Tristan Broz admitted that while growing up in Bloomington, he dreamed of moments like he enjoyed Thursday: scoring the winning goal in overtime in the NCAA Frozen Four in his backyard of St. Paul's Xcel Energy Center. "That's what every kid dreams of, to do something like that for your team," Broz said, minutes after his goal 11:09 into overtime lifted Denver to a 2-1 victory over Boston ...
The WNBA’s best will be ready and waiting for the likely No. 1 overall selection. And by the time Clark’s rookie season is done, she will have played almost non-stop for a calendar year.
Sunday's NCAA women's basketball national championship game broke historic ground with a record-setting 18.7 million viewers, as the media frenzy surrounding Iowa superstar Caitlin Clark helped draw new eyes to the sport.
Sunday's NCAA women's basketball national championship game broke historic ground with a record-setting 18.7 million viewers, as the media frenzy surrounding Iowa superstar Caitlin Clark helped draw new eyes to the sport.
The national championship game between Dawn Staley-coached South Carolina and Caitlin Clark-led Iowa is expected to break sports betting records. Undefeated South Carolina is a 6 1/2-point favorite at FanDuel Sportsbook to beat the Hawkeyes on Sunday and avenge last year's 77-73 semifinal loss to Iowa. “Early action is on Caitlin Clark and Iowa to upset South Carolina in the national championship game," BetMGM trading director Matt Cosgriff said.
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 Albany 2 Region final averaged 12.3 million viewers on ESPN, according to Nielsen. Clark scored 41 points as the Hawkeyes avenged last year's loss to the Tigers in the national championship game.
Iowa and LSU would rather not be playing each other on Monday night. It’s not that they don’t relish the challenge of a rematch of last year’s national championship game, but both teams wish the stage was just a little bit bigger. “We talk about growing the game,” LSU coach Kim Mulkey said. “Didn’t that […]