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2025
Game Highlights:
Eye on America | CBS Evening News: Women in Congress set aside partisanship, come together for annual softball game
Politics Aside with Chris Cillizza: Congress takes down the press at the 2025 Congressional Women's Softball Game
Press Releases:
6/16/25:Tickets Now On Sale for the 2025 Congressional Women’s Softball Game
6/2/25: CWSG Announces 17th Annual Game, Monumental Sports Network Broadcast, and New Location
Media:
7/17/25 Team Congress gets rain-shortened win in Congressional Women’s Softball Game
7/17/25 Lawmakers score a win in annual congressional softball game
7/17/25 Congressional Women’s Softball game raises funds for breast cancer support
7/16/25: The Women of Congress Take on Press Corp in Annual Congressional Softball Game
2024
Press Releases:
Media:
6/27/24: Bad News Babes start another winning streak at Congressional Softball Game
6/27/24: Lawmakers and the press face off at the Congressional Women’s Softball Game
6/27/24: Annual Bipartisan Congressional Women’s Softball Game
6/26/24: Coach Ryan Nobles prepares for 16th annual Congressional Women’s Softball Game
6/26/24: Annual Congressional Women’s Softball Game Kicks off in DC
6/25/24: Wasserman Schultz, Women of Congress prepare to meet the press in annual charity softball game
6/25/24: Congressional Women’s Softball at Watkins Wednesday
6/21/24: Key players return to Congressional Softball Game, this time at the microphone
6/20/24: Congressional Women’s Softball Game with Congresswomen Ileana Ros-Lehtinen and Cheri Bustos
6/19/24: Congressional Women’s Softball | #TeamCongress is working
2023
Press Releases:
7/14/2023: Press Claims Congressional Women’s Softball Trophy
6/28/2023: CONGRESSIONAL WOMEN’S SOFTBALL ANNOUNCES 2023 ROSTERS
6/1/2023: Congressional Women’s Softball Announces 15th Annual Game
Media:
7/13/23: Press corps snatches back softball trophy from lawmakers
7/13/23: Climate protesters disrupted the congressional softball game. Lawmakers had a dance party
7/13/23: Lawmakers take a swing at breast cancer in Congressional Women's Softball Game
7/12/23: Why we're competing in the 2023 Congressional Women’s Softball Game
7/12/23: Softball showdown more than a game to Wasserman Schultz, Klobuchar
7/11/23: We’re out for revenge’: Media team looks to bounce back at annual congressional softball game
7/12/23: C-SPAN LIVE COVERAGE: Congressional Women’s Softball Game
7/12/23: PBS WATCH LIVE: Congressional Women’s Softball Game
2022
Press Releases:
9/14/2022: Members Defeat Bad News Babes In Walk-Off Win
9/7/2022: One Week Out: Congressional Women’s Softball Game is September 14
8/14/2022: Congressional Women's Softball Game Announces 2022 Rosters
4/12/2022: 14th Annual Congressional Women's Softball Game Set For September 14
Media:
9/15/2022: Lawmakers break five-year losing streak in Congressional Softball Game
9/14/2022: Illinois congresswoman plays in her final Congressional Women’s Softball Game
9/14/2022: Sens. Shelley Moore Capito and Kirsten Gillibrand on state of bipartisanship
9/14/2022: Michigan congresswoman plays in Congressional Women’s Softball Game for good cause
9/14/2022: Lawmakers break losing streak at Congressional Softball Game
9/14/2022: Congressional Women's Softball Game raising money for young adults with breast cancer
9/14/2022: “We cheer each other on” Sen. Shelley Moore Capito laces up for annual softball fundraiser
9/12/2022: Kathy Castor is stepping up to the plate to score for cancer-fighting cause
8/4/2022: Congress’ softball team is ‘working hard’ for redemption
2021
Press Releases:
10/27/2021: Bad News Babes Beat Members in Dramatic Late Game Finish
10/06/2021: Congressional Women’s Softball Game To Return October 27, 2021
Media:
SLIDE SHOW - CWSG 2010-2021, Courtesy of Jeff Malet Photography
10/28/2021: CNN: Congressional Women’s Softball Game Returns After COVID Delay
10/28/2021: Fox5: Congressional Women’s Softball Game is back
10/28/2021: WTOP: Congressional Women’s Softball Game raises record amount for breast cancer awareness
10/28/2021: MSNBC: Andrea Mitchell, Debbie Wasserman Schultz and Amy Klobuchar discuss breast cancer awareness
10/27/2021: Roll Call: Press triumphs again at Congressional Softball Game
10/27/2021: Fox5: Raising breast cancer awareness at the Congressional Women’s Softball Game | FOX 5 DC
10/27/2021: Fox5: Congressional Women’s Softball Game to benefit breast cancer awareness back after COVID-19 delay
10/27/2021: WAUSA9: Batting for breast cancer awareness: Congressional women's softball game is back
10/26/2021: Roll Call: Congressional Softball Game is back with eight rookie lawmakers
10/24/2021: Floridian Press: Breast Cancer In Florida Politics
10/20/2021: USF Athletics: Rep. Castor Swings with Softball
10/09/2021: WTOP News: Congressional Women’s Softball Game returns Oct. 27
9/23/2021: Politico: Take me out to the Ballgame
9/22/2021: Sliding In Sideways: New York’s First Female Governor
3/10/2021: Roll Call: Congress ready to play ball again, after the pandemic canceled 2020 season
2020
Press Releases:
7/20/2020: Congressional Women’s Softball Game Canceled
Media:
7/20/2020: Roll Call: Congressional Women’s Softball Game is canceled
6/18/2020: WUSA: Congressional Women’s Softball Game Postponed
6/10/2020: Roll Call; In sweat-free summer, cash for charities dries up
5/25/2020: Gray; Congressional ball games postponed by coronavirus
2019
Press Releases:
6/19/2019: PRESS TEAM KEEPS TITLE AT CONGRESSIONAL WOMEN’S SOFTBALL GAME
6/12/2019: ONE WEEK OUT: Congressional Women’s Softball Game Gearing up to be the Biggest Game Yet
3/13/2019: 11th Annual Congressional Women’s Softball Game Set For June 19th
Media:
6/26/2019: The Hill: Women lawmakers to play in Congressional Baseball Game following Title IX anniversary
6/21/2019: The Georgetowner: Congressional Women, Press Play Ball for Charity (photos)
6/20/2019: C-SPAN: Interviews from the 2019 Congressional Softball Game
6/20/2019: The Hill: Press beat lawmakers to keep trophy in annual softball game
6/19/2019: WCAX: Annual Congressional women's softball game to help cancer survivors
6/19/2019: Roll Call: Bad News Babes defeat Congress for fourth year in a row
6/19/2019: AZ central: Sen. Kyrsten Sinema unfazed by trash talk ahead of congressional softball game
6/19/2019: Roll Call: There’s no crying in baseball … or congressional softball
6/9/2019: Washingtonian: Here’s Our Scouting Report on the Congressional Women’s Softball Team
5/16/2019: Roll Call: Republican players are low, but camaraderie is high ahead of Congressional Softball Game
5/16/2019: The Hill: Congressional Women's Softball team releases roster
5/9/2019: Roll Call: The congressional softball team lost its MVP, but these newcomers are on deck
3/19/2019: Roll Call: Congressional women to take on female media members in annual softball game
2018
Press Releases:
6/20/2018: Press Secures Victory at Congressional Women’s Softball Game
6/19/2018: Tenth Annual Congressional Women’s Softball Game Set to Break Fundraising Records
5/24/2018: Congressional Women’s Softball Game Reveals 2018 Rosters for 10th Annual Game
Media:
Capito Donates Equipment to CCHS Softball Team; Sept, 26, 2018
Rep. Castor Plays Softball For Local Cancer Survivor; Florida Sentinel Bulletin, June, 25, 2018
VIDEO:The Bad News Babes; MSNBC: June 24, 2018
Martha Roby: Summertime softball tradition benefits a worthy cause; Alabama Today, June 22, 2018
In a League of Their Own: Press v. Congress; New York Times, June 21, 2018
Members Fail to Beat the Press — and the Rain — at the Congressional Softball Game; Roll Call, June 21, 2018
Press shuts out lawmakers to win congressional softball game; The Hill, June 21, 2017
Congressional Women’s Softball Is No Dry Affair; Roll Call, June 21, 2018
Congresswomen, press to face off in softball game, fundraise for breast cancer survivors, USA Today, June 20, 2018
WATCH: 2018 Congressional Women’s Softball Game; WTOP, June 20, 2018
First-Ever Home Run Punctuates Congressional Softball Game; Roll Call, June 20, 2018
Press Team Makes It a Three-Peat at Congressional Softball Game; Roll Call, June 20, 2018
Beat the Press: Lawmakers Look to Break Media Team’s Softball Streak; Roll Call, June 19, 2018
Learn how the women of Capitol Hill are striking out breast cancer next week; ABC WJLA, June 13, 2018
Summer 2018 Starts with National Candy Month; PRNewswire, June 1, 2018
Roll Call: Ernst Only New Face on Congressional Softball Game Roster; Roll Call, May 24, 2018
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