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Report: Sue Bird to become managing director of USWNT
USA Basketball plans to name Sue Bird its managing director of the women's national team for the 2028 Olympic cycle, The Athletic reported Tuesday.,Bird, 44, was a member of five Olympic gold medal-winning teams and four FIBA World Cup champions during her storied playing career, which came to an en...
United States beats Canada in OT to win women's hockey world title
Tessa Janecke scored the winning goal at 17:06 of overtime as the United States notched a 4-3 victory over Canada in the women's hockey world championship final on Sunday at Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic.,Taylor Heise set up the winning tally during the three-on-three overtime by intercepting a p...
Women’s title game down 55%, still draws third-most viewers in history
The women's NCAA national championship game between UConn and South Carolina on Sunday drew its third-largest TV audience on record.,ESPN announced Monday that the Huskies' 82-59 win over the Gamecocks collected 8.5 million viewers across ABC and ESPN.,The number is down a whopping 55 percent from l...
USWNT to face Canada on July 2 in Washington, D.C.
The U.S. Women's National Team will meet Canada in an international friendly on July 2 in Washington, D.C.,The top two women's soccer programs in the CONCACAF region, the countries will be facing off at Audi Field in their 67th all-time meeting.,Canada and the United States met twice in 2024. The U....
Facing LSU, Lauren Betts hopes to send UCLA to first-ever Final Four
Lauren Betts leads Spokane Region 1 top seed UCLA into Sunday's Elite Eight showdown with No. 3 LSU, looking to send the Bruins to their first-ever Final Four.,Betts guided UCLA (33-2) to the brink of unprecedented postseason success with consecutive games of unrivaled excellence in recent NCAA hist...
Women's NCAA Birmingham roundup: No. 1 South Carolina rallies to win
A dominant third quarter helped defending national champion South Carolina keep its ambitions of back-to-back titles alive, as the top-seeded Gamecocks rallied from a halftime deficit to top No. 9 seed Indiana 64-53 on Sunday in Columbia, S.C. ,The Gamecocks (32-3) went into intermission trailing th...
Women's NCAA Spokane roundup: Kansas St. outlasts Kentucky in OT
Temira Poindexter hit her eighth 3-pointer of the game with 1:09 left in overtime Sunday and fifth-seeded Kansas State pulled off a mild upset, 80-79, of No. 4 Kentucky on its home floor in Lexington in a matchup of Wildcats in the Spokane 4 Region.,Kentucky (23-8) had several chances to win on its ...
Eight teams most likely to make Women's Final Four
Some teams are riding the momentum of having won their conference tournament championship.,Some are hoping the break after the conference tournaments enables them to regain their season-long form after experiencing some slippage down the stretch.,And everyone is hoping to be as healthy and rejuvenat...
UCLA grabs No. 1 overall seed in Women's NCAA Tournament
For nearly a monthlong span, UCLA wasn't the best team in its own city, losing twice to Southern California in conference play.,But after defeating USC in the Big Ten championship, the Bruins (30-2) regained Los Angeles bragging rights -- and on Sunday, they earned the No. 1 overall seed in the NCAA...
Big 12 tournament roundup: UCF bounces BYU
Kaitlin Peterson scored 25 of her game-high 35 points in the second half and UCF dismissed BYU from the Big 12 Women's Championship tournament on Wednesday afternoon in Kansas City, Mo. ,BYU entered the fourth quarter clinging to a one-point lead but couldn't contain Peterson, who put the game out o...
USWNT defeats Australia to reach SheBelieves Cup final
The depth of the U.S. women's national depth was on display in a 2-1 win over Australia in Glendale, Ariz., on Sunday that puts the American in position for a sixth straight SheBelieves Cup title.,Despite replacing all 11 starters from a 2-0 victory against Colombia in the tournament opener on Thurs...
San Diego, coach Cindy Fisher to part ways after 20 seasons
Cindy Fisher will not return next season as women's basketball coach at the University of San Diego.,Fisher has held the job since the 2005-06 season, leading the Toreros to nine postseason appearances. Three times, she was named West Coast Conference Coach of the Year and has an overall record of 3...
Notre Dame climbs to No. 2 behind unbeaten UCLA
No. 2 Notre Dame achieved its highest ranking in six years in the Associated Press Top 25 women's basketball poll released Monday.,The Fighting Irish (21-2) moved up one spot behind unbeaten UCLA (23-0), which remained the unanimous choice of all 31 voters. It's the loftiest perch for Notre Dame sin...
Donald Trump signs executive order to protect women's sports
President Donald Trump signed an executive order Wednesday to protect women's sports and keep biological men out of them.,The "Keeping Men Out of Women's Sports" order was announced at the White House on National Girls and Women in Sports Day.,The order bans transgender athletes from participating i...
Southern Cal drops to No. 7 in latest Top 25 poll
Southern Cal's shocking loss to Iowa dropped the Trojans three spots to No. 7 in The Associated Press Top 25 women's poll released Monday.,Sunday's 76-69 loss to the Hawkeyes -- which came as Iowa retired former star Caitlin Clark's jersey -- was the second of the season for the Trojans (19-2), with...
Report: 9 Western Oregon players file $28M suit, claim coach abuse
Nine former women's basketball players at Western Oregon are suing their coaches and school, contending they were victims of physical abuse and bullying.,In the 58-page lawsuit, filed Wednesday in Oregon's Marion County Circuit Court, the players allege head coach Jessica Peatross and assistant DJ M...
Madison Keys stuns top seed Aryna Sabalenka to win Australian Open
Madison Keys -- using a mix of solid serves, power and defense -- upset two-time defending champion and top seed Aryna Sabalenka 6-3, 2-6, 7-5 to win the Australian Open on Saturday, giving the 29-year-old American her first Grand Slam title in 46 tries.,Keys, the No. 19 seed, appeared in her first ...
Unbeaten LSU up to No. 5 in newest AP poll
LSU re-entered the top five of the Associated Press Top 25 women's college basketball poll on Monday, while the first four teams remained unchanged.,Behind No. 1 UCLA (16-0), No. 2 South Carolina (16-1), No. 3 Notre Dame (14-2) and No. 4 Southern California (16-1), the Tigers moved up one spot to No...
SEC, Big Ten have four teams each in women's Top 10
The Southeastern Conference and the Big Ten each have four teams inside the top 10 in The Associated Press Top 25 women's college basketball poll released Monday.,No. 1 UCLA (15-0), No. 4 Southern California (14-1), No. 8 Maryland (14-0) and No. 9 Ohio State (14-0) represent the Big Ten, while No. 2...
Top 3 unchanged, Trojans soar to No. 4 in women's poll
The top three were unchanged in the Associated Press Top 25 women's college basketball poll released Monday, with Southern California climbing three spots to No. 4 after a big weekend win against UConn.,The Trojans (11-1) held off the then-No. 4 Huskies 72-70 on Saturday night, knocking UConn (10-2)...