Hello, I wrote about the Rockets again
Reed Sheppard opened up about the mental side of his game and how it’s helped him flourish in his second NBA season: www.usatoday.com/story/sports...
No, I don’t think the location mattered
No issue with the question or answer. Multiple things can be true:
- The basketball dynamic between teammates who are romantically involved is newsworthy
- The question could've been asked in a different setting (1-on-1)
- There are distinct considerations for heterosexual vs. queer relationships
I would watch paint dry if Kevin Harlan was calling it
Hello, I wrote about the Rockets again
Reed Sheppard opened up about the mental side of his game and how it’s helped him flourish in his second NBA season: www.usatoday.com/story/sports...
Update from the Sixers, that Embiid's surgery has been completed and deemed successful.
Lindsey Vonn needs one more surgery following the horrific crash that ended her Olympics return in 2026.
She details her post-Games whirlwind. ⤵️
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📍Phoenix
National Championship game.
UCLA. South Carolina. For all the glory.
Chris, I tried to send you an email through the contact form on your website the other day. Can you please email me dlerner@usatodayco.com? I'd like to run something by you.
“I think the city has been hungry for this, you know?”
“We have a home for our trophies, we have a home for our legends.”
Caught up with the Houston Comets Big Three – Cynthia Cooper, Sheryl Swoopes and Tina Thompson – about the team’s impending return:
UConn is headed back to the Final Four. Leading the way is Sarah Strong, the Huskies' latest superstar who very seldom lets her mask slip.
Read her story in print today or online here: www.usatoday.com/story/sports...
Imagine telling an 11-year-old girl she can’t compete b/c she has a condition called DSD. Or making accepting discrimination the price all women must pay to compete.
When people say transphobia hurts all women, this is what is meant. And the IOC did it willingly.
The Chicago Bulls waived Jaden Ivey for “conduct detrimental to the team” after the guard made anti-LGBT comments in one of several religious rants on Instagram live this week.
Developing story here:
Vic Schaefer and Texas are going back to the Final Four after blowing out Michigan 77-41 in the Elite Eight.
“I think he’s evolved a lot as an offensive coach,” Texas associate head coach Elena Lovato told me last week about Schaefer.
Two bylines by yours truly on today's @usatodaysports.usatoday.com print front.
- On Vic Schaefer, whose Longhorns play in the Elite Eight tonight: www.usatoday.com/story/sports...
- On Illinois star freshman Keaton Wagler: www.usatoday.com/story/sports...
Keaton Wagler was an unheralded recruit. Now, he has Illinois in the Final Four.
“He always adapts, adjusts to anything that’s in front of him. He’s such a big guy, really, most important player to us. When he adjusts like that we all follow him.”
www.usatoday.com/story/sports...
From the buzzer malfunction during the Iowa-Illinois Elite Eight game in Houston, an unlikely hero emerges.
Meet Kevin Johnson, aka Air Horn Guy: www.usatoday.com/story/sports...
Illinois is one of the top rebounding teams in the country for the third straight season. During the Illini’s Elite Eight run, two freshmen are leading the way on the boards.
“I think the secret sauce is just, it’s something you emphasize every single day.”
www.usatoday.com/story/sports...
“Two people familiar with the sale of the Sun told USA TODAY Sports that an official announcement is expected to come Monday, March 30.”
Two seasons ago, Ben McCollum was coaching D2 hoops (and winning titles). The first-year Iowa coach hasn’t changed how he operates since then.
With a broken marker and unbreakable resolve, McCollum and the Hawkeyes keep on dancing into the Elite Eight: www.usatoday.com/story/sports...
“Since the IOC began allowing the participation of transgender athletes in 2004, only one openly transgender woman has competed at the Olympics, a weightlifter from New Zealand who did not make it past her opening round of competition at the Tokyo Games.”
One.
Few accolades have eluded Texas Longhorns head coach Vic Schaefer during his career. Is a national title finally within reach?
“I think doing it for him is another reason we go so hard,” Texas guard Rori Harmon said.
“With this team, how special they are, they're good enough,” Schaefer said.
Basement battles, twin fistfights seeded the Nebraska Huskers’ Hoiberg-led rennaissance www.usatoday.com/story/sports...
After last year's Final Four defeat, the Texas Longhorns are marching into the Sweet 16 with an edge.
“The edge comes from Rori Harmon,” Vic Schaefer said. “She isn’t ready for it to be over.”
How Harmon became the glue of the Longhorns' program: www.usatoday.com/story/sports...
In the last 5 seasons, Rori Harmon has become the heart and soul of Texas women’s basketball – not just because of what she does on the court, but because of who she is off it.
“I’m not afraid to fail because I know there’s plenty of opportunities to try again and do better.”
On Rori’s last rodeo:
In the last 5 seasons, Rori Harmon has become the heart and soul of Texas women’s basketball – not just because of what she does on the court, but because of who she is off it.
“I’m not afraid to fail because I know there’s plenty of opportunities to try again and do better.”
On Rori’s last rodeo:
A pit that was too shallow. An old, damaged floor. No A/C.
Iowa State coaches and gymnasts from the last 20 years describe outdated, unsafe facilities – conditions they believe show ISU’s lack of commitment to gymnastics way before the program was cut.
www.usatoday.com/story/sports...
How am I supposed to sleep after watching the finishes of Iowa-Florida and TCU-Washington???? Two electrifying games in the second rounds of the men's and women's NCAA Tournaments.
Vic Schaefer on Madison Booker's 40-point performance: “That’s what an All-American does, but man she was in the zone today.”
Schaefer showed us he keeps two play cards in his pocket; the smaller of the two has 50 different plays on it. The majority are for Booker.
