Yesterday the U.S. House of Representatives commended the University of Connecticut’s stellar season with a resolution introduced by Representative Joe Courtney (D-Conn.). The Huskies will go to Connecticut’s State Capitol today and receive more accolades…
Marques Jackson attends the signing of Akil Simpson to SMU. (Photo courtesy of LaMonithal Harris-Simpson) DALLAS — On a rainy weekend in Dallas, mourners gathered to celebrate the life of Marques Jackson, 46, the founder…
Purdue head women’s basketball coach Sharon Versyp agreed to a two-year contract extension, securing her presence on the Boilermaker sideline through the 2014-15 season. It is the second contract extension for Versyp who became Purdue’s…
Former South Carolina center Kelsey Bone ended speculation as to her transfer plans with the announcement that she signed with Texas A&M. “We had recruited Kelsey Bone since she was in the seventh grade,†said…
A pioneer of AAU girl’s basketball in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex and nationwide, Marques Jackson, 46, passed Sunday morning after suffering from a heart attack. Coaches and players began tweeting thoughts of sadness and heartbreak…
When UConn returns to the Hartford-area, there will be a short event for the team. The team is set to arrive at Bradley International Airport at approximately 3:30 p.m. ET. The event will include remarks…
Connecticut 53, Stanford 47 Recap | Box POSTGAME QUOTES Connecticut head coach Geno Auriemma On what it feels like to be in the same company as John Wooden: "There is no company. He has no…
The last time UConn and Stanford met, the Pac-10 champs were on a 9-0 win streak heading into the XL Center in Hartford. However, the Huskies handed the Cardinal their one and only loss…
Stanford (36-1) led during most of Sunday night’s semifinal game against Oklahoma ( 27-11) during the women’s NCAA Final Four in San Antonio and pulled off a 73-66 victory. At the half the Cardinal had…
As NCAA women’s basketball Final Four activities get underway in San Antonio, several dedicated bloggers who cover the sport are at home. Q McCall from SwishAppeal.com, Megan Hueter from WomenTalksSports.com and I are not watching…
None of the head coaches in this Final Four are strangers to the event: Kim Mulkey (Baylor) – 2-0 (1.000) Geno Auriemma (Connecticut) – 12-4 (.750) Tara VanDerveer (Stanford) – 5-4 (.556) Sherri Coale (Oklahoma)…
[picappgallerysingle id=”3504964″] I can’t believe we really won a championship! I don’t think anyone believed we could do it and everyone came out to support us. My best friend came from Poland, so I was…
at Cal head coach Joanne Boyle is “just excited to be in the championship game†after her squad beat Illinois State in Normal Wednesday night. The Bears downed the Redbirds in front of a crowd…
The WNBA held its annual pre-draft conference call yesterday. While the timing of the nearly hour and a half long teleconference overlapped with the NCAA Final Four media day, representatives from newspapers, websites and radio…
at Video: Redbird All-Access Audio: WJBC | Calbears.com Live Stats: GameTracker Games Notes: Illinois State | California The California Golden Bears (22-13, 11-7 Pac-10) head out on the road, playing in the semifinals against the…
Four teams. One tournament. The head coaches of Stanford, Connecticut, Oklahoma and Baylor spent Wednesday afternoon meeting the media and talking about their teams and the NCAA women’s basketball Final Four. What did they have…
March 31, 2010 COACH MULKEY: I’m doing my best to sell tickets. Being in the state of Texas, we certainly want the people from Texas to show up. And San Antonio is a great city…
March 31, 2010 COACH AURIEMMA: Wow, it’s been kind of a whirlwind 48 hours, getting back last night and spending a couple of minutes with some of the players here today and going over the…
March 31, 2010 Thank you, Rick. I appreciate it. Our basketball team is incredibly honored to have earned the right to participate in the Final Four in San Antonio, and we are very much looking…
March 31, 2010 COACH VANDERVEER: Thank you, Rick. And thank you very much for the very nice compliments. We’re very excited about coming to San Antonio. I feel that our team, you know, we had…
Young Baylor team takes down Duke, 51-48 Coach Kim Mulkey on her young team: The thing I get to do is coach kids that believe in what we do and allow me to get…
News broke last night that WNBA star and Phoenix Mercury guard Cappie Pondexter was the superglue of a major three-team trade. Rumors of the deal surfaced weeks ago with speculation that Pondexter demanded the trade…
Sunday, March 28 Miami 73, Providence 65 Michigan 78, Syracuse 52 Illinois State 53, Illinois 51 Semifinals Wednesday, March 31 Miami at Michigan, 7 p.m. ET Thursday, April 1 Cal at Illinois State, 8:05 p.m.…
