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Six women sit on stage. The woman second from the left holds a microphone in her hand while answering the question she was asked.

If Not For Them showcases decades of women’s basketball history

By Natalie Heavren / May 31, 2023

‘It didn’t just happen that all of a sudden, girls could play in front of TV cameras and have 10 million people watch them in the final’

Locked on Women’s Basketball: Nancy Lieberman is all in on the Dallas Wings

By The Next / April 12, 2023

Howard and Nancy Lieberman chat about her new role as an ambassador, Maddy Siegrist and more

Gail Marquis was destined to move women’s basketball forward

By Kiri Oler / March 24, 2023

‘I understand my role was to keep pushing the game forward’

Women's Professional Basketball League (WBL) Linnell Jones-McKenney accepts a trophy.

How Linnell Jones-McKenney made her hoop dreams come true

By Kiri Oler / February 21, 2023

Jones-McKenney’s story reads like a myth, but she is a legend

Parker to the Aces Preview Thumbnail of Locked on Women's Basketball podcast episode

Locked on Women’s Basketball: Candace Parker to the Las Vegas Aces

By The Next / February 3, 2023

Matthew Walter and Natalie Heavren discuss the flurry of big moves from the Aces. Plus: Kiri Oler joins to chat about her latest story on the WBL’s Lisa Thomas

Lisa Thomas poses with ring and commemorative ball honoring her 2018 Women's Basketball Hall of Fame induction.

How Lisa Thomas grew from well-rounded athlete to well-rounded human

By Kiri Oler / January 27, 2023

Thomas blazed a trail uniquely her own, propping the door open for women in three arenas where the door is too frequently closed

Locked on Women’s Basketball: Anita Ortega’s impact and legacy on and off the court 

By The Next / December 26, 2022

Natalie and Anita Ortega discuss how she got started playing basketball and her time at UCLA — the San Francisco Pioneers

Mary Ashley Groot’s desire to build takes her to Purdue

By Jackie Powell / December 23, 2022

With Groot, the Big Ten will only get more competitive

Billie Moore pictured in a black and white photo wearing a Team USA warm-up jacket as coach of the 1976 U.S. Olympic team.

Remembering Billie Moore, Title IX advocate and icon

By Tee Baker / December 17, 2022

‘She was a quiet [icon]. She led by example. And she always cared for other people’

Nancy Lieberman episode of the Locked on Women's Basketball podcast

Locked on Women’s Basketball: “Lady Magic”

By The Next / November 11, 2022

The legendary Nancy Lieberman joins Natalie Heavren to talk Old Dominion, Title IX and the early stages of professional women’s basketball.