Things are heating up
Major college news going down:The Pac-12 is rich, biiatch......they'll get $3 billion over 12 years by selling the rights to their basketball and football games to FOX and ESPN. How booyah is that?Charmin Smith -…
Major college news going down:The Pac-12 is rich, biiatch......they'll get $3 billion over 12 years by selling the rights to their basketball and football games to FOX and ESPN. How booyah is that?Charmin Smith -…
Reactions:WNBA players react in different ways to the death of Osama Bin Laden.WNBA:San Antonio traded some draft picks to Tulsa for Scholanda Robinson.The Fever waived Jori Davis and the Mystics waived Bernice Mosby.Sabbaticals:Arizona State Universit...
Joanne Boyle was "too laid-back," said the father of the departed sophomore. He also complained about the lack of crowds at games on the West Coast. Stallworth is deciding between Florida, LSU and Kentucky.
WNBA:Katie Smith rejoins Brian Agler.The guru is wide awake in Seattle for Smith-Agler reunion II.The Tulsa Shock released this list of players earlier today who were invited to training camp. But check out the top…
Cal Poly Pomona may face NCAA sanctions for "impermissible contact with prospective student-athletes, impermissible tryouts and open gyms, impermissible use of student managers and impermissible benefits, in addition to institutional findings involving...
In a three-way trade earlier today, the Washington Mystics took Jasmine Thomas from Seattle; the Storm got Katie Smith and Jacinta Monroe from the Mystics; Indiana got Erin Phillips from Seattle.The Fever's take.The Storm's view.Interesting…
Tamika Catchings' story of overcoming her hearing impairment to become one of the best pro ballers in the WNBA has been told before, but it never gets old. In addition to her perseverance, I also…
The 2010-11 Associated Press Sports Editors Racial and Gender Report Card includes these grim facts:REPORT HIGHLIGHTSThe report shows the vast majority of people holding key positions on the major newspapers and media Web sites in…
UMMC, aka the team of Cappie Pondexter, Candace Parker and Deanna Nolan beat Spartak, aka the team of Sue Bird, Taj McWilliams-Franklin, Epiphany Prince and Noelle Quinn, 75-70. This is UMMC's second consecutive Russian championship.Box…
Australian superstar Lauren Jackson will sit out the first half of the 2012 WNBA season to prepare for the Olympics.More on new WNBA president Laurel Richie:Apparently I wasn't the only one incredulous at finding out…
WNBA:Uh, what??!! New WNBA president Laurel Richie has never been to a freakin game.Remaining free agents of interest:Cheryl FordChamique HoldsclawTiffany JacksonJennifer LacyIvora LattaBetty LennoxNicole OldheKatie SmithChristi ThomasAmazing.Colegio:L...
What an honor:Twenty-two members of the 2009-12 USA Basketball Women’s National Team, including all 12 who aided the USA to the 2010 FIBA World Championship gold medal, will attend the USA National Team’s May 10-12…
Love this: there's a new hoops documentary out, and the subject is Louisville freshman point guard Shoni Schimmel. "Off the Rez," AKA the Umatilla, Oregon Indian Reservation, is where Schimmel learned her attack-style of play.…
Joanne Boyle's former assistant is hired away from UC Santa Barbara to replace her.Seems like a winner.
April always starts out like a hurricaine or a drag race, with the last two or three rounds of the NCAA tournament. It trickles down to a very slow haul, as the WNBA prepares to…
Pro tip:New WNBA president Laurel Richie will have to play catch-up in her new job.Candace Parker talks about getting inspiration after her injury from former Olympic gymnast Dominique Dawes. She also interviewed with Fitness Magazine,…
Wendy Parker contemplates the discrepancies between what women's basketball coaches are - more and more - making versus the revenue the sport pulls in.Do the athletic directors have any plans to market women's hoops? It's…
More new NCAA coaching hires:Xavier hires Amy Waugh.UIC has named Regina Miller head coach.San Diego State has chosen Tammi Reiss as assistant coach.Lindsey Wilson is Eastern New Mexico's new coach.USA Basketball:Iowa State's Bill Fennelly will…
The Chicago Sky has traded Jia Perkins to San Antonio for Michelle Snow.Current transactions.The Silver Stars interviewed their top draft pick, national champ Danielle Adams. They also talked with Danielle Robinson.The LA Sparks will hold…
She's Lauren J. Richie, and she's a marketing veteran. She comes from Girl Scouts USA, where she's been the chief marketing officer and senior vice president for three years. More on Richie from hoopfeed. And…
ESPN is reporting that UCLA is set to name Cori Close as UCLA's new coach within a half hour.Close has been associate head coach at Florida State for the past seven years. She is characterized…
That's all that's going on this time of year........ESPN was at the Deep South Classic this past weekend, and they have this great write up.Recent WNBA transactions:April 18 The Phoenix Mercury added Brittany Spears to…
Saginaw Valley State has hired Jamie Pewinski.Zaenare Antoine has been named Texas State's new coach.Remember Wendy Palmer? She's UNC Greensboro's coach now.San Jose State has hired Tim La Kose.Player transfers:Only one athlete bagging out this…
Whoa, check this freakin LIST, and so many newbies:Accepting invitations to trials from the Class of 2013 are 17 athletes, including: Alaina Coates (Dutch Fork H.S./Irmo, S.C.); Kendall Cooper (St. Anthony H.S./Carson, Calif.); Davis; DeShields;…
Somebody posted nude photos of a woman on twitter Friday night, claiming it was Skylar Diggins. Not true.Los Angeles Sparks:A veteran and a newcomer.
