A significant part of the NFL-backed professional flag football league: It will have women's and men's teams. Investors in the league include Joe Montana and Larry Fitzgerald, Billie Jean King and Alex Morgan: www.nfl.com/news/nfl-par...

Read the most popular story on the @wsj.com sports page right now: How a Nobel laureate helped the WNBA negotiate the biggest raise in US sports league history. (gift link) www.wsj.com/economy/wnba...

The UConn women haven’t lost since falling 80-76 to Tennessee in Knoxville on Feb. 6, 2025.

This is a fantastic story - highly recommended.

After Claudia Goldin became the first woman to win a solo Nobel in economics, she got hundreds of invitations. She accepted three. One was advising WNBA players on a labor deal. She helped players land the biggest % raise in US sports history. www.wsj.com/economy/wnba...

This club is playing at other venues, like Mile High, while its own stadium is built. This is also a record crowd for any U.S. women’s professional sports league event:

Imagine there were men's and women's Olympics in separate cities. The NCAA takes its popular basketball championships and forces fans to choose between the women's and men's Final Fours.  What if it held them both in the same place? podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...

A two-car crash caused Woods’s car to roll onto its side. When officers arrived on the scene, Woods demonstrated signs of impairment, a sheriff said.

Especially with the games on staggered days, I think it would be awesome to just have 4 straight days of college basketball in a single city. I went to the Men's FF in '18 and it was such a cool city wide party. Adding 4 more schools would be awesome.

Maybe the outlier but the women’s final four and other big women’s sporting events create a really cool vibe especially in mid sized cities, you get women’s focused podcasts etc. I actually would really not enjoy having to also commingle with the men’s final four crowd plus the jacked up hotels etc

Honestly this is such an obvious thing that it seems crazy they haven't combined the final fours by now. As a basketball fan having the potential to attend 6 high level games in one weekend would be awesome

Imagine there were men's and women's Olympics in separate cities. The NCAA takes its popular basketball championships and forces fans to choose between the women's and men's Final Fours.  What if it held them both in the same place? podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...

Today on Phantom Island: @stevengodfrey.bsky.social interviews @realbachscore.bsky.social on the evolving economies of the men's and women's tournaments and whether they could (or should) host both Final Fours in one city. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...

This just in: Michigan's Syla Swords has a sister named Savvy Swords, who has committed to Kentucky.

NY Daily News went with the “Wizard of Oz” reference for St. John’s tourney win over Kansas

Michigan’s Syla Swords keeping her mask on for halftime interview = baller

Just want to draw college basketball fans’ attention to this matchup in NC State-Michigan

🏀💰 Tonight in the NCAAW tournament, Vanderbilt plays High Point, a school that caters to wealthy families: www.wsj.com/us-news/educ...

Throwback to my favorite NCAA Tournament press conference

On today’s @wsj.com front page: WNBA players getting the biggest raise in U.S. sports history www.wsj.com/sports/baske...

Nneka Ogwumike, president of the WNBA players association’s executive committee, said she hasn't yet counted the number of overnight millionaires the CBA deal created, but “I am looking forward to that stat."

NEW: WNBA players landed a nearly 400% salary increase, the biggest jump in US sports history. Once the new deal is ratified, the *lowest*-paid player this season will make more than the *highest*-paid last year. www.wsj.com/sports/baske...

Five years ago, the @WSJ reported that the NCAA had withheld use of the "March Madness" logo from the women's tournament despite owning the trademark for the men and women. Now, the NCAA lets the women use the powerful brand on courts and broadcasts: www.wsj.com/sports/baske...

🏀 Women’s early-round games are hosted by higher seeds. Fantastic tale about the Hawkeyes and their legendary coach at the time:

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Minnesota’s AD bet on its women’s basketball team. The boys HS state tournament was set to be held at M’s arena this week. But Mark Coyle pushed it back to reserve the venue in case M’s women got an NCAA 4-seed and hosted games. Gophers got their 4-seed. www.startribune.com/gophers-wome...

Looking forward to an NCAA women’s tournament no one could have foreseen 123 years ago (Evening World (NY) newspaper, March 17, 1903) www.loc.gov/resource/sn8...

THE BALL IS TIPPED in the NCAA Women's Tournament! First Four matchups tonight and tomorrow before the 64-team bracket gets underway

Financial advice for your bracket from my @wsj.com colleagues: Don't pick Duke to win the men's tourney. Pick Michigan. Here's why: www.wsj.com/sports/baske...

"The Pub," a print-only newspaper has opened an office in Bucktown as readers embrace the old-school medium. blockclubchi.co/4bKimjv

The National Women's Soccer League is showing what global competition can do for players' salaries. USWNT player Catarina Macario, who had been with Chelsea, reached a five-year, $8M deal with the NWSL's San Diego Wave, via @sportico.bsky.social. www.sportico.com/personalitie...

The number of businesses owned by Black women rose about 13% last year, more than for any other racial group of men or women. Fascinating trend detailed by my @wsj.com colleague Ray Smith: www.wsj.com/business/ent...

Looking forward to an NCAA women’s tournament no one could have foreseen 123 years ago (Evening World (NY) newspaper, March 17, 1903) www.loc.gov/resource/sn8...

Honored to do a stint with the WNBA CBA media stakeout crew

How did Dick’s Sporting Goods get so popular? With a loyalty program irresistible to parents, and an app that gives you (store-credit) money to exercise. Via @bzcohen.bsky.social: www.wsj.com/business/ret...

Fascinating weekend: The NWSL kicked off its 14th season, with at least two players (Sophia Wilson and Trinity Rodman) reportedly earning over $1M a year. WNBA players are in CBA talks ahead of 30th season, seeking their first $1M salaries. Ceiling now is about $250K. www.espn.com/wnba/story/_...

I am so seated for Seated Rivalry

“Liu arrives at an ideal moment in a nation starved for lightness.… America is digesting her like comfort food.” @thompsonscribe.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/athletic/710...

“In fact, he wasn’t even the best scorer in his own household: His girlfriend A’ja Wilson, the four-time MVP of the WNBA, has averaged 21.4 points per game over her career.” On Bam Adebayo’s unlikely 83-Point game: www.wsj.com/sports/baske...

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Well this is awesome

Bronx-born former Knick Rod Strickland now coaches the men’s basketball team at Long Island University, which just qualified for the NCAA tournament.

A 36-year-old high school cross country coach in Jackson, Mich., just won the LA Marathon. Nathan Martin, one of the fastest U.S.-born Black runners, beat Kenyan Michael Kimani Kamau by a fraction of a second. Both ran 2:11:16 on a hot day. Martin was an NAIA champion at Spring Arbor University.

A 36-year-old high school cross country coach in Jackson, Mich., just won the LA Marathon. Nathan Martin, one of the fastest U.S.-born Black runners, beat Kenyan Michael Kimani Kamau by a fraction of a second. Both ran 2:11:16 on a hot day. Martin was an NAIA champion at Spring Arbor University.

If there's media you care about, it's hard to overstate how important it is that you subscribe to it. Ad rates are garbage, and the changes to search mean fewer new folks discovering sites they didn't already visit.

Days before the Super Bowl, prediction markets placed strong odds on Jeff Bezos attending the game. Members of a Miami fraternity -- which counts Bezos' stepson as a member -- bet he wouldn't. Brothers and their friends made returns of more than 30%. www.wsj.com/business/med...

Check out the "Basketball" section of the 1907 Michigan yearbook

At the University of Michigan, women started playing organized basketball before men, according to archives. L-R: Captains of the 1902, '03, '04 and '05 W class teams. First photos for men's interclass teams appear in 1907. 1903 W team. 1909 M team. mgoblue.com/sports/2017/...

Peak air travel moment: You think you’re flying Irish discount airline RyanAir, but you’re actually flying on a leased plane from defunct Austrian airline Lauda, named for founder and F1 driver Niki Lauda

Downhill gold medalist Breezy Johnson still dropping knowledge