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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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Norfolk St. beats Howard for MEAC title behind Wheeler’s double-double

It was the second consecutive title for Norfolk State (27-5), which has won 15 straight since its 73-60 loss against Howard on Jan. 20. Kaiya Creek‘s 3-pointer gave Howard a 41-37 lead with 6:53 to play. Wheeler scored the next five points and Diamond Johnson hit a 3-pointer and Norfolk State led 45-41 with 4:23 […]

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How to watch 2024 NFL trade deadline coverage on ESPN

The 2024 NFL free agency period is rapidly approaching! The legal tampering period — when teams can begin negotiating with free agents — gets underway at noon ET on Monday. Contracts can be finalized on Wednesday at 4 p.m. ET. Here’s a guide to help you stay up-to-date on the latest NFL rumors and signings. […]

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What are the must-know storylines in all 32 conferences?

More Teams. More Games. Caitlin Clark scores 32 points as she passes Brittney Griner on the NCAA scoring list in Iowa’s win over Wisconsin. (1:17) November and December provided some of the most compelling early season college basketball we’ve seen in a long time. The South Carolina Gamecocks’ lineup had a makeover, and it didn’t […]

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Women’s NCAA basketball Power Rankings: No team’s hotter than NC State

The Wolfpack were picked to finish eighth in the ACC preseason poll, which now seems preposterous. But they finished 20-12 overall and 9-9 in the ACC last season, losing in the first round of the NCAA tournament. Then because of graduation and transfers, NC State lost four players who started at least 20 games. One […]

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Predicting the women’s player of the year in all 32 conferences

But despite being the preseason front-runner, Clark has plenty of competition. Paige Bueckers is back from a season lost to a knee injury, and the UConn guard won most of the national player of the year honors when she and Clark were freshmen in 2020-21. LSU’s Angel Reese also returns after outdueling Clark for a […]

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How the top transfers will impact women’s college basketball

More Teams. More Games. On “The Paul Finebaum Show,” Carolyn Peck explains why the talented Gamecocks and a gritty Tennessee will be stiff competition for the reigning national champs. (2:17) The 2023-24 women’s college basketball season is six weeks away, and everyone from the transfer portal is officially enrolled in their new schools. So it’s […]

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Derek Carr: Mark Davis’ backing of Josh McDaniels allowed Raiders to exhale

HENDERSON, Nev. — Both Las Vegas Raiders quarterback Derek Carr and receiver Davante Adams expressed relief Wednesday at team owner Mark Davis giving his support to first-year coach Josh McDaniels in the wake of the Raiders’ disappointing 2-7 start to the season. Davis on Monday told ESPN that people want “instant gratification” and that “Rome […]

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Which WNBA players will lead the league into the next generation? They’ve got next

Sylvia Fowles and Sue Bird — who combined have been on four of the last seven WNBA title-winning teams — will retire at the end of the 2022 season. Briann January also has said this is her final season. Other legends could join them, or at the very least aren’t too far behind: Two-time MVP […]

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