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USA-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 […]

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WNBA 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 […]

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Ahead 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 […]

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How Angel Reese’s fire ignites LSU’s March Madness mission

ANGEL REESE CATCHES a pass just beyond the free throw line, steps into the shot and lets it fly over South Carolina center Kamilla Cardoso’s outstretched hand. The LSU superstar drains the jumper — not the type of bucket she’s known for — to tie the SEC championship game earlier this month. She holds her […]

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March Madness 2024 bracket: NCAA tournament women’s teams

The 2024 women’s NCAA tournament bracket is here. The games are right around the corner. The anticipation and excitement around women’s college basketball has never been higher. Let the dancing begin. ESPN is here to get you situated and prepared on all things March Madness as competition gets underway this week, starting with the First […]

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Caitlin 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 […]

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WNBA mock draft 2024: Clark still projected No. 1 pick

More Teams. More Games. Monica McNutt and Tim Legler praise Caitlin Clark‘s talent and poise after breaking the women’s NCAA career scoring record. (2:31) A surefire 2024 WNBA draft lottery pick went off the board Friday when UConn guard Paige Bueckers announced she will return to college next season. While we await the decisions of […]

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Caitlin Clark’s NCAA scoring record inspires next generation

More Teams. More Games. Iowa’s Caitlin Clark surpasses Kelsey Plum to become women’s college basketball’s all-time leading scorer. (1:44) Sports milestones tend to be marked as moments in time, progressive steps forward celebrating the beauty, power and evolution that allows for generational talents to emerge and records to be broken. Caitlin Clark is the latest […]

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What Teresa Weatherspoon’s hiring means for Chicago, WNBA

On Thursday, the Sky made it official that Weatherspoon will be their new head coach, filling a vacancy created when James Wade — who led Chicago to the 2021 WNBA championship — left to become an assistant with the NBA’s Toronto Raptors. Weatherspoon, a Hall of Fame player who starred for the New York Liberty […]

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2021 WNBA Finals: Five things we learned in Game 1 that will determine the WNBA champion

Vandersloot became the first player in WNBA Finals history with at least 10 points, 10 assists, 5 rebounds and 0 turnovers. Quigley struggled a bit with her specialty, the 3-point shot, going 3-of-11 from behind the arc. Yet she was the Sky’s second-leading scorer with 18 points, behind Kahleah Copper‘s 21. In 2014, when the […]

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