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Caitlin Clark helps WNBA shatter draft viewership record
The Caitlin Clark experience delivered another television milestone as ESPN’s coverage of the WNBA draft on Monday night averaged a record 2.45 million viewers. Viewership peaked at 3.09 million, ESPN said in a release Tuesday. The audience was more than four times as many viewers when compared to the 2023 draft, which drew 572,000. The […]
Continue readingIndiana 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 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 readingIowa’s Caitlin Clark focused on Sweet 16, deflects Big3 talk
ALBANY, N.Y. — Iowa women’s basketball star Caitlin Clark doesn’t have the potential of a $5 million offer on her mind. Her thoughts are only on the Hawkeyes and their upcoming Sweet 16 opponent, Colorado. Clark’s Hawkeyes are the No. 1 seed in the Albany 2 Region, and face the No. 5 seed Buffaloes at […]
Continue readingHow 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 […]
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 readingCaitlin Clark is 1 of 1: ‘We’ve never seen a woman play like this’
Caitlin Clark is the best offensive player we’ve seen in women’s college basketball in at least the past three decades. Her points total, while massive and now unmatched, only tells part of the story. While we’ve seen incredible scorers — Lynette Woodard, Kelsey Plum, Maya Moore, Jackie Stiles, Brittney Griner — we’ve NEVER seen a […]
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 […]
Continue readingGeno Auriemma gets 1,200th win as UConn routs Seton Hall
More Teams. More Games. UConn coach Geno Auriemma looks back at his career and gives perspective on becoming the third college basketball coach to reach 1,200 wins. (1:48) Aaliyah Edwards scored 18 points and grabbed 15 rebounds as the No. 11 UConn women’s basketball team gave coach Geno Auriemma his 1,200th career victory Wednesday by […]
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