U.S. District Judge William M. Conley on Thursday prohibited the NCAA from enforcing its five-year rule for D-I football on Wisconsin redshirt senior Nyzier Fourqurean. Conley wrote that the NCAA using amateurism to justify its eligibility rule in 2025 “rings increasingly hollow with elite college football coaches’ salaries, television ratings and now NIL money for … Read more
Michael VoepelFeb 5, 2025, 08:00 AM ET Close Michael Voepel is a senior writer who covers the WNBA, women’s college basketball and other college sports. Voepel began covering women’s basketball in 1984, and has been with ESPN since 1996. UConn is accustomed to keeping up its level of play during conference season regardless of how … Read more
The marquee MTEs and tournaments of November have long passed, the conference challenges and neutral-site nonconference showdowns of the past few weeks are in the rearview mirror — and it’s almost time to turn the page to the rhythm of full-blown conference play. But not quite yet. The last week of December is always a … Read more
Michael Voepel, ESPN.comDec 23, 2024, 09:00 AM ET Close Michael Voepel is a senior writer who covers the WNBA, women’s college basketball and other college sports. Voepel began covering women’s basketball in 1984, and has been with ESPN since 1996. As we head into the holiday break, there are six teams in this week’s ESPN … Read more
The new AP Top 25 women’s college basketball poll is out. Going into the start of conference play for many squads, the top three teams are the same, with UCLA, South Carolina and Notre Dame holding serve. And after an epic matchup this weekend, USC and UConn swapped places in the top 10. What does … Read more
Michael Voepel, ESPN.comDec 22, 2024, 08:24 PM ET Close Michael Voepel is a senior writer who covers the WNBA, women’s college basketball and other college sports. Voepel began covering women’s basketball in 1984, and has been with ESPN since 1996. LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The Louisville Cardinals had the hometown advantage and won the most emotional … Read more
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — What’s remarkable is not that two women are coaching for the national championship and one will win a title for the first time in the 44 years of NCAA women’s volleyball. It’s remarkable that these women, Katie Schumacher-Cawley and Dani Busboom Kelly, are the two doing it. Because they are the ideal … Read more
Eat your heart out Van Wilder. Bill Belichick is going back to college at the ripe old age of 72. The NFL icon has agreed to take over the North Carolina Tar Heels almost a year after leaving the New England Patriots in January. 2 Belichick is being tasked with turning around a struggling programCredit: … Read more
Bill Belichick may have found his next home. The six-time Super Bowl winning head coach has reportedly found his first coaching role since leaving the New England Patriots, but only if his demands and conditions are to be met. 2 Belichick has been linked with a return to the sidelines, in a shocking twistCredit: Getty … Read more
Wholesale changes around Name, Image and Likeness (NIL) have been a game-changer for student-athletes. Superstar athletes and influencers, from Livvy Dunne to Sheduer Sanders and Arch Manning, can now make millions from their associated brands and endorsements for the very first time in NCAA history. 4 NIL policy changes have made student-athletes like Dunne a … Read more