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🏀 GOAT vs. Rook
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The party’s just starting for the 2024 WNBA Draftees as the season tip-off approaches
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With league enthusiasm (and lewks) at an all-time high, what comes next for the W’s newbies?
April 17, 2024
🏀 Live from New York, it’s Monday night!
Tonight’s 2024 WNBA Draft welcomes the NCAA’s best women’s basketball players to the pros
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Roll out the Orange Carpet, because the NCAA’s best women’s basketball players turn pro tonight at the 2024 WNBA Draft
April 14, 2024
🏀 Royal blue
UConn makes its case for blue blood status with second consecutive NCAA men’s basketball championship
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After Monday’s 75–60 dub over fellow No. 1–seed Purdue, Naismith Coach of the Year Dan Hurley’s UConn Huskies became the first back-to-back national champions in 17 years, reigniting an internet debate: Are the Huskies now officially a blue blood?
April 10, 2024
🏆 Everybody’s hands go up
No. 1 South Carolina women’s basketball goes undefeated to win NCAA title
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After graduating all five of last year’s starters, No. 1 South Carolina women's basketball went a perfect 38-0 to win their second NCAA title in the last three seasons and third in program history.
April 08, 2024
🏀 The last dance
No. 1 UConn faces No. 1 Purdue in tonight’s men’s March Madness finale
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Two highly-decorated No. 1 seeds, the UConn Huskies and Purdue Boilermakers, will duke it out for the national trophy tonight at 9:20 p.m. ET on TBS.
April 08, 2024
🏀 This is what you came for
Today's women's Final Four is packed with star power
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Record-setting viewership, stunning starpower, and a whole lot of hoopla later, the women’s March Madness tournament culminates this weekend. First up, tonight’s stacked Final Four lineup, with two spots in Sunday’s 3 p.m. ET championship game on the line.
April 05, 2024
🏀 Two Davids, two Goliaths
The men’s Final Four features two No. 1–seeds and two underdogs
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The men’s Final Four start their semifinal dance tomorrow on TBS, and both blockbuster matchups feature powerhouse programs vs. scrappy underdogs.
April 05, 2024
🏀 Best day ever
College
Women’s Elite Eight and Final Four by the numbers
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April 03, 2024
The women’s and men’s Final Fours are officially set, but before they tip off this weekend, let’s take a look at a few of the gals’ recent history-making stats.
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Reggie Bush’s Heisman trophy, Larry Nassar settlements & a 2024 NFL Draft preview

April 25, 2024
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Reggie Bush’s Heisman trophy, Larry Nassar settlements & a 2024 NFL Draft preview

Hello!

Content warning: Today’s episode contains mention of sexual assault and abuse.

On today’s episode of The GIST of It, co-hosts Ellen Hyslop and Steph Rotz round up some major mid-week headlines in a three-part deep dive. First up, El and Steph discuss football star Reggie Bush’s historic Heisman Trophy reinstatement and what it says about the transforming college sports landscape.

Then in part two, the gals discuss the multimillion dollar Department of Justice settlement reached this week for the survivors of disgraced Team USA gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar, a settlement stemming from the FBI’s negligence.

And to round it out, El and Steph kick it back to the football field for an NFL Draft preview before the first names are called on Thursday night.

Thank you to Aflac for supporting today’s episode! Just like The GIST tackles the gap in women’s sports coverage, Aflac closes the gap that health insurance leaves behind. Learn more at aflac.com.

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🏀 Hunting for Easter eggs and Elite Eight berths
The NCAA women’s basketball Sweet 16 is must-see TV
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The women’s Sweet 16 tips off with four games today before another four tomorrow, and either team could win in every one of these must-watch matchups…but a few look especially unpredictable.
March 29, 2024
🏀 The best defense is a blistering offense
The first half of the men’s Sweet 16 was an offensive firestorm
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Last night’s Sweet 16 games decided the first four Elite Eight teams decided the first four Elite Eight teams, and tonight’s matchups will determine the other four who’ll advance.
March 29, 2024
🏀 It’s their chance to shine
The NCAA men’s basketball Sweet 16 tips off with four massive matchups tomorrow
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The men’s Sweet 16 tips off with a tantalizing four-game slate tomorrow. Saving you from two whole days without NCAA basketball? The survivors of the East and West regions.
March 27, 2024
🥇 No surprises here
The four finalists for the women’s basketball Naismith Award dropped yesterday
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Caitlin Clark, Cameron Brink, Paige Bueckers, and JuJu Watkins are the four finalists for the women's Naismith Award, one of college basketball's most prestigious honors.
March 27, 2024
🏀 Swish, swish
The second round of women’s March Madness serves up serious upsets
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The first round of the women’s tourney went mostly as expected, but the second round served up some serious surprises yesterday as the first eight teams secured Sweet 16 berths.
March 25, 2024
🏀 How sweet it is
The NCAA men’s basketball tournament’s Sweet 16 is set
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After last night’s second-round finale, the men’s Sweet 16 is officially set for Thursday’s tip-off — and despite a tumultuous first round (and the sport’s recent, sharp rise in parity), this year’s crop contains mostly familiar faces.
March 25, 2024
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