Welcome to GOAT Week on SI TV: SI Photos and How to Watch Our Celebration of the Best Athletes Every night this week we’ll be celebrating the best athletes of all time on SI TV. Sports Illustrated · Oct 5
Geno Auriemma on UConn’s basketball dynasty: ‘We’ve tried for 40 years to empower women’ The 12-time national title-winning coach discusses UConn’s rise, his bond with Paige Bueckers, the Pat Summitt rivalry and why he isn’t retiring just yet The Guardian - US · Aug 17
‘Everyone in Nashville is a Vandy fan’: how Shea Ralph sparked a women’s basketball revival in Music City Shaped by two coaching legends in Pat Summitt and Geno Auriemma, Ralph has Vanderbilt poised to make an NCAA Tournament run The Guardian - US · Mar 17
Kim Caldwell Believes in Her Unconventional Basketball Style—And So Does Tennessee Up tempo. Aggressive press. Hockey-style subs. This isn’t Pat Summitt’s Tennessee anymore. Sports Illustrated · Nov 19, 2025
Athletes bring colleges prestige and money. What are they owed when they graduate? Former sports stars can often feel forgotten after their college days are over. Some are taking the matter into their own hands The Guardian - US · Apr 9, 2025
Kim Caldwell’s Way Is Working at Tennessee After a trip to the Sweet 16 in her first year as the Volunteers’ coach, Caldwell has proved any skeptical fans wrong about where her program is headed. Sports Illustrated · Mar 30, 2025
When Is the Last Time the USC Trojans Won the Women’s NCAA Tournament? Cheryl Miller led USC to back-to-back national championships. Sports Illustrated · Mar 14, 2025
Nashville Group Led By Haslam Bids For WNBA Franchise Nashville's bid for a WNBA team, the Tennessee Summitt, led by NHL chairman and notable figures, aims to empower women through sports opportunities in Tenn... Top News · Jan 30, 2025
How a 16th WNBA team in Nashville could happen by 2028 (Candace Parker!) Here’s why Nashville could be a viable city for expansion. USA Today Sports Media Group · Jan 30, 2025
Nashville bids for WNBA franchise with Candace Parker and Peyton Manning among investors The chairman of the NHL’s Nashville Predators and his wife want to bring the WNBA to Music City and have teamed up with a star-filled investor group including Candace Parker, Pro Football Hall of Fame quarterback Peyton Manning and entertainers Tim McGraw and Faith Hill The Independent UK · Jan 30, 2025
NHL Owner Announces Bid for Nashville WNBA Team, With Name Honoring Pat Summitt The Music City hopes to join Golden State, Portland and Toronto by adding a new WNBA franchise. Sports Illustrated · Jan 30, 2025
Lady Vols coach Kim Caldwell about to experience another 1st with her baby due any day Being a private person from a small town is why Kim Caldwell keeps her business to herself The Independent UK · Jan 15, 2025
Cierra Burdick: 5 facts about the veteran for the USA 3×3 women’s basketball team at the Olympics Cierra Burdick might not be a WNBA player, but she played for Pat Summitt and has a long history with 3x3 basketball. USA Today Sports Media Group · Jul 15, 2024
Maga darling or woke warrior? Kim Mulkey probably doesn’t care The LSU coach is one of the most polarizing figures in sports. But her true focus, and first love, has always been basketball The Guardian - US · Apr 4, 2024
Top News · Mar 23, 2024 Coaches Return To Alma Maters For NCAA Tournament Former players turned coaches lead alma mater teams in NCAA Tournament, showcasing personal history and professional achievements.
Sports Illustrated · Dec 12, 2023 The Story Behind ‘Under Pressure,’ Netflix’s USWNT Women’s World Cup Documentary U.S. forward Lynn Williams and director Rebecca Gitlitz explore the making of the sports docuseries, the shocking penalty-shootout loss to Sweden and more.
Sports Illustrated · Dec 7, 2023 South Carolina’s Dawn Staley Draws on Past Women’s Basketball Coaching Greats to Explain Scheduling Mid-Majors The Gamecocks coach shared how her forebears taught her to pay it forward.
USA Today Sports Media Group · Nov 10, 2023 The last time each preseason Top 25 women’s basketball team won a national title It's been a long drought for USC, which hasn't won a national title since the days of Cheryl Miller in the 1980s.
Chicago Sun-Times · Jul 8, 2023 Olympic gold medalist, member of Sky’s inaugural team Nikki McCray-Penson dies at 51 McCray-Penson was inducted into the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame in 2012. She played 11 games for the Sky in 2006.
Tribune News Service · Jun 13, 2023 Mac Engel: Heading to Omaha, TCU’s Kirk Saarloos has moved out of his predecessor’s shadow FORT WORTH, Texas — As the mob of young men celebrated their trip to the College World Series in front of 9,000 people on Saturday night, the whole party scene at TCU’s Lupton Stadium felt inevitable.
USA Today Sports Media Group · Mar 30, 2023 Dawn Staley could coach men’s basketball, but she doesn’t want to. And that’s awesome. South Carolina, and growing women's college basketball, is her mountain.
The Philadelphia Inquirer · Mar 26, 2023 Mike Jensen: Sorry Temple fans, Dawn Staley is on higher ground chasing history at South Carolina GREENVILLE, S.C. — Let’s get this out of the way. Dawn Staley, pride of North Philly, is a fairly transcendent figure right now, beyond her own sport, maybe beyond sports entirely.
Tribune News Service · Jan 26, 2023 Dom Amore: UConn-Tennessee means history for Geno Auriemma, while his players stay in the moment HARTFORD, Conn. — Geno Auriemma gathered his players this week and tried to explain the history behind what is about to happen. When UConn and Tennessee play in women’s basketball, it is a tradition like no other.
Los Angeles Times · Dec 15, 2022 Billie Moore, Olympic and UCLA basketball coach who won championships, dies at 79 LOS ANGELES — Ann Meyers Drysdale never let up while playing for the first U.S. women's Olympic basketball team, even in practice. That meant she would occasionally have some explaining to do.
Chicago Sun-Times · Dec 5, 2022 Stanford’s Tara VanDerveer makes record 619th AP Top 25 appearance VanDerveer’s Cardinal remained No. 2 behind top-ranked South Carolina.