After a few days of observing an embarrassment of gender inequities between the men’s and women’s NCAA basketball tournaments, fully displayed on social media by many female college players, Northwestern guard Veronica Burton thought back to her early playing days.
If the NCAA, the national governing body of college sports, is being accused of a failure to notice how the sport of women's basketball is being treated shabbily at the very moment all aspects of the sport should be celebrated, that's a failure of leadership.
Baylor coach Kim Mulkey thinks the NCAA should do away with COVID-19 testing for the Final Four and implied Monday night that players should be able to participate in those games even if they're infected with the coronavirus.
NCAA President Mark Emmert said Wednesday that the association “dropped the ball in supporting our women’s athletes” following reports of disparities with amenities and branding between the men and women’s NCAA basketball tournaments.
As it turned out, Kim Mulkey needn’t have worried. The NCAA was able to to continue COVID-19 testing right to the end and finish a safe, successful tournament.
Megan Rapinoe, the outspoken star of the U.S. women’s soccer team, called Warriors forward Draymond Green an “ass” for his recent comments about women athletes’ complaints.
The breakaway dunks, no-look passes and long-range 3-pointers were replaced by players taking charges, hustling on defense and attempting to win at all costs during a WNBA All-Star Game unlike any other.
Accusations of abuse and racial insensitivity by former Florida women’s basketball coach Cam Newbauer surfaced Monday during a report by The Independent Florida Alligator.