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In S.F., Marisa Ingemi wrote Stanford’s transition into the ACC “became all the more complicated” Tuesday by women’s basketball coach Tara VanDerveer’s announcement that she is retiring. That plus all the ACC travel that players and coaches alike "already are dreading" means an "extremely difficult period in Stanford...

Caitlin Clark says goodbye to Iowa faithful

Caitlin Clark "got a final chance to say goodbye to Iowa fans" yesterday, and "of course there was a big crowd waiting" to do so. Clark was "honored along with her teammates" in a celebration in front of approximately 8,000 fans at Iowa’s Carver-Hawkeye Arena that commemorated...

UConn partners unveil plans for title celebration

UConn’s corporate sponsors are finalizing activation plans in celebration of the Huskies second consecutive NCAA men’s basketball national championship . A parade celebrating the school’s sixth overall men’s hoops championship is planned for Saturday, beginning at 11:30am ET at the State Capitol Building in...

Florida judge denies ACC’s motion to postpone FSU lawsuit

A Florida judge “denied the ACC's motion” to postpone Florida State's lawsuit against the conference yesterday, as "dueling lawsuits between the two sides continue to move forward," according to Andrea Adelson of the ESPN.com. The decision “comes one week” after a judge in North Carolina ruled the ACC's lawsuit...

Seen and heard around March Madness

The week in Phoenix brought a slew of major powerbrokers to the Final Four. Commissioners Jim Phillips (ACC), Greg Sankey (SEC) and Tony Petitti (Big Ten) all attended Saturday’s games. Fox Sports executive Jordan Bazant was in and around the festivities as well, while NCAA President Charlie Baker...

Why the sports safety experience gap matters

We’re living through a sports safety renaissance. But you wouldn’t know it based on reports that parents are increasingly  keeping their children out of sports  over concerns about injuries. All this as many sports -- from football to baseball to F1 and beyond -- have pioneered countless innovations that...