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The WNBA playoffs are set to begin on September 14, and 8 of the league’s 13 teams will face off in a best-of-three series. Starting this year, first-round games will be played in a home-away-home format, meaning that the lower-seeded team is guaranteed to get at least one game in front of their home crowd.

Lindsay Gottlieb has done it again. For the third time in four years, the USC coach has landed the No. 1 ranked women’s basketball recruit in the nation. In 2023, she signed JuJu Watkins — now the reigning national player of the year. This season, she’s bringing in top 2025 recruit Jazzy Davidson. And in

South Carolina’s women’s basketball team will head into this season without one of its key players. Ashlyn Watkins announced on Instagram that she is “going to take some time off” and will be back for the 2026-27 season. While Watkins didn’t play much last season — missing time because of a suspension and then suffering

It’s been a special year for the Golden State Valkyries, who currently sit just one game out of the playoff race and have exceeded expectations in their franchise’s inaugural season. But on Friday, the team announced some devastating news: Kayla Thornton, the team’s leading scorer and rebounder, is out for the remainder of the season

Lottie Woad is making her professional debut this week and if it is anything like her amateur career then we are in for quite the treat. It would seem that this is the case, at least two rounds into the Scottish Open. Lottie was paired with Nelly Korda and Charley Hull for the opening rounds

Daniel Cormier has cleared the air on Jon Jones’ latest social media rant. Over the weekend, retired two-division UFC champion Jon Jones went on a tirade towards Daniel Cormier after his biggest rival made an appearance on the UFC 318 weigh-in show. On the show, Cormier was asked if he could fight anyone, anywhere, who

The ball is in Charles Oliveira’s court after an offer from a top lightweight contender. It’s nearly been a month since Ilia Topuria emerged the new UFC Lightweight Champion of the world. Topuria took the vacant throne with a brutal first-round knockout of beloved former champ Charles Oliveira at UFC 317. The loss to Topuria

Paddy Pimblett believes no fight can be bigger than his shot at Ilia Topuria’s lightweight title, particularly after Jon Jones’ retirement. The fast-rising Scouser announced himself as a serious contender with a vicious beatdown of Michael Chandler back at UFC 314 in April. He is now arguably one fight away – if even that –

Robert Whittaker vs. Reinier de Ridder is one of the biggest middleweight fights of the year. Former UFC Champion Robert Whittaker meets former ONE two-division champion Reinier de Ridder in the headliner of UFC Abu Dhabi on Saturday. This marks de Ridder’s first main event in the UFC. The Netherlands’ De Ridder (20-2) signed to

Fight news is coming soon for Umar Nurmagomedov. Cousin of the legendary lightweight Khabib Nurmagomedov, the #2-ranked UFC Bantamweight contender fell just short of the world title in his fight against champion Merab Dvalishvili at UFC 311 in January. The undefeated Nurmagomedov gave Dvalishvili one of the toughest challenges of his career, winning the first