• WATCH: President Biden cheers the Las Vegas Aces and women's basketball

    WATCH: President Biden cheers the Las Vegas Aces and women's basketball

    May 09, 2024 10:35 PM EDT

    WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden welcomed the reigning WNBA champions, the Las Vegas Aces, to the White House on Thursday, celebrating what he called a “banner year” for women’s basketball. Watch the event in the player above. “It matters to girls and women, finally seeing themselves represented,” Biden said ...

  • Can women's college basketball sustain its historic rise in viewership?

    Can women's college basketball sustain its historic rise in viewership?

    Apr 03, 2024 10:20 PM EDT

    ... team won the national championship last year. And she got very emotional talking about it Monday night in the postgame news conference. Angel Reese (LSU Basketball Player): I have been through so much. I have seen so much. I have been attacked so many times, death threats. I have been ...

  • Iowa's victory over LSU is the most-watched women's college basketball game on record

    Iowa's victory over LSU is the most-watched women's college basketball game on record

    Apr 03, 2024 07:54 PM EDT

    ... great Cheryl Miller in that game, which the Trojans won 64-58. WATCH: LeBron James, Caitlin Clark break all-time records in NBA and NCAA basketball It was also the most-watched men’s or women’s college basketball game ever on ESPN, more than doubling the prior largest audience ...

  • LeBron James, Caitlin Clark break all-time records in NBA and NCAA basketball

    LeBron James, Caitlin Clark break all-time records in NBA and NCAA basketball

    Mar 03, 2024 10:30 PM EDT

    ... this the stepping stones in our nation's history and culture as we look at the advancement of women in sports, in a male domain basketball, it's pretty much been a guy's club, in the sense of we talked about, you know, we don't use the adjective ...

  • Lefty Driesell, fiery college basketball coach who put Maryland on the map, dies at 92

    Lefty Driesell, fiery college basketball coach who put Maryland on the map, dies at 92

    Feb 17, 2024 06:00 PM EDT

    “Lefty’s team that year,” Krzyzewski said, “was probably as good as 20 national champions.” Born on Christmas Day in 1931, Charles Grice Driesell grew up in Norfolk, Virginia. He was a star basketball player for Granby High in Norfolk before attending Duke. After working at the Ford Motor ...

  • Iowa phenom Caitlin Clark breaks NCAA women’s basketball record for career points

    Iowa phenom Caitlin Clark breaks NCAA women’s basketball record for career points

    Feb 16, 2024 11:15 PM EDT

    Amna Nawaz: ... and for the history of the sport. Caitlin Clark: There's been so many people that have come before me and lay such a great foundation for women's basketball, and that has to be celebrated too. Amna Nawaz: That includes Kansas star Lynette Woodard, who holds the ...

  • Tara VanDerveer's journey to become college basketball's winningest coach

    Tara VanDerveer's journey to become college basketball's winningest coach

    Jan 22, 2024 11:53 PM EDT

    ... conjunction with everything else, all these pieces of the puzzle coming together to show us just how much the country has fallen in love with basketball and with women's basketball and these wonderful women's stars that we have watched literally grow up in our neighborhoods. Amna Nawaz: It ...

  • Stanford's Tara VanDerveer becomes winningest college basketball coach

    Stanford's Tara VanDerveer becomes winningest college basketball coach

    Jan 22, 2024 01:10 AM EDT

    “This is a tremendous accomplishment for Tara VanDerveer, who is already one of the most accomplished coaches in the history of basketball,” Krzyzewski said in a statement. “This is yet another milestone to add to an amazing legacy. More important than all the astounding numbers and career accomplishments, she ...

  • The controversial legacy of Hall of Fame college basketball coach Bob Knight

    The controversial legacy of Hall of Fame college basketball coach Bob Knight

    Nov 02, 2023 10:30 PM EDT

    Legendary basketball coach Bob Knight died Wednesday at the age of 83. He was known as much for his courtside tantrums as for his teams’ more than 900 wins and three NCAA national championships. John Yang discussed the complicated and polarizing Knight with Kevin Blackistone.

  • Steph Curry on his remarkable basketball career and new documentary 'Underrated'

    Steph Curry on his remarkable basketball career and new documentary 'Underrated'

    Jul 25, 2023 10:25 PM EDT

    Geoff Bennett: Steph Curry, your legacy is still being written. How do you want people to view your contribution to the game of basketball? Steph Curry: I still feel like I -- I'm in the prime of my career, in a sense of what I'm able to accomplish. Announcer ...