and listening, if that suits…
’cause those of us who remember “The World According to Me” jumped up and down when we read this: Rebecca and Steve are doing a podcast.
Lord help us, but so is Geno. Holding Court with Geno Auriemma by UConn | IMG on Apple Podcasts
Awesome for Kara (tho we’ll miss her) For Kara Lawson, Sacramento is where she grew as a player and broadcaster
The Wizards play the Kings on Sunday at 6 p.m. ET. One of the main story lines is whether Bradley Beal and/or Kelly Oubre are suspended due to fight last Friday. But one of the storylines that may not get enough attention surrounds their color analyst, Kara Lawson. Sacramento may simply just be a northern California city to most of us, but for her, it’s kind of like a homecoming. Sure, Lawson’s a DMV’er, but let me explain.
Injuries just suck. Lehigh women’s basketball loses two players to torn ACLs within five minutes and Irish lose point guard Johnson to torn ACL and Mississippis State’s Jacaira Allen and Washington’s Natalie Romeo and GiGi Garcia. And a knock on effect? They lose Jessica Washington to an ACL, then Two of three Duncanville High players decommit from Kansas women’s basketball
*All Sing* Oh, oh, oh – Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh: South Carolina women’s basketball team receives their NCAA championship rings and South Carolina’s national championship license plates and A’ja Wilson is easily USC’s best player — and her stats may suffer as a result
Oklahoma State: Grad transfer Loryn Goodwin settled in quickly
Welcome back! Former WVU star Caldwell returns as women’s assistant coach
NCAA.com: UConn basketball: Geno Auriemma happy with Huskies’ aggressive mentality
UConn women’s basketball notebook: Geno Auriemma: Dividing minutes could be ‘dicey’
Hartford Courant: Crystal Dangerfield Set To Be ‘Bully Smurf’ For UConn Women
Congrats: Buck named to Connecticut Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame
Nebraska: Cain back practicing with Nebraska women’s basketball team
NCAA.com: Missouri star forward Jordan Frericks back from ACL tear, ready for fifth year
Video: WATCH: The Summitt spends day with NC State women’s basketball
“What are things you wouldn’t have said a few years ago?, Alex.” BIG EAST Conference preview: Marquette the team to beat
Still growing: Adia Barnes’ recruiting prowess positions Arizona Wildcats for Pac-12 breakthrough
“It’s no surprise Adia is having success,” said WNBA star Sue Bird, who won a championship with Barnes as part of the Seattle Storm in 2004. “She has a lot of passion for Arizona. You are not going to meet anyone more genuine than Adia. She makes you feel like a million bucks all the time.”
Whether it is the security crew at Key Arena when she was a player and broadcaster or the next recruit, that genuine caring comes through.
Just listen to what a few of her transfers say about why they selected Arizona.
Still rising: Pac-12 record six women’s basketball teams preseason ranked
In case you missed the well crafted tweet: Exponential growth prepares Bruins Canada, Billings for senior year
Maryland: For rebuilding Terps women, two weeks of basketball in Taiwan a reminder of what they have and Maryland women’s basketball is adjusting to life without last season’s top three scorers
Staying put: OVC women’s basketball preview: Belmont picked to win new-look OVC
Northern Iowa: UNI women’s basketball preaching patience with young roster and: New name, same expectations for Howell
Breathe deep: Offseason departures, preseason injuries put first-year UW women’s coach Jody Wynn in a tough spot
After several minutes of prodding and pleading produced undesired results, Jody Wynn had seen enough. The new Washington women’s basketball coach blew her whistle, stopped a Thursday-morning practice and verbally lit into her team.
“Who are you going to be?” she yelled as the wide-eyed young women stared blankly at her. “Are you going to be slow, short and out of shape?
“Or are you going to be tough, fast and smart? Be tough! … I don’t see any All-Americans out here, but your effort will make up for your shortcomings. I promise you that.”
One can only hope: NY and NJ teams ready to make their marks
The Seton Hall University Pirates and St. John’s University Red Storm may have been picked to finish sixth and seventh in the preseason coaches’ poll, but the players and coaches remain ready to bring their best every game. At Big East media day, the players expressed an eagerness to see where the season leads.
Big 12: Will Baylor or Texas prove to be the best team in the Big 12?
The Gazette: Tania Davis’ return fuels optimism for Iowa women’s basketball and Expect a heavy practice role for Iowa women’s raw, incoming freshmen and Women’s basketball is small in numbers, mighty in spirit
NCAA.com: How Lady Vols plan to solve consistency issues
The Tennesseean: Vanderbilt women’s basketball coach Stephanie White wants ‘less robotic’ players
Michigan State: Heralded freshman Sidney Cooks ready to make an immediate impact on women’s basketball
Meanwhile, down the road: 5 things to know about Michigan women’s basketball, coming off 28-win season
Roanoke Times: Virginia Tech and Virginia women’s basketball teams seek improvement
New Mexico: Bradbury has high hopes for this season’s roster
Courier-Journal: Walz, Tyra look forward to Louisville women’s basketball season as respite from scandal
At the University of Louisville women’s basketball team’s annual tipoff luncheon Monday, coach Jeff Walz and interim athletic director Vince Tyra each addressed what has been a tumultuous last few weeks after the university was implicated in an FBI-investigated, nationwide men’s college basketball recruiting scandal.
Walz used the first two minutes of his 20-minute speech to praise former athletic director Tom Jurich, who was fired last week by the university’s board of trustees.
Deseret News: BYU women’s basketball: Cougars to lean heavily on Cassie Devashrayee this season
Rising: Lofty expectations continue for Mercer women’s basketball team
Arkansas Online: Tennessee guard likes Neighbors
Boulder: CU women’s basketball looks to get tougher on the glass
Damn well better: ESPN to Deliver Extensive Coverage of NCAA Women’s Basketball for the 2017-18 Season
Sigh. Fixed it for you: No longer boring, Women’s college basketball enters scoring era
So you want to watch shot-makers? Then find a women’s game on TV.
In the last decade — and really, starting in 2000, when Diana Taurasi enrolled at powerhouse Connecticut — we’ve seen major improvement in the game. It helps to bring in showstoppers such as Shoni Schimmel (Louisville), Brittney Griner (Baylor) and Breanna Stewart (UConn). Players are faster, more athletic and more skilled at a younger age. They have confidence and charisma.
WNBA
Continuing with our head scratching headlines: WNBA pine cause of Perth Lynx star Sami Whitcomb’s slow start
Hello/Goodbye: Dallas Wings announce 2018 coaching staff: Erin Phillips in, Pettis retires from coaching
AP: WNBA’s Delle Donne, QC native Clifton hope upcoming wedding can help others
If you have time to plan: Which WNBA fan wants to step forward as the Fan of the Year?
Sometimes you live through rumors: Nicki Collen ‘a top candidate’ for Atlanta Dream head coaching job
Read up: Rennie Curran and Ivory Latta aim to inspire kids with their new books
WNBL: Canberra Capitals import Jordan Hooper a long way from home in Nebraska
Roll: The Future of Vegas Fandom and Laimbeer excited for new direction
Also: Why coach Dan Hughes might be exactly what the Seattle Storm need
A crack in the glass door: Kings hire former WNBA Seattle coach Jenny Boucek as assistant as Jenny Boucek: ‘I want to become the best coach I can become’
Miscellaneous
Speaking of cracking glass: SHE GOT GAME: Meet Bea Daez, UAAP’s first female basketball analyst
Big job: Salute to Teachers: Desiree Hitch Loves Teaching, Coaching Righetti High’s Girls Basketball Team
Thank you: Wildwood’s Dave Troiano leaves as winningest girls’ basketball coach
And then, there’s bad stuff: Central Illinois girls basketball coach arrested for sexual assault and Liberty names interim girls basketball coach after head coach placed on leave
If you’re busy trying to “Stick to Sports,” stop. ’cause the federal government sure ain’t: Who’s Afraid of Title IX? The attacks on Title IX undermine the struggle against campus sexual assault.
A few years ago, a student of mine, Natalie Weill, and I won the first expulsion for rape in the history of the University of Wisconsin-Madison. During a harrowing process that ground on for six months, the Wisconsin deans insisted they had an official “philosophy” of not expelling rapists. Natalie and I entered a surreal labyrinth of institutional betrayal, cover-ups and attempts by the deans to silence and stall us. We won the expulsion only by tenaciously appealing to Natalie’s civil rights under Title IX, the landmark gender equity law.
In 2011 the Obama administration, shocked by sexual assault statistics, had sent a “Dear Colleague Letter” to campus administrators on how to comply with Title IX. But in September this year, Betsy DeVos, Trump’s education secretary, moved to rescind the Title IX protections, precisely those rights that allowed Natalie and countless others to continue their education without constantly facing their perpetrators on campus.
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