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Candrea retires as U.S. softball coach

Mike Candrea, the Arizona softball coach whose bid to lead the United States to a second gold medal ended with a loss to Japan in the Beijing title game, stepped down Wednesday as coach of the national team. ...full story at USA Today

from USA Today on Thu, Aug 28 2008

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