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.

At Stanford, Kate Paye is retooling a titan

November 10, 2024

Balanced Stanford off to a strong 3-0 start thanks to a 3-point barrage

Pac-12 moves open the door to possibilities

September 15, 2024

Bold moves breathes new life into Conference of Champions

Golden State WNBA gets its GM: Ohemaa Nyanin

May 6, 2024

She will be a very familiar face to many players across the league

Oregon State’s exodus is hard to watch

April 15, 2024

Eight players have entered the transfer portal

Tara VanDerveer passes the Stanford torch to Kate Paye in emotional press conference

April 11, 2024

VanDerveer: ‘I just felt I’m ready’

Tara VanDerveer’s sudden retirement from Stanford reverberates

April 10, 2024

VanDerveer spoke to The Next on Tuesday about why this was the right time

Togethxr creates community with popular events around NCAA Tournament

April 8, 2024

It’s one thing for a team, league, or tournament to be able to sell tickets and generate excitement. It is an entirely different thing to offer experiences and events that add to the excitement and buzz of an event

Caitlin Clark is ready for what’s next

April 7, 2024

She’s gone from the Iowa girl who began her career quietly in the COVID-19 era, with livestreams showing the Hawkeyes’ games on weekday afternoons, to the reason that close to 20 million people will likely have tuned in Sunday to watch her final college game

Fifth-year senior Kate Martin cements her legacy at Iowa

April 6, 2024

Caitlin Clark: ‘She embodies Iowa women’s basketball in every single thing she does’

Te-Hina Paopao is living every transfer’s dream

April 6, 2024

From the transfer portal to the NCAA Championship Game in one year