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With conference tourney champs crowned and the NCAA bracket finalized, 64 Division I (DI) teams now know their path to June’s eight-squad Women’s College World Series.

May 13, 2024

🏀 Call the amateurs and cut ’em from the team

Roster cuts loom for former NCAA stars on WNBA decision day

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The WNBA season starts tomorrow, and teams must finalize their rosters today…meaning at least six squads must make brutal cuts to reach the league maximum of 12 rostered players.

May 13, 2024

Northwestern’s Izzy Scane will make history in the NCAA women’s lacrosse tourney this weekend

No. 1 Northwestern’s sixth-year attacker Izzy Scane is the women’s lacrosse moment, and as the national tourney kicks off today, she’s proving why.

May 10, 2024

NCAA softball conference tournaments are delivering jaw-dropping plays and extra-inning thrillers

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With automatic bids to the national tournament on the line, the girlies are stuffing your feed with web gems, walk-offs, and extra-inning barnburners.

May 10, 2024

NCAA softball conference tournaments promise midweek mega-battles

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Most softball conference tournaments step up to the plate today

May 08, 2024

A college football players’ group wants to bargain with the NCAA without becoming employees

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On Monday, the College Football Players Association (CFBPA) joined the student-athlete compensation movement by proposing that players be allowed to collectively bargain with their schools, conferences, and the NCAA — without becoming official employees.

May 08, 2024

UCLA and USC win respective NCAA men’s volleyball and beach volleyball national championships

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If this natty round-up feels familiar, it’s because two teams bagged back-to-back ’ships this weekend.

May 06, 2024

College

Upsets rattled NCAA softball’s final regular-season weekend

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May 06, 2024

Still stunned by the regular season’s last weekend? Same. The girlies closed things out with some diamond-level chaos, making fans even more excited for the upcoming postseason.

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The GIST of It Podcast

Ep #366

A WNBA season preview

May 14, 2024

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Merry WNBA season start!

It’s all hoops, all the time on today’s episode of The GIST of It as co-hosts Ellen Hyslop and Steph Rotz preview everything you need to know before the new WNBA season tips off tonight. From the league’s off-court moves to the teams and players to keep an eye on, El and Steph are here to help you prepare for the most anticipated W season…ever.

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