It was all very positive, a very good meeting. He outlined eventually what the process would be as far as reconsideration.

I suspect there will be enough positive news in other areas to persuade consumers there is a light at the end of the tunnel and that the economy is moving to better times, but it will be a gradual process, and confidence may be flat in the next couple of months.

A win (at South Alabama) would have been real positive, but I think we played well enough to not lose a lot of conference games.

I like the fact that we never gave up. We played hard for seven innings. That's a real positive.

We provide a lot of softball equipment and technical assistance to China and we are also sending coaches. It is very important to get young people interested in it.

[Don Porter , the American head of the international softball federation, said he did not expect his sport to get the ax.] Absolutely not, ... I thought, based on my discussions here with IOC members over the last five days, that we had good support. I'm very surprised. We've been good for the Olympic program, but sometimes the game of politics enters into it.