When Caitlin Clark announced earlier this year that she would enter the WNBA Draft, fans in Indiana rejoiced. Local businesses and artists let their elation show via marquees and a mural in the city. Today, the Indiana Fever officially announced what everyone knew was coming. Clark became the first pick in the 2024 Draft. For
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South Point Shootout, Day 1 Syracuse 71, Northern Iowa 54 Vanderbilt 68, Iowa State 53 LAS VEGAS – With a near triple-double from Australian junior guard Georgia Woolley, Syracuse (4-1) dominated Northern Iowa (1-3) in the first game of the South Point Shootout in Las Vegas Friday afternoon. “I expected her to play. I don’t
2023 WNBA MVP Breanna Stewart. Photo: WNBA. New York Liberty forward Breanna Stewart is the 2023 WNBA Most Valuable Player the league announced today. She is the first MVP in Liberty franchise history. This is Stewart’s second WNBA MVP honor. She is the eighth player in league history to win the award multiple times, joining
Photo: Oklahoma City Thunder/Twitter The Oklahoma City Thunder star Shai Gilgeous-Alexander managed to achieve a score of 26 points within a time frame of under 20 minutes, aiding Canada in securing a victory with a score of 107-66 against New Zealand. This victory marked Canada’s initial success in the lead-up matches leading to the 2023
It took 56 years and 38 playoff appearances for the basketball team nestled in the high plains just east of the Rocky Mountains to finally reach the peak of its sport. It took an unheralded center from Serbia who turned into the most formidable player in the game and a Canadian point guard who found
Jun 13, 2023, 11:09 AM ET The Denver Nuggets are the 2023 NBA champions. Delivering the franchise its first title, two-time MVP Nikola Jokic has taken that long-awaited next step in his postseason legacy alongside his star teammate Jamal Murray. Now what? What lies ahead for Jimmy Butler and the Miami Heat after they made
The WNBA announced the following today: The WNBA announced today that it has rescinded the Las Vegas Aces’ 2025 first-round draft pick for violating league rules regarding impermissible player benefits and suspended Las Vegas head coach Becky Hammon for two games without pay for violating league and team Respect in the Workplace policies. Due to
Draymond Green didn’t start Sunday. But it didn’t take him long to make his imprint on the game. The Golden State Warriors forward came off the bench for Golden State’s Game 4 victory against the Sacramento Kings after sitting Game 3 because of an NBA suspension. Less than one minute into his appearance, he picked
7:30 AM ET James BestESPN The first round of the 2023 NBA playoffs continues Tuesday night with the Boston Celtics taking on the Atlanta Hawks in Game 2 of their first round series and Jalen Brunson, Julius Randle and the New York Knicks facing Donovan Mitchell, Darius Garland and the Cleveland Cavaliers at Rocket Mortgage
Nearly one year to the day of arriving in Indiana, Tyrese Haliburton was named to his first #NBAAllStar Game. This is his journey to becoming an All-Star.
DALLAS – With the backdrop of a sell-out crowd at American Airlines Center, LSU won its first-ever national championship with a 102-85 victory over Iowa Sunday afternoon. Guard Jasmine Carsons’s prolific shooting in the second quarter propelled the Tigers to the title under the leadership of second-year head coach Kim Mulkey. The win marked the
March 17, 2023 (Stanford, CA) – Ole Miss vs. Gonzaga in the first round of the NCAA tournament. Photos: © Baranduin Briggs, all rights reserved. No. 8 Ole Miss Rebels (24-8, 11-5 SEC) vs. No. 1 Stanford (29-5, 15-3 PAC-12) 6:30 p.m. PT, Maples Pavilion, Stanford, CA TV: ESPN (Roy Philpott, Brooke Weisbrod) Audio: Ole Miss
This slideshow requires JavaScript. March 15, 2023 (Stanford, CA) – Sacred Heart postgame after beating Southern U. in the First Four of the NCAA Tournament. Photos: © Baranduin Briggs, all rights reserved. Stanford, CA – “What a day. What a game. We are so excited. I am so proud of our team’s effort.” Sacred Heart
The 2023 NCAA Division I women’s basketball tournament begins with four play-in games. The First Four games and TV talent: Wed. Mar. 15 7 p.m. ET Illinois vs. Mississippi State || Jenn Hildreth, Mike Thibault, ESPNU 9 p.m. ET Southern vs. Sacred Heart || Roy Philpott, Brooke Weisbrod, ESPNU Thu. Mar. 167 p.m. ET Purdue…
Photo: Alabama Men’s Basketball/Twitter Alabama basketball star Brandon Miller is receiving All-American honors after a controversial freshman season that saw the 6-foot-9 NBA prospect linked to a murder of a young single mother on January 15. Miller was named to the AP’s First Team on Tuesday, joining Purdue’s Zach Edey, Houston’s Marcus Sasser, Kansas’ Jalen
The 25th Postseason WNIT field is set. Play begins March 15 with two games. The 64-team field consists of 32 teams that finished as the next-highest in their conference’s regular season that did not make the NCAA Tournament bracket, plus 32 at-large selections. WNIT Tidbits All games are played at individual schools Teams that are
After an unbeaten run of results for Caledonia Gladiators, Head Coach Gareth Murray has won the Kevin Cadle Molten BBL Coach of the Month award for February, the first such award for the 38-year-old Scot in his third year coaching, after he retired from playing at the end of last season. Going 5-0, the highlight
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Caitlin Clark recorded her eighth career triple-double Monday night at Value City Arena in Columbus, leading her No. 10 Iowa Hawkeyes to an 83-72 victory over the No. 2 and previously unbeaten Ohio State Buckeyes. Monika Czinano returned to the game with four fouls at 5:48 remaining and scored the next six Iowa points for
The WNBA announced today that the first WNBA Canada Game is set for Saturday, May 13, in Toronto, at Scotiabank Arena, the home of the NBA’s Toronto Raptors. The game marks the league’s first-ever preseason game north of the U.S. border. The Minnesota Lynx, with two Canadian natives on its roster, Natalie Achonwa and Bridget
Apr 10, 2021; Phoenix, Arizona, USA; Washington Wizards forward Chandler Hutchison (1) against the Phoenix Suns at Phoenix Suns Arena. Mandatory Credit: Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports Just four years after being drafted, a former NBA player is walking away from the game. Ira Winderman of the South Florida Sun-Sentinel reported Wednesday that former first-round
Last season’s Wade Trophy winner, Aliyah Boston (South Carolina), headlines the candidates for the 2023 Wade Trophy. Presented by the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association (WBC), the honor goes to the best player in women’s college basketball. Sixteen other players are on the list including 2022 WBCA Coaches’ All-Americans Cameron Brink and Haley Jones of Stanford,
7DAYS EuroCupVeolia Towers Hamburg 75-103 London Lions (18-23, 41-55, 59-73)(Hamburg – Meisner 19, Childs 19, Woodard 12; Lions – Zubcic 22, Dekker 19, Koufos 18) Ryan Schmidt’s London Lions managed to secure their second win of the 7DAYS EuroCup season and the first ever in their history away from home, after thrashing Veolia Hamburg Towers
Expectations were tempered for the Kansas State Wildcats (RV, three points) entering this season after it was announced that star center Ayoka Lee would be out due to knee surgery. But wow did they secure a big win Thursday night. Oklahoma transfer Gabby Gregory scored the Wildcats’ final six points on free throws to lift
The Bonnet Gang kicked off its latest episode of the Triple Threat Podcast, entitled #Russergence, with a look at the Lakers’ first win of the season in which Russell Westbrook had 18 points, eight rebounds and eight assists off the bench. After the game, Lakers head coach Darvin Ham said that Westbrook took the blame
BBL ChampionshipBristol Flyers 89-79 Caledonia Gladiators (23-10, 46-26, 70-55)(Flyers – Mahan 19, Olison 18, King 16; Gladiators – Sloan 37, Onwas 15, Tape 11) BBL ChampionshipNewcastle Eagles 74-79 Surrey Scorchers (16-18, 31-38, 51-50)(Eagles – Hamlet 18, Johnson 16, Everett 13; Scorchers – Martin 20, Wang 19, Taylor 15) BBL ChampionshipLeicester Riders 89-85 Cheshire Phoenix (17-17, 38-40, 67-61)(Riders – Whelan
EuroCupLondon Lions 80-75 Dolomiti Energia Trento (21-27, 41-44, 58-60)(Lions – Soko 22, Hruban 17, Zubcic 13; Trento – Flaccadori 17, Crawford 17, Spagnolo 14) London Lions recorded their first ever win in the EuroCup in a close game against Italian side Dolomiti Energia Trento, in front of a raucous crowd at the Copper Box. This result was
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Notre Dame will hold the first annual Citi Shamrock Classic in St. Louis on Nov. 12 with a matchup against the California Golden Bears. The game features a homecoming of the head coaches. Notre Dame’s Niele Ivey and Cal’s Charmin Smith grew up in St. Louis. From the Notre Dame release: Held in St. Louis
CHICAGO (Aug. 17, 2022) – New York Liberty guard Sabrina Ionescu. Photo: Gary Dineen/NBAE via Getty Images. Twitter thread recap The New York Liberty (1-0) stunned the Chicago Sky (0-1), 98-91 on the road, to open the WNBA playoffs Wednesday night. Natasha Howard and Sabrina Ionescu led the charge to take down the defending champions