Satou Sabally undergoes shoulder procedure, no timeline set for return
2023 Most Improved Player Satou Sabally underwent a shoulder procedure on Feb. 20, the Dallas Wings announced. She sustained the injury during the Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Brazil while...
View ArticleAthletes Unlimited pens multi-year extension with ESPN
Athletes Unlimited Pro Basketball (AU) signed a multi-year renewal of ESPN’s rights agreements. The deal, building on previous pacts between ESPN and AU, will include all four Athletes Unlimited Sports...
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The Weekly Fast Break: Prepare to be the best
Legendary Alabama football coach Bear Bryant once said “it is not the will to win that matters – everyone has that. It’s the will to prepare to win that matters.” For many of us, we could most likely...
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Who will win Ivy League Player and Rookie of the Year this season?
Last season, Princeton guard Kaitlyn Chen found out she’d won Ivy League Player of the Year in a team meeting. Her teammates swarmed her, but she curled up in a ball. “She just wants to celebrate...
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Napheesa Collier reflects on Team USA’s Olympic qualifiers
By all accounts, 2023 was a banner year for Minnesota Lynx star Napheesa Collier. The former UConn star not only returned to full strength after missing nearly all of the 2022 season following the...
View ArticleLocked on Women’s Basketball: Jess Smith talks WNBA Golden State, Steph Curry...
For Jess Smith, the path to the presidency for WNBA Golden State has been a fascinating one. With history in MLB, NHL and more, she took a chance and joined Angel City FC of the NWSL, helping to create...
View ArticleBrianna Turner and Diamond DeShields are excited to build with Chicago Sky
Since winning the WNBA championship in 2021, the Chicago Sky have experienced a few road bumps. Candace Parker, Courtney Vandersloot, and Allie Quigley have all departed, and former head coach and...
View ArticleQ&A: Meghan McKeown talks Big Ten regular season storylines, looks ahead to...
As the Big Ten regular season approaches its final week-and-a-half, The Next caught up with Meghan McKeown, someone who’s watched more Big Ten games in person than most, as a broadcaster for Big Ten...
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‘She’s here, she’s ready’: What Millie Prior has brought to Davidson this season
When 6′ 10-year-old Millie Prior scored an own goal in soccer — and celebrated it — her father decided it was time for her to switch sports. Spencer Prior, who played soccer professionally in England...
View ArticleLocked On Women’s Basketball: Sabrina Ionescu’s body double reacts to Steph...
On today’s episode of Locked On Women’s Basketball, college basketball analyst Edona Thaqi joins host Gigi Speer to break down the three-point shooting contest between Sabrina Ionescu and Stephen Curry...
View ArticleMichaela Onyenwere and Lindsay Allen look forward to playing under the Sky’s...
The Chicago Sky have been very active the 2024 free agency — igniting a transitional period that many are referring to as a rebuild. They traded Kahleah Copper and Morgan Bertsch for Michaela...
View ArticleLocked On Women’s Basketball: Who is making a splash in the Ivy League?
With just three weeks until the Ivy League Tournament, The Next’s Ivy League beat reporter Jenn Hatfield joins Natalie Heavren to talk all about the Ancient Eight. The pair discuss the Player and...
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How the New York Liberty re-tooled their bench during free agency
The start to 2024 hasn’t been as dramatic for the New York Liberty as these winter months were just a year ago. There haven’t been giant press conferences with new players flexing their best New York...
View ArticleIn a rough season for Illinois, glimmers of hope have reemerged
Shauna Green has been a college basketball coach for eight seasons. None have been more challenging than this one at Illinois. Last year, she took Illinois — one of the worst Power Five programs in...
View ArticleLocked On Women’s Basketball: Osborne, Correa provide potential second-round...
In a new episode of Locked On Women’s Basketball, Hunter Cruse, Em Adler and Lincoln Shafer discuss more WNBA prospects! They discuss why UCLA’s Charisma Osborne and Florida’s Leilani Correa could be...
View ArticleConference title check-ins: Why Stanford’s collapse against Arizona could...
Just eight days remain in the regular season — or most prominent conferences’ seasons, anyway. Most have their regular season conference champions just about wrapped up. Others are the Big 12, which...
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What Columbia’s win over Princeton showed about the Lions’ team and program
In September, Columbia head coach Megan Griffith told her players that they would become the best team in program history by the end of the season. It seemed like an audacious claim, given both what...
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How international prospects will shape 2024 WNBA Draft
22 years. That’s how long it’s been since an international prospect was selected with the No. 1 pick in the WNBA Draft. Though there’s no Lauren Jackson in the 2024 draft, talent outside of the United...
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A 6’2 shooter? How Olivia Pollerd became Santa Clara’s 3-point sniper
When people are asked who the best shooters in women’s college basketball this year are, there are a few names that immediately pop into people’s mind. Caitlin Clark leads the list, but Te-Hina Paopao,...
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How New Mexico became a surprise team in the Mountain West this season
New Mexico came into this season minus its top three scorers and picked to finish in sixth place in the Mountain West Conference. Yet, the Lobos have hovered around the top of the league’s standings...
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