Chamique Holdsclaw's season-ending injury in 2010 was a devastating blow. The basketball icon's torn Achilles tendon interrupted her WNBA comeback with the San Antonio Silver Stars and proved to be the worst injury of her…
NORTHRIDGE, Calif. – Cal State Northridge survived a fierce, short-handed Cal State Bakersfield team, and their own turnover rate, to hang on for the 54-52 win Saturday. CSUN’s Jasmine Erving and CSUB’s Amber Williams each…
LOS ANGELES - Oregon State outlasted USC in overtime Saturday, 65-61, in a tight game that featured 25 lead changes, four ties and an overtime. Beaver freshman guard Ali Gibson scored a bucket with 1:42…
LOS ANGELES – At a recent practice, the USC Trojans were working a routine scrimmage with their usual intensity when freshman forward Alexyz Vaioletama came down from a rebound and landed hard on her foot…
Malibu - USC surged in overtime to beat Pepperdine today, 75-71.The Trojans came in at 4-5, after losing two games by a total of three points on their recent road trip to Arkansas State and…
LOS ANGELES – They take turns coaching during games, and in the fourth quarter sometimes, they stand together shouting directions. During timeouts, they often each grab a player and walk her back to the huddle,…
Amazing story by Mechelle Voepel on the enhanced roles of assistant coaches Holly Warlick, Mickie DeMoss and Dean Lockwood. So many touching stanzas that I can't begin to quote them all, but I like the…
San Diego State basketball dumps the Mountain West Conference for the Big West Conference in two years. I couldn't be happier. The move follows Aztec football's jump to the Big East Conference.Other news:Cal State Northridge…
The remaining members of the Murry Bergtraum basketball team are striving to win this season for Tayshana Murphy - their teammate who was murdered in September. They have her number and nickname on their warmup…
A true blessing: Katie Collier, the top-ranked Seattle recruit who was fighting leukemia earlier this fall, has been cleared to play. The senior, who attends Seattle Christian and signed with the University of Washington last…
A great day at Madison Square Garden today, for the Maggie Dixon Classic.St. John's made #1 Baylor work in the first game. The Bears struggled in the first half, and trailed by two at the…
Associate head coach Jim Littell will be Oklahoma State's head coach, the University has announced. He has been interim head coach since the Nov. 17 death of Coach Kurt Budke, and assistant coach Miranda Serna.…
Unbelievable: the entire Kenmore East High School basketball team has been suspended due to their repeated use of the N-word in practices and before games. The lone black member of the team had been upset…
Tennessee starting point guard Ariel Massengale sustained a dislocated finger in practice yesterday, and will be out 2-3 weeks. I'm bummed - was looking forward to seeing her when the Vols play UCLA next weekend.
Love this piece about University of Washington assistant coach Mike Neighbors - a self-described quirk:"He puts a lot of time into everything he does," says McGuff, who has worked with Neighbors for five seasons, the…
Some serious drama in Mississippi this week, as top 2012 recruit Rachel Hollivay left her Heritage Academy high school team, and Coach Yolanda Moore was fired. A reported "cussing exchange" between coach and player last…
This week's top 20:1 Trinity Valley Community College 2 Northwest Florida State College 3 Hutchinson Community College 4 Central Arizona College 5 Pensacola State College 6 Casper College 7 Gulf Coast State College 8 Weatherford…
The Big East added five more schools today: the University of Central Florida, the University of Houston, Southern Methodist University, Boise State and San Diego State.BSU and SDSU will only participate in the sport of…
Legendary Coach Pat Summitt received the Sports Illustrated Sportswoman of the Year Award tonight in New York. She was introduced by former Vol Michelle Marciniak, whose remarks brought a standing ovation from the audience. Summitt's…
Here we go, ladies and gentlemen: the first installment of the national high school rankings for this season. Here's the top 10:1. Nazareth - Brooklyn, N.Y.2. Saint Mary's - Phoenix, Ariz.3. Riverdale Baptist - Upper…
This week's poll doesn't have too many changes, but check out Delaware dropping in:1. Baylor2. Connecticut3. Notre Dame4. Stanford5. Duke6. Maryland7. Texas A&M8. Tennessee9. Miami (Fla.)10. Kentucky11. Rutgers12. Georgia13. Louisville14. Purdue15. Ohi...
Inspired recently by a list of "coaches to watch out for" by a large media outlet, I asked one of the Division I assistant coaches I respect most to come up with a more thoughtful…
ESPN says this year's Nike TOC will showcase the strongest field ever.Bonus:#9 Miami needed two overtimes to take out #12 Rutgers, 92-81.
She of 1,075 wins - the most of any college coach ever - wins Sports Illustrated's sportswoman of the year award in 2011.'Bout time.
Ranked news:#16 Purdue handed #4 Texas A&M its first loss, 60-51.#10 Kentucky dominated #11 Louisville from jump, to the tune of 74-54.#18 Ohio State started strong and never looked back, beating #18 Oklahoma 69-63.#8 Tennessee…
