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A collective sigh of relief: Basketball star Brittney Griner released in exchange for Russian arms dealer

A collective sigh of relief: Basketball star Brittney Griner released in exchange for Russian arms dealer

Joe Biden on Brittney Griner’s release: “She’s safe, she’s on a plane, she’s on her way home.” After being detained and then imprisoned in Russia since February, WNBA star Brittney Griner is finally coming home.…

No. 1 South Carolina Makes Gritty Comeback On the Road to Top No. 2 Stanford in OT, 76-71

No. 1 South Carolina Makes Gritty Comeback On the Road to Top No. 2 Stanford in OT, 76-71

  Photos © Baranduin Briggs, all rights reserved. STANFORD, Calif. – Stanford head coach Tara VanDerveer called Sunday afternoon’s matchup against the No. 1 team in the nation “a heavyweight battle.” The No. 2 Cardinal…

Dawn Staley speaks to media ahead of No. 1 vs. No. 2 matchup at Stanford

Dawn Staley speaks to media ahead of No. 1 vs. No. 2 matchup at Stanford

November 20 at 3 p.m. ET Stanford, Calif. TV: ABC Radio: South Carolina || Stanford No. 1 South Carolina faces No 2 Stanford on the road Sunday afternoon at 12 p.m. PT/9 a.m. ET for…

South Carolina sweeps Naismith honors, Staley also earns USBWA award

South Carolina sweeps Naismith honors, Staley also earns USBWA award

For the first time in Naismith Awards history, one program has swept all three women’s basketball awards. South Carolina head coach Dawn Staley earned the Werner Ladder Naismith Women’s Coach of the Year honor. The…

USA Today Sports/WBCA NCAA Division I Top 25 Coaches Poll for 12/21/21

USA Today Sports/WBCA NCAA Division I Top 25 Coaches Poll for 12/21/21

The USA Today Sports/WBCA NCAA Division I Top 25 Coaches Poll – 12/21/21 (Week 6) Team records through Sunday’s games are in parentheses. Total points are based on 25 points for first place through one…

USA Today Sports/WBCA NCAA Division I Top 25 Coaches Poll for 12/14/21

USA Today Sports/WBCA NCAA Division I Top 25 Coaches Poll for 12/14/21

The USA Today Sports/WBCA NCAA Division I Top 25 Coaches Poll – 12/14/21 (Week 5) Team records through Sunday’s games are in parentheses. Total points are based on 25 points for first place through one…

USA Today Sports/WBCA NCAA Division I Top 25 Coaches Poll for 12/07/21

USA Today Sports/WBCA NCAA Division I Top 25 Coaches Poll for 12/07/21

The USA Today Sports/WBCA NCAA Division I Top 25 Coaches Poll – 12/07/21 (Week 4) Team records through Sunday’s games are in parentheses. Total points are based on 25 points for first place through one…

USA Today Sports/WBCA NCAA Division I Top 25 Coaches Poll for 11/30/21

USA Today Sports/WBCA NCAA Division I Top 25 Coaches Poll for 11/30/21

The USA Today Sports/WBCA NCAA Division I Top 25 Coaches Poll – 11/30/21 Team records through Sunday’s games are in parentheses. Total points are based on 25 points for first place through one point for…

South Carolina tops USA TODAY Sports/WBCA Preseason Top 25 Coaches Poll

South Carolina tops USA TODAY Sports/WBCA Preseason Top 25 Coaches Poll

(Hoopfeed.com is a member of the USA TODAY Sports Media Group). The USA TODAY Sports women’s basketball coaches poll is conducted weekly throughout the regular season using a panel of head coaches at Division I…

U.S. continues Olympic dynasty, earns 7th consecutive gold with 90-75 win over Japan

U.S. continues Olympic dynasty, earns 7th consecutive gold with 90-75 win over Japan

The U.S. finishes Olympic competition in customary fashion, with the gold. Full Olympic Results Tokyo 2020 Women’s Basketball All-Star Five MVP – Breanna Stewart (USA) Rui Machida (Japan) Emma Meesseman (Belgium) A’ja Wilson (USA) Sandrine…

Sue Bird and Eddy Alvarez selected as flag bearers for Team USA at the Tokyo Olympic Games

Sue Bird and Eddy Alvarez selected as flag bearers for Team USA at the Tokyo Olympic Games

Video courtesy USA Basketball Seattle Storm guard Sue Bird, a four-time Olympic gold medalist, and baseball player Eddy Alvarez, a 2014 Olympic silver medalist in speedskating, were picked as the flag bearers for Team USA…

Team WNBA tops Team USA in All-Star Game

Team WNBA tops Team USA in All-Star Game

Team WNBA defeated Team USA 93-85 in the 2021 WNBA All-Star Game, a special edition of the event that featured All-Stars vs. the USA Senior Women’s National Team. First-time All-Star Arike Ogunbowale (Dallas Wings) helped…

South Carolina releases 2020-21 non-conference schedule

South Carolina releases 2020-21 non-conference schedule

South Carolina announced an eight-game 2020-21 non-conference schedule that includes hosting three contests. The team will also play eight SEC games at home. “Scheduling was more challenging this season, and we appreciate everyone’s patience as…

Tyasha Harris selected as the winner of the 2020 Dawn Staley Award

Tyasha Harris selected as the winner of the 2020 Dawn Staley Award

The Phoenix Club of Philadelphia announced that Tyasha Harris is the 2020 Dawn Staley Award winner. Harris, a senior all-American guard from South Carolina, averaged 12.1 points and 5.7 assists per game this past season.…

Final STI/Hoopfeed Poll of the Season: South Carolina finishes at No. 1, Baylor tumbles

Final STI/Hoopfeed Poll of the Season: South Carolina finishes at No. 1, Baylor tumbles

South Carolina ended the season as the No. 1 team in the nation South Carolina’s press conference after beating Mississippi State in the SEC tournament title game Voting panel || Coach reactions to NCAA tournament…

Brenda Frese enters 18th season at Maryland, expectations high for the Terps

Brenda Frese enters 18th season at Maryland, expectations high for the Terps

College Park, Md. — Brenda Frese isn’t slowing down. She’s leading the Maryland Terrapins for the 18th season and expectations are reasonably high for the 2019-2020 campaign. Last year, success was in her hands, but after…

Louisville’s Asia Durr wins 2019 Dawn Staley Award

Louisville’s Asia Durr wins 2019 Dawn Staley Award

Louisville senior guard Asia Durr is the recipient of the 2019 Dawn Staley Award. “The Dawn Staley Award is given to the most outstanding collegiate guard in the country, a player who exemplifies the skills…

LaChina Robinson is the recipient of the 2018 Dawn Staley Excellence in Broadcasting Award

LaChina Robinson is the recipient of the 2018 Dawn Staley Excellence in Broadcasting Award

LaChina Robinson is the recipient of the 2018 Dawn Staley Excellence in Broadcasting Award the Phoenix Club of Philadelphia announced today. The award was established in 2017 to honor women in broadcasting who have excelled in…

Mississippi State avenges title loss against foe South Carolina to stay undefeated

Mississippi State avenges title loss against foe South Carolina to stay undefeated

FINAL INFOGRAPHIC | @VictoriaVivians played like a QUEEN in tonight’s big game!#HailState pic.twitter.com/DAQqtLaMM8 — Mississippi State WBK (@HailStateWBK) February 6, 2018 STARKVILLE, Miss. – The Mississippi State Bulldogs (24-0, SEC 10-0) avenged their 2017 national…

South Carolina: NCAA denies transfer waiver for Te’a Cooper

South Carolina: NCAA denies transfer waiver for Te’a Cooper

From South Carolina: South Carolina Athletics was informed today by the NCAA that the waiver of the transfer year in residence for Te’a Cooper was denied. Cooper will have two years of eligibility remaining, beginning…

South Carolina: Dawn Staley receives contract extension

After coaching South Carolina to its first national championship, Dawn Staley received a four-year contract extension through 2024-25. This is the second extension for the heralded coach in the last two years. In 2015, the…

Parade Day: South Carolina governor Henry McMaster declares April 9 to be Gamecock Women’s Basketball Day

Watch the Parade (WISTV) South Carolina’s governor Henry McMaster declared Sunday, April 9, 2017 to be Gamecock Women’s Basketball Day in South Carolina. The 2017 NCAA Division I national champions will be honored in Columbia…

Passing the torch with net: Carolyn Peck and Dawn Staley build a tradition

When Dawn Staley succeeds at something in the public eye, you can expect the following. She will always thank God followed by her staff, past and present players, family and supporters of women’s basketball. Plus,…

Dawn Staley coaches South Carolina to first-ever national championship for Gamecocks

Dawn Staley coaches South Carolina to first-ever national championship for Gamecocks

DALLAS – In a sold-out American Airlines Center, three-time Olympian and current U.S. women’s basketball national team coach, Dawn Staley led her squad, the No. 1-seeded South Carolina Gamecocks, to victory over No. 2-seeded Mississippi…

Phenom vs. Master: Dawn Staley and Tara VanDerveer go head-to-head in a Final Four with strong Olympic flavor

Phenom vs. Master: Dawn Staley and Tara VanDerveer go head-to-head in a Final Four with strong Olympic flavor

DALLAS – After beating Florida State in the Elite Eight of this year’s NCAA Tournament, South Carolina’s Dawn Staley described the opportunity to coach in the Final Four along with two former head coaches of…