Posts by Michelle Smith
Michelle Smith has covered women’s basketball nationally for more than three decades. A 2024 inductee into the U.S. Basketball Writer’s Hall of Fame, Smith has worked for ESPN.com, The Athletic, the San Francisco Chronicle, as well as Pac-12.com and WNBA.com. She is the 2017 recipient of the Jake Wade Media Award from the Collegiate Sports Information Directors Association (CoSIDA) and was named the Mel Greenberg Media Award winner by the WBCA in 2019.
Golden State’s 17-point loss is beside the point for a sellout opening-night crowd, but not for the head coach, who knows her team has work to do
Monique Billings: ‘I definitely see culture forming’
The seemingly out-of-left-field pick was anything but for the Valkyries front office in the first WNBA draft.
Golden State has the No. 5, No. 17 and No. 30 picks on Monday.
Gardiner’s play and leadership off the bench is key to Bruins’ success as they get deeper into the NCAA Tournament
Bears will be “aggressive” in the portal starting Monday after first NCAA appearance in six years.
Head coach Heidi VanDerveer representing the family legacy in the NCAA Tournament with the upstart Tritons
North Carolina State, LSU and Baylor fill out the top seeds in Spokane 1.
Connecticut looms as No. 2 seed with Oklahoma and Kentucky as the No. 3 and 4.
Graves: ‘We all thought we were on our way to something special’
