Dawn Staley

LSU’s resounding victory over Iowa in Sunday’s National Championship Game energized an angry national convoy of hoop casuals who have an amorphous beef with women’s college basketball. Think folks are mad about the bastardization of college…

That felt like the March Madness we know and crave. Upsets are fantastic, certainly, and Iowa beating South Carolina was an upset, but only because of the Gamecocks’ perfect 36-0 record and 42-game winning streak overall. This wasn’t David…

It’s only been a few short weeks since Outkick’s David Hookstead blamed some non-existent woke-ism manifesto for the placement of women’s college basketball dominating ESPN.com’s front page. A few weeks before that, Jason Whitlock was…

There’s a big phenomenon when conversing about sports to find the next big thing, or who a younger athlete could become when she or he reaches their potential. Kobe Bryant or LeBron James having a Michael Jordan-like arch dominated…

Whether you call it irony or coincidence, the best team playing during college basketball’s biggest moment during a month that’s dedicated to the history of women makes too much sense. Yes, we all think of the men’s game when we think of…

Dawn Staley wore a crisp Randall Cunningham throwback for South Carolina’s Sunday matchup against LSU before heading over to the Super Bowl.Photo: APDawn Staley had work a few hours before the Super Bowl. Logically, ESPN and the SEC thought…

Image: Getty ImagesChoosing between women’s and men’s sports is a false choice. If you’re a certain blogger for Glenn Beck’s conservative Blaze media, revisionist history can be a comfort zone that vilifies feminism in sports as your woke…

Becky Hammon (right, with Las Vegas Aces owner Mark Davis)Photo: Getty ImagesBecky Hammon and Dawn Staley were literally right there. But, instead of making history by being the first NBA team to hire a woman as their head coach, the…

A’ja Wilson against the Seattle Storm during the third quarter in Game Four of the 2022 WNBA Playoffs semifinals.Image: Getty ImagesCandace Parker’s repeat bid being squashed by the Connecticut Sun in Friday evening’s winner-take-all Game 5…

Dawn of a new era.Image: Getty ImagesYou know those shirts that say, “I am my ancestors’ wildest dream”? That’s what Dawn Staley is.On Sunday night, the leader of South Carolina’s women’s basketball program became the first Black coach —…