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After loss to Oregon, should U.S. women's basketball team be worried?
We're still months away from the 2020 Olympic Games, and the U.S. women remain the favorites. But recent exhibitions exposed some concerns.
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30 for 30 podcast
The inside story of the Russian spy who signed Diana Taurasi and Sue Bird
Diana Taurasi and Sue Bird had long heard stories about their team owner's history as a KGB spy and links to organized crime, but Shabtai Kalmanovich's death in 2009 forced them to reckon with his complicated legacy.
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Oregon upsets USA Basketball
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Oregon's Ionescu is espnW's player of the week
Oregon hasn't played a game that counts, but the senior guard's 30 points to help the Ducks knock off Team USA couldn't be overlooked.
Oregon, Ionescu open season of high expectations with epic upset
In beating the U.S. women, the No. 1 Ducks couldn't have picked a better way to launch what could be the most special season in program history.
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WNBA
Laughter Permitted podcast: Tamika Catchings
Tamika Catchings, a WNBA MVP and champion and four-time Olympic gold medalist, explains how she turned a hearing impairment into her "superpower," the influence Pat Summitt had on her life and why Catch the Stars Foundation is her proudest achievement.
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Where do women's college basketball's top prospects need to improve?
For WNBA front offices, there's only one way to look at the NCAA season: player evaluation time for the 2020 WNBA draft.
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Laughter Permitted podcast: Tamika Catchings
Laughter Permitted is live from the Julie Foudy and espnW Sports Leadership Academy in New Jersey with Tamika Catchings, a WNBA MVP and champion and four-time Olympic gold medalist. Catchings explains how she turned a hearing impairment into her "superpower," the influence Pat Summitt had on her life and why Catch the Stars Foundation is her proudest achievement.
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- U.S. women win FIBA qualifier after 48-hour trip
- Bird, Taurasi lead U.S. women past Stanford
- Diggins-Smith vows to 'fight' for WNBA mothers
- WNBA, union extend CBA for 60 days amid talks
- Delle Donne to miss 4 Team USA exhibitions
- Diggins-Smith: Played pregnant; no team support
- Lynx's Sims suspended two games for DWI case
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Mystics' championship season
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Elena Delle Donne, Washington Mystics finally win WNBA title
Washington overcame a long history of mediocrity, and Elena Delle Donne overcame three herniated disks in her back to win the Mystics' first WNBA crown.
Sparks' chaos
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Racial epithets, a star benched and a coach questioned: Inside the L.A. Sparks' chaotic finish
L.A. was hitting its stride but then got swept. Did an obscenity-laced speech by Penny Toler impact Derek Fisher's decision to sit Candace Parker?
