to those of a certain age.

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Rangers manager wrongly blamed Gleyber Torres’ walk-off HR on the Yankees’ ‘Little League ballpark’

It was a HR in 26 of 30 ballparks.

Sports Illustrated

Little League Baseball Player Dies During Game, per Report

Lazar LaPenna, a fourth-grade student in Long Beach, N.Y., died during his Little League baseball game on Friday.

ABC News

St Kilda football club to offer independent support services for survivors of childhood sexual abuse in Saints Little League team

A year after revelations about paedophile coaches operating in the St Kilda Little League system, the club has announced support services for survivors of abuse at the club.

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