Joan Joyce, one of America’s greatest female athletes, who set records in basketball and golf but was best known as a hard-throwing softball pitcher, hurling 150 no-hitters and 50 perfect games ...

to face a young softball pitching phenom by the name of Joan Joyce. The occasion was a charity fund-raising exhibition. Williams was in his Boston Red Sox uniform, No. 9. Joyce stood on the mound ...

Florida Atlantic University's longtime softball coach Joan Joyce has died. Joyce, who was 81, had just celebrated her 1,000th win as a head coach with the Owls' 1-0 victory against North Texas on ...

Joan Joyce, the Waterbury native and famed softball pitcher who threw 150 no-hitters and 50 perfect games during her legendary career, died Saturday. She was 81. Her death was announced Sunday by ...

Joan Joyce, a legendary softball player and coach at Florida Atlantic University who also spent 19 years competing in the LPGA, died Saturday at the age of 81. News of Joyce's passing was shared ...

Lena-Winslow said yes. Our idea was inspired by a 20-year-old Joan Joyce striking out Ted Williams and Hank Aaron in a softball exhibition in 1961. Then, a year later, she struck out Williams again.

Riley Nieboer/Daily. Buy this photo. After two wins to start the Joan Joyce Classic, it seemed as though the Michigan softball team’s offense had finally found its groove. Totaling a season-high 10 ...

BOCA RATON, Fla. — Joan Joyce, a multisport star who once struck out baseball Hall of Famer Ted Williams, died Saturday. She was 81. Joyce was the only softball coach in the 28-year history of ...