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National Pro Fastpitch

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National Pro Fastpitch, known as NPF, was a professional women's softball league in the United States, and its teams competed for the Cowles Cup. It was the revival of the Women's Pro Softball League, which was founded in 1997 and folded in 2001. The NPF brought the league back in 2004 and ran it until 2021, when it disbanded after two seasons were cancelled because of COVID-19. Over those years the league fielded between four and seven teams a season, including the Chicago Bandits, the USSSA Pride and the Akron Racers, later the Cleveland Comets. The USSSA Pride won the most titles, five. After the league ended, a new softball league, the Women's Professional Fastpitch, launched in 2022.

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2004 1
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was a professional women's softball league in the United States
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1. National Pro Fastpitch (Wikipedia)
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    the NPF revived the league in 2004
  • Lead, scope
    was a professional women's softball league in the United States
  • Lead, format
    The teams battled for the Cowles Cup.
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    was a professional women's softball league in the United States
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Chicago Bandits (Wikipedia)
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they originally played as a member of National Pro Fastpitch (NPF)
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