http://www.catosterman.com/news.html Read the latest newspaper and magazine articles about Cat Osterman. en-us Thu, 23 Oct 2008 00:00:00 CST Copyright (C) Cat Osterman http://www.catosterman.com/images/catosterman_120x60.gif http://www.catosterman.com/news.html On Thursday at the Berry Center, Osterman was honored as Cypress Springs retired her No. 20 high school jersey in a ceremony minutes before the Cypress Springs-Langham Creek football game. http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/sports/6074710.html http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/sports/6074710.html The Rocky Mountain Softball Clinic, which concluded Monday, featured four members of the U.S. Olympic Team that just returned from Beijing. http://www.sltrib.com/davis/ci_10439088 http://www.sltrib.com/davis/ci_10439088 There are few things more influential to budding sports stars than role models. Last weekend, 150 youngsters got a chance to learn directly from a few of them. http://www.standard.net/live/sports/142136/ http://www.standard.net/live/sports/142136/ Maybe after dealing with the question throughout the past three years, they came around to accepting the twisted logic. Winning bad; losing good. http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/sports/5959247.html http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/sports/5959247.html There weren't a lot of tears, at least on the field. Those would have to come later, when the realization that it really is all over finally sinks in. In their place were hugs, even a few forced smiles. http://www.nbcolympics.com/softball/news/newsid=245545.html#after+beijing+olympic+future+unknown http://www.nbcolympics.com/softball/news/newsid=245545.html#after+beijing+olympic+future+unknown The final Olympic softball game ended with a familiar scene. A team was hugging and crying happy tears at the pitching circle, while another watched silently from the dugout. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/22/sports/olympics/22goldsoft.html http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/22/sports/olympics/22goldsoft.html This was the empty feeling that was supposed to hit them weeks from now, when the members of the legendary U.S. softball team returned to their families and their old lives, only to be hit with the sudden realization their immediate futures no longer include the Olympic Games. In moments such as that, they could always pull out their gold medals, the last of which was to be handed to them Thursday night, and take some satisfied comfort from the memories of all that glory. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/21/AR2008082101886.html http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/21/AR2008082101886.html 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 for at least eight years -- and maybe for good. http://www.nbcolympics.com/softball/news/newsid=243344.html#in+softball+stunner+japan+upsets+u+s+gold http://www.nbcolympics.com/softball/news/newsid=243344.html#in+softball+stunner+japan+upsets+u+s+gold When she drove in the go-ahead run in extra innings of an Olympic softball semifinal game Wednesday, Caitlin Lowe was just doing her job. http://www.sltrib.com/olympics/ci_10253221 http://www.sltrib.com/olympics/ci_10253221 Crystl Bustos hit a three-run homer in the ninth inning as the U.S. Olympic softball team, forced into extra innings on Wednesday, beat Japan 4-1 and will play for their fourth straight gold medal. http://www.nbcolympics.com/softball/news/newsid=237829.html#bustos+abbott+deliver+beijing+thriller http://www.nbcolympics.com/softball/news/newsid=237829.html#bustos+abbott+deliver+beijing+thriller After outscoring opponents 51-1, winning every pool game and rolling to the gold medal in Athens, it was going to be hard for the U.S. softball team to produce an encore in China. http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/sports/5952168.html http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/sports/5952168.html Because softball will not be an Olympic sport in London, the American left-handed pitcher will carry on as an assistant coach at DePaul and in a fledgling pro league. http://www.latimes.com/sports/olympics/la-sp-olysoftball19-2008aug19,0,7610391.story http://www.latimes.com/sports/olympics/la-sp-olysoftball19-2008aug19,0,7610391.story I came for a no-hitter. I wandered through security, got my daily pat-down, waited patiently under the partly smoggy skies, walked on a bus, got accosted by two volunteers desperate for Olympic pins, wandered across a long parking lot, almost got hit by two or three buses, got accosted again for pins, transferred to a second bus, bounced through downtown Beijing, almost got sideswiped twice. And I didn’t mind at all. http://www.kansascity.com/sports/story/754825.html http://www.kansascity.com/sports/story/754825.html If the United States softball team was as smart as it is talented, it might have lost to China this afternoon in what was the final game—and a meaningless one—in the preliminary competition. http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/beijingolympics/archive/2008/08/18/field-of-lost-dreams.aspx http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/beijingolympics/archive/2008/08/18/field-of-lost-dreams.aspx Crushing the softball and the spirits of their hostesses with a nine-run first inning, the powerhouse U.S. team moved within two wins of another gold medal on Monday with a 9-0 victory over China. http://www.nbcolympics.com/softball/news/newsid=229473.html#sevens+nines+around+u+s http://www.nbcolympics.com/softball/news/newsid=229473.html#sevens+nines+around+u+s The United States, playing at night for the first time since coming to China, hammered three more home runs and remained on track to win a fourth straight Olympic title with an 8-0 win over the Netherlands on Sunday. http://www.nbcolympics.com/softball/news/newsid=227219.html#abbott+perfect+u+s+victory http://www.nbcolympics.com/softball/news/newsid=227219.html#abbott+perfect+u+s+victory Michael Phelps beat a former Longhorn. But not another. Phelps won a seventh gold medal, beating Texas-ex Ian Crocker, as well as stretching to edge a Serb by one-hundredth of a second. Given that, Phelps’ record run is alive, as is his legacy as the greatest Olympian ever. http://www.mysanantonio.com/sports/columnists/buck_harvey/Superior_to_Phelps_A_softball_question.html http://www.mysanantonio.com/sports/columnists/buck_harvey/Superior_to_Phelps_A_softball_question.html Jessica Mendoza hit her third home run in two days, Jennie Finch pitched five shutout innings and the United States rocketed line drives to every corner of Fengtai Field in a 7-0 shutout of Chinese Taipei Saturday to run their Olympic winning streak to 19. http://www.nbcolympics.com/softball/news/newsid=221372.html#flamethrower+finch+fires+hitter http://www.nbcolympics.com/softball/news/newsid=221372.html#flamethrower+finch+fires+hitter Forced by rain to play two games in one day, the U.S. softball team scored four unearned runs in the sixth inning and beat Canada 8-1 on Friday, running its Olympic winning streak to 18. http://www.nbcolympics.com/softball/news/newsid=216905.html#americans+extend+winning+streak http://www.nbcolympics.com/softball/news/newsid=216905.html#americans+extend+winning+streak Osterman, who is taking a year off from the Rockford Thunder softball team to compete in the Olympics, agreed to throw to a few members of the media. http://www.norwichbulletin.com/sports/columnists/x1485137704/Anna-Voelker-Stepping-in-against-Cat http://www.norwichbulletin.com/sports/columnists/x1485137704/Anna-Voelker-Stepping-in-against-Cat The U.S. softball team extended its Olympic winning streak to 17 straight by beating Japan 7-0 in five innings, the first of two games for the Americans on Friday. http://www.nbcolympics.com/softball/news/newsid=216695.html#big+bats+lead+team+usa+victory http://www.nbcolympics.com/softball/news/newsid=216695.html#big+bats+lead+team+usa+victory Heavy thunderstorms suspended the Americans' game against Canada, which was leading the U.S. 1-0 in the fourth inning at Fengtai Softball Stadium. http://www.nbcolympics.com/softball/news/newsid=212284.html#a+case+rainy+blues http://www.nbcolympics.com/softball/news/newsid=212284.html#a+case+rainy+blues Cat Osterman pitched a no-hitter, Crystl Bustos belted a two-run homer and the Americans extended their winning streak inside the rings to 16 straight with a 3-0 win over Australia on Wednesday. http://www.nbcolympics.com/softball/news/newsid=206726.html#osterman+hits+aussies http://www.nbcolympics.com/softball/news/newsid=206726.html#osterman+hits+aussies It's not easy figuring out when Cat Osterman will be pitching, but you can tune in late nights to see if she's throwing for what probably is — and might forever remain — the best softball team ever assembled. http://www.statesman.com/sports/content/sports/stories/other/08/13/0813olytexan.html http://www.statesman.com/sports/content/sports/stories/other/08/13/0813olytexan.html The U.S. team began its run toward a fourth straight gold medal in record-breaking fashion as Jennie Finch pitched four no-hit innings and Andrea Duran drove in three runs, powering the Americans to an 11-0 rout of Venezuela in their Olympic opener on Tuesday. http://www.nbcolympics.com/softball/news/newsid=198835.html#u+s+blanks+venezuela http://www.nbcolympics.com/softball/news/newsid=198835.html#u+s+blanks+venezuela