Articles filed under Basketball
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Wilson scores 31 and Aces win 3rd WNBA title in 4 seasons, beating Mercury 97-86 for 4-game sweepOct 10, 2025 10:22 pm - A'ja Wilson scored 31 points, Chelsea Gray and Jackie Young both added 18 and the Las Vegas Aces won their third WNBA championship in four seasons, beating the Phoenix Mercury 97-86 on Friday night for a four-game sweep of the Finals.
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What do Hoosiers need from Benet graduate Lenee Beaumont this season? It’s a long listOct 10, 2025 8:31 pm - She missed last season with a knee injury, but Indiana University is counting on Benet Academy graduate Lenee Beaumont to lead it to a strong women’s basketball season in the Big Ten and back to the NCAA Tournament.
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Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt, Loyola Chicago's beloved chaplain, dies at 106Oct 09, 2025 11:26 pm - Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt, the chaplain for the men's basketball team at Loyola Chicago who became a beloved international celebrity during the school's fairy-tale run to the Final Four of the NCAA Tournament in 2018, has died, the university announced Thursday night.
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Four coaches new to the Big Ten look to get their programs back on trackOct 09, 2025 6:36 pm - Four coaches new to the Big Ten this season — Indiana’s Darian DeVries, Iowa’s Ben McCollum, Buzz Williams at Maryland and Niko Medved at Minnesota — will try to replicate Michigan coach Dusty May’s first-year success story.
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Angel Reese to make history as first professional athlete in Victoria's Secret Fashion ShowOct 09, 2025 2:37 pm - Angel Reese is getting a pair of wings. The Chicago Sky star announced on Instagram that she will be walking in the upcoming Victoria's Secret Fashion Show on Oct. 15. It will be the first time a professional athlete will walk the runway in the show.
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JuJu-less Big Ten prepares for another women's basketball season with UCLA a favoriteOct 08, 2025 5:05 pm - Southern California star JuJu Watkins propelled the Trojans to a Big Ten regular-season title and a second consecutive Elite Eight appearance last season. If the Trojans want to match that success this year, they'll need to do it without her.
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WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert vows to repair player relationships after criticism by CollierOct 03, 2025 9:06 pm - WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert said Friday there's work to be done to repair relationships with players in the league, while adding that there were “inaccuracies” in some of the comments attributed to her by Napheesa Collier in a blistering assessment earlier this week.
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Why is the Ivy League’s best player taking a year off from playing basketball?Oct 01, 2025 4:42 pm - Why is Glenbard West graduate Caden Pierce -- the best basketball player in the Ivy League -- taking a year off from playing basketball at Princeton?
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NCAA on verge of approving a single January transfer window for college footballSep 30, 2025 6:03 pm - The NCAA is on the verge of approving a single transfer window in college football that would allow players on teams competing in the postseason to remain eligible for pl...
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Buzelis: ‘Bulls will surprise people’Sep 29, 2025 5:46 pm - Second-year forward Matas Buzelis is maybe the most important piece to the Bulls’ future. On Media Day, he brought an optimistic message for this season.