Criticism of an offensive foul called late in Friday’s Iowa-UConn game flowed freely from UConn’s coach and some former UConn stars. With Iowa ahead 70-69, UConn forward Aaliyah Edwards was called for an offensive foul after trying to block Iowa’s Gabbie Marshall. The officials ruled Edwards violated the rule that she had to remain still […]
As an emotional tidal wave crested across America Friday night over a foul called in the closing seconds of the Iowa-UConn Final Four game, it crashed into a camera angle that led some to support the officials. With Iowa ahead 70-69, UConn was trying to get the ball to star Paige Bueckers for a last-second […]
UConn star guard Paige Bueckers could have sounded off about the officiating after an offensive foul called against UConn with seconds to play was instrumental in UConn’s 71-69 loss to Iowa in Friday night’s Final Four game. But even as debate raged over whether the call was good or bad, Bueckers said she believed she […]
It takes a lot to jerk the women’s sports spotlight away from Iowa’s Caitlin Clark as the Women’s NCAA Basketball tournament gears up for Sunday’s championship game featuring Iowa against South Carolina. But South Carolina coach Dawn Staley managed that by saying Saturday that men belong in women’s sports. Staley was asked during a Saturday […]
Sure, women’s basketball has been a prominent sport for some time now — but, if it ever does come to rival the men’s game in popularity, historians will likely look back on the 2024 NCAA Women’s Tournament as the moment it really and truly became A Thing™. Not only does the women’s side feature bigger […]
When University of Iowa point guard Caitlin Clark was being recruited by colleges in 2020, her “dream school” was the University of Connecticut, where coach Geno Auriemma is a living legend. Auriemma wasn’t interested. History played out differently. And now, thanks to a 21-point performance plus a fortuitous call in the final seconds, Clark and […]
Vice President Kamala Harris has continued her battle with two formidable nemeses: thought and speech. Alas, the cartoonish vice president has seldom spoken in public without sounding phony, pretentious and either ill-informed or downright deceitful. In an interview with Tim Boyum of Spectrum News on Thursday in Charlotte, North Carolina, Harris put those qualities on […]
News By The Associated Press April 5, 2024 at 8:31am Bronny James will enter the NBA draft after one season at Southern California that was shortened by his recovery from cardiac arrest. The 19-year-old son of LeBron James announced Friday on his Instagram account that he also plans to retain his college eligibility and will […]
It’s something special when the women’s NCAA basketball tournament is garnering more interest than the men’s. That’s certainly the case this year, particularly with the matchup of Iowa’s Caitlin Clark and LSU’s Angel Reese on Monday being the 21st-century female version of the epic 1979 matchup between Michigan State’s Magic Johnson and Indiana State’s Larry […]
ESPN host and UConn homer Molly Qerim took flak on social media and received a reality check from Stephen A. Smith on Thursday after she took a shot at Iowa point guard Caitlin Clark. Qerim kept it classy, but she opined that Clark would not be the record-breaking superstar she is had Huskies forward Paige […]
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