Articles filed under Basketball
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UConn’s long road back to the Final Four is complete. Clark and Iowa stand in their wayApr 04, 2024 6:19 pm - Geno Auriemma keeps waiting for it to all fall apart. Keeps waiting for the injuries that have shortened UConn's rotation and frazzled his nerves to become too much. For the Huskies to falter under the weight of it all.
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Clark’s path to stardom paved by pioneering players who changed trajectory for women’s hoopsApr 04, 2024 12:00 pm - Long before Caitlin Clark broke records, packed arenas across the country like a Taylor Swift in sneakers and inspired young girls to be like her, women's basketball looked very different than it does today.
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Final Four, football, fencing? College athlete salaries will deeply impact future U.S. Olympic hopesApr 04, 2024 12:00 pm - At the Final Four this week, they will play for a trophy and the right to cut down the nets. Also at stake: Olympic gold medals.
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O’Donnell: Clark flourished but UConn women held betting eyes to anxious endApr 03, 2024 6:00 am - WOMEN'S COLLEGE BASKETBALL sliced deeply into the psyches of the most cynical sports fans in America Monday night. And the supremely charismatic Caitlin Clark and Iowa we...
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The High Five: Counting down the top Final Four teams in state historyApr 03, 2024 6:00 am - Welcome to the High Five, a weekly batch of rankings from the world of sports.
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12.3 million: Iowa's victory over LSU is the most-watched women's college basketball game on recordApr 02, 2024 6:31 pm - BRISTOL, Conn. — Caitlin Clark can claim another highlight — the most-watched women's college basketball game on record. Iowa's 94-87 victory over LSU in Monday night's A...
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After losing to Iowa, Reese has a choice to make: Stay at LSU or go pro?Apr 02, 2024 6:09 pm - ALBANY, N.Y. — Angel Reese has about 48 hours to make a major life decision while processing a stinging loss in her anticipated showdown against Caitlin Clark in the NCAA...
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Clark leads Iowa back to the Final Four. Undefeated South Carolina will be there, tooApr 02, 2024 6:04 pm - ALBANY, N.Y. — Caitlin Clark and Iowa are back in the Final Four again. So are Dawn Staley and undefeated South Carolina. The women's basketball world will descend on Cle...
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It’s a Final Four with a Big One, but the Other Three will take their shotsApr 02, 2024 5:21 pm - DETROIT — Brackets can be rascals, of course. They can arrange semifinals as if they have no regard whatsoever for reality, with one semi looking like an undercard and th...
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The women's NCAA Tournament had center stage. The stars, and the games, delivered in a big wayApr 02, 2024 6:47 am - There were plenty of people at a movie theater in central Iowa on Monday night, though very few of them were watching an actual movie. They were there to see Caitlin Clar...