Growing up as a sports fan on the south side of Chicago, I was spoiled. The Bulls were a perennial disappointment, but the Blackhawks owned the 2010s with three Stanley Cups in six years. The Bulls had a nice run, but trading Jimmy Butler in 2017 was the end of […]
Women’s college basketball is serving a jam-packed Sunday this weekend. Through one full week into the New Year, this round of games holds a bit of early meaning for several teams spanning multiple conferences. Early upsets are shaping storylines nearly every night in conference play. In that spirit, it’s only […]
After two months of non-conference play and endless blowouts, conference play kicked off last night in women’s college basketball with a flurry of high-powered matchups. From conference to conference, the night of hoops certainly delivered to jumpstart the New Year. Let’s rehash two of the most anticipated matchups: No. 3 […]
When A’ja Wilson took her talents to the WNBA in 2018, many wondered how the South Carolina Gamecocks women’s basketball program would recover without its superstar talent. After helping raise the program’s first championship banner in 2017 and reaching the Elite Eight the following season, the chatter only increased. After […]
Collegiate stars with household names like Angel Reese, Paige Bueckers, and Caitlin Clark matriculated to the WNBA, leaving a power vacuum across the field as elite talents across the country continue with their own journeys. The parity in this class is like no other in recent memory, which normally means […]
I remember my first in-person press conference as a credentialed WNBA media member when the Chicago Sky faced the Connecticut Sun in the 2021 WNBA Semifinals. Despite my professional past covering the NBA, NFL, and Major League Baseball, I felt a rush of anxiety that was foreign to me. Given […]
Despite the WNBA’s CBA extension expiring in two days, the 2026 WNBA Draft lottery this week was quite a distraction for fans. For the second consecutive season, the Dallas Wings will receive the No.1 overall pick. Two seasons removed from a Finals appearance, the Minnesota Lynx lucked into the second […]
When the clock hits the five-minute mark with a margin of five points or less, stars made for the moment tend to raise the partition glass between them and other players. For Notre Dame women’s basketball, that star would be none other than Hannah Hidalgo, who connected on a midrange […]
Author’s Note: Hi dear readers. I apologize for the tardiness of this article. I love football, particularly women’s football (soccer) more than I love most things or people. However, there are things and people I love more, who give me perspective and round me out as a human. I lost […]