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Indiana Fever select Iowa’s Caitlin Clark No. 1 in 2024 WNBA draft
NEW YORK — Caitlin Clark is officially a pro. Clark, the record-breaking face of women’s college basketball, was selected No. 1 overall by the Indiana Fever in the 2024 WNBA draft Monday night at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. The draft was held with fans for the first time since the 2014-16 iterations of the […]
Continue readingUSA-Germany women’s basketball exhibition set for July 23
It will be part of a USA Basketball Showcase that week in London with the men’s team playing Olympic warmup games on July 20 against South Sudan and July 22 against current World Cup champion Germany on July 23. Tickets will go on sale Tuesday at 9 a.m. The Team USA women will play the […]
Continue readingWNBA TV slate focuses on Fever, likely No. 1 Caitlin Clark
The Indiana Fever, expected to draft Iowa star Caitlin Clark with the No. 1 pick, will have peak visibility this WNBA season, with 36 of their 40 games featured by the league’s national broadcast and streaming partners. The WNBA on Wednesday released its 2024 national broadcast schedule, which includes 25 regular-season games and the entirety […]
Continue readingWhere do Gamecocks rank among undefeated D-I champions?
CLEVELAND — Make it a perfect 10. South Carolina beat Iowa on Sunday to join the “perfect” club in Division I women’s college basketball. With their 38-0 season completed in Cleveland, the Gamecocks became the 10th team and fifth women’s program to go unbeaten since the NCAA began governing women’s sports in 1981-82. UConn has […]
Continue readingCaitlin Clark, Dawn Staley differ on claim to GOAT status
CLEVELAND — Iowa guard Caitlin Clark said Saturday she doesn’t think it’s a “fair assessment” to say that she needs to win a national title to secure her legacy. As she and the Hawkeyes have made their march to the national championship game Sunday against South Carolina, a debate about her place in the sport’s […]
Continue readingFreshmen fuel South Carolina’s national championship
CLEVELAND — With just over a minute to go in the third quarter of the women’s NCAA tournament championship game Sunday, South Carolina freshman MiLaysia Fulwiley grabbed a rebound. She turned, took two dribbles up the right side of the floor and fired a cross-court pass. Fellow freshman Tessa Johnson stood waiting on the wing. […]
Continue readingWhy the Sabrina 1s are taking over the NBA shoe game
Ionescu, the 26-year-old sharpshooter who grew up in the Bay Area and stars for the New York Liberty, isn’t a Celtics fan and has never met Holiday. But she has a personal connection with the two-time All-Star guard: Holiday was the first NBA player to wear her Nike signature shoe, the Sabrina 1s, in game […]
Continue readingAhead of draft, WNBA insiders predict Angel Reese’s impact
The superstar and her LSU Tigers were denied a title defense in the Elite Eight on Monday with a 94-87 loss to Iowa. Two days later, in an article in Vogue, she announced her decision to move on to the WNBA. Reese, who has 6 million combined followers on social media, will certainly bring new […]
Continue readingCaitlin Clark WNBA predictions: Strengths, hurdles to expect
Caitlin Clark enters her final Big Ten tournament hoping to lead Iowa to its third consecutive title. In 2022, the Hawkeyes won the tournament at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. Last year, Iowa won the championship at Target Center in Minneapolis, site of this season’s tournament. The senior guard’s focus is fully on Iowa. But in […]
Continue readingJay Bilas reflects on Caitlin Clark’s NCAA scoring record
More Teams. More Games. Scott Van Pelt details Caitlin Clark‘s record-breaking night as the best thing he saw today. (3:16) I grew up in an era when women’s sports were lower than second class. Billie Jean King was fighting not just for equality, but for the most basic recognition in a largely misogynistic society. When […]
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