Apr 07 South Carolina wins NCAA championship to finish perfect season, defeating Iowa 87-75 By Doug Feinberg, Associated Press Coach Dawn Staley and South Carolina completed their perfect season, ending Caitlin Clark’s historic college career with an 87-75 win over Iowa in the NCAA championship game Sunday. Continue reading
Apr 03 Iowa’s victory over LSU is the most-watched women’s college basketball game on record By Joe Reedy, Associated Press It was one of the most-viewed games in any sport other than NFL football over the past year. The previous biggest audience for women's college basketball was the 1983 national title game between Southern California and Louisiana Tech. Continue reading
Mar 14 Majority of Americans are against college athletes joining unions, AP-NORC survey says By Ralph D. Russo, Linley Sanders, Associated Press The survey found that 55% of adults believe NCAA athletes should not be permitted to form unions that would led to collective bargaining with schools. Continue reading
Jan 22 Watch 6:52 Tara VanDerveer’s journey to become college basketball’s winningest coach By Amna Nawaz, Karina Cuevas Stanford women’s head coach Tara VanDerveer made history as the winningest coach in college basketball history, surpassing former Duke men's head coach Mike Krzyzewski. VanDerveer has won 1,203 games, won three national championships, led the U.S. team to Olympic gold… Continue watching
Jan 09 Watch 7:28 How women’s sports are breaking through and scoring big wins with mainstream audiences By Stephanie Sy, Mary Fecteau The NCAA announced a new eight-year broadcast deal with ESPN for over $900 million with women’s college sports making up the bulk of the deal. While women’s athletics have traditionally been on the sidelines of sports media, in recent years,… Continue watching
Jan 08 Watch 7:01 How money is changing the landscape of college sports By Stephanie Sy, Courtney Norris College football will have a new national champion Monday night after Michigan takes on Washington in Houston. Both are undefeated and aiming to win their first national title since the '90s. But this championship game is the end of an… Continue watching
Nov 23 Watch 6:26 Youngest NCAA Division I coach leads Tar Heels to field hockey national championship By Amna Nawaz, Courtney Norris The youngest coach in NCAA Division I sports this year just took home a national championship. Amna Nawaz spoke with 23-year-old Erin Matson, the rookie head coach of the North Carolina Tar Heels field hockey team, about the victory that… Continue watching
Nov 11 Michigan plays Penn State without coach Harbaugh after no ruling to lift Big 10’s ban By Ralph D. Russo, Associated Press No. 2 Michigan was without coach Jim Harbaugh on Saturday against No. 9 Penn State after a judge did not issue a ruling on the school’s attempt to at least temporarily lift the Big Ten’s penalty against the Wolverines for… Continue reading
Oct 17 Watch 3:36 News Wrap: Belgian police kill Tunisian man accused in deadly Brussels shooting In our news wrap Tuesday, police in Brussels killed a Tunisian man accused of gunning down two Swedish soccer fans on Monday, Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in China to visit a top ally in his war against Ukraine, the… Continue watching
Oct 17 WATCH: Senate hearing on NCAA and student athletes profiting from ‘name, image or likeness’ By Associated Press The Senate Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing on the NCAA, the future of college sports and aand student athletes profiting from 'name, image or likeness' deals. Continue reading