Following a sensational inaugural season, the Athletes Unlimited Softball League has expanded by two teams -- the Bandits, Blaze, Talons and Volts will be joined in 2026 by the Oklahoma City Spark and Cascade. The AUSL Expansion Draft, in which the two new franchises will be building their rosters, began on Monday night with a major spark.

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Maya Brady, the young phenom out of UCLA who made her professional debut last season with the Talons -- and the niece of seven-time Super Bowl champion quarterback Tom Brady -- was selected first overall by the Oklahoma City Spark.

Brady, 24, missed the first month of the 2025 AUSL campaign due to a hamstring injury, but she made a tremendous debut by reaching base in her first 10 plate appearances (7-for-7, three wa

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