You know who I feel bad for in the transfer portal era? SIDs.
Offseason? lol you thought.
Doubly so because most of them have 1-2 more sports they also cover.
@maggiehendricks
Almost 0 of those are arbitrary:
Sky and Dream you covered;
Tulsa Shock was stated as being wheat (I’m not saying it’s good):
Fire was a Blazers tie-in;
Sun play at Mohegan Sun and the tribe picked the tie in IIRC;
Wings are after the famous Pegasus light
.
@debbieantonelli
, NC State alum who played for Coach Yow, takes a break from broadcasting to emcee the
@KayYowFund
halftime survivor recognition ceremony…
@jaketw4723
@emilykmay
Mine slept with a beater from a hand mixer for a few nights before we decided we should probably take it so she didn't poke herself in the eye one night
@willchamberlain
Is this supposed to be a disclaimer that will get you out of a libel suit when she inevitably has a mob come after her because of this thread?
Because it's not a good one. And I don't think you'd have a good case for a "public figure" level of scrutiny, either.
.
@howard_rhyne
is back after missing 2 games with a right shoulder injury.
She is NOT listed on the
@AtlantaDream
injury report for tomorrow's game in Vegas (per email just received from the team).
S/o to the
@newsobserver
for being the only Triangle media outlet with a reporter in Portland despite both the Duke and NC State women being there.
If I’m wrong, please correct me, obviously, but I don’t think I am.
Naz Hillmon was projected as a first round pick in the WNBA Draft. She went three picks into the second round, 15th overall. Was the Michigan legend disappointed?
"Everything is motivation. I could've been picked No. 1 and I still would've been motivated to get better," she said
For the second time in NCAA Tournament history, a 16-seed toppled a 1.
On the sights and sounds of two teams at opposite ends of the spectrum: the unbridled elation of
@FDUKnightsMBB
and the sunken horror of
@BoilerBall
.
Story from Columbus for
@CBBonFOX
:
@ariivory
First media days as a credentialed media member and the resulting three-part ACC preview piece, plus helping up coverage of women's hoops anywhere I can but especially here in ACC country.
About 99% sure I was the only non-conference employee at all 14
@accwbb
tournament games this weekend (and 27/28 pressers).
Got home in time to spend a little time w/ the kid before bed.
Full recap coming in the morning, for now, sleep.
Thanks to everyone that followed along!
@emilykmay
Meal kits. Still obvi a little more $ than just groceries, but way less than takeout.
They tell you what to do, step by step. I can't remember which is which, but the amount of prep required varies across the different ones...
@quiet_anarchy
@ehh_ptr
Especially times like this when it’s something practical, easy to acquire, AND not super expensive. Like, she made it easy for you, dude. Take the easy W.
You already know IT’S TIME FOR THE INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY FLOOD!!! Happy IWD!!! Feel free to tag a woman you admire, brag on yourself, or just show love to the women out there today. What a timeeee 🔥🔥🔥
I know Teri Moren has been excellent, but Illinois was the 14-seed last season. They're the 6 this season. That's an upward swing of 8 slots in one season.
Shauna Green is B1G COY, with apologies also to Brenda Frese
I don’t cover college hockey, but I can tell you from my experience with the Michigan daily women’s basketball beat that they show up to pretty much freaking everything, including Charlotte while on winter break the past two years running. This is insane.
I am one of four student journalists on
@theblockm
’s hockey beat. We have covered and traveled to every single
@umichhockey
game this season.
But when we tried to get credentials for the Frozen Four, we were told by
@NCAAIceHockey
that there were only two available seats. 🧵
Cool moment in East Lansing as newly-retired HC
@MSUCoachJoseph
throws out the first pitch with both the
@HuskerSoftball
and
@umichsoftball
coaching staffs in the circle and both teams along the baselines.
A major s/o to everyone working retail! You’ve endured the ugly side of the holidays, the projection of frustrated shoppers, the nastiness that materialism brings! All with Bing Crosby on an incessant loop in the background. You are the real MVPS and you’re ALMOST THERE! 🙏🏽🎄
Belated good night from Greenville from me.
This also ends my live/in-person
#NCAAWBB
coverage this season, so thank y’all for coming along and reading and commenting and tweeting at me when I’m on TV.
It would appear
@uncwbb
and
@PackWomensBball
in fact, practiced offense since their last meeting.
In the 1st quarter of the game in Chapel Hill, the Tar Heels and Wolfpack shot 23.53% and 20%, respectively.
Tonight? 46.2% and 31.3%
Tonight, River Baldwin, Saniya Rivers and Madison Hayes combined to score 40 for
@PackWomensBball
.
Notre Dame scored 43. And it was 40-40 until a last-seconds and-1 for the Irish.
@jayher17
@SarahSpain
And they’re definitely not gonna pass any form of paid leave so those parents can take care of said babies without losing income and/or their jobs, either.
Game of the night in men’s basketball might be that
#23
vs. unranked game. The game of the night in college basketball is the top-10 matchup in Charlotte between Virginia Tech and Iowa…
Game of the night in college basketball is in Moraga as Saint Mary's hosts New Mexico.
Two of the best non-power conference teams in the sport.
Lobos won against the Gaels in the same venue last season.
"Well, I haven't even really thought about tomorrow's game. I'm going to go to the bar first and have some Tito's and tonic and a few other things. And then hopefully it will make this game look a lot better when I watch it on film, blurry possibly." - Jeff Walz postgame
@BiggggLo_
Wes Moore: South Carolina, UConn, USF plus Vanderbilt, Colorado and Kentucky in MTE or ACC/SEC Challenge.
Kara Lawson: Stanford, South Carolina, Toledo, FGCU, Columbia plus UGA in ACC/SEC
So the Michigan/Ohio State rivalry women's game today is at the Covelli Center instead of the Schottenstein Center, which means roughly 1/5 the capacity.
Can't imagine that game (or any game) ever getting bumped to a tiny arena if it were the men's team, can you?
Bus is loaded! We have tons of energy as we to travel to Indy to support our favorite WNBA rookie!
#BBN
has your back! Let’s go
@howard_rhyne
🏀💙
We love you
#10
.
#CommitToIt
💫
Y'all, this is a heck of a full circle moment for me. Covering a game as credentialed media at an arena I've been coming to for games for roughly 30 years, since I was ~5.
Sigh. This is what comes up if you search "toddler" on the
@WNBA
store with about a month to go til the season.
Hey
@Fanatics
, ANY plans to change this? I've been asking since last May and was told at least once it was being worked on.
#WNBAWeNeedMerch
Anti-vax leaders are liars. Their videos are lies. Their “facts” are false. I prove it here in my story about Damar Hamlin and Bert Smith, the NCAA official who fainted. They lied about Bert, and I caught them red-handed. Why can’t some people understand?
You don’t even need a car to get to
@AtlantaDream
games. Heck, you can do a one night layover if you’re flying through ATL and go to a game and get to a hotel without going in a car…
"Hillmon is the first player to wear 00 at Michigan, and if Barnes Arico has anything to do with it, she’ll be the last."
YES.
PS: Shoutout to
@corahalll
for momentarily switching beats...
My shooting was terrible (unsurprisingly, it’s been a minute), but the vibes were good and the shoes were 🔥.
Thanks to
@CLTSports
and
@Jumpman23
for organizing the
#JumpmanInvitational
media shoot around…
@JordanCrammer
A bat and ball sport committee bent the rules to give an SEC team something they didn't really deserve. Might be the most consistent thing they do, TBH...
Reached out to the NCAA for clarification on the hotel situation for Lexington baseball regional. Here's the statement on why Kentucky was allowed to host despite lack of available hotel rooms due to Railbird, HS state championships already in town.
Had a wonderful time covering the
@accwbb
Tournament this past weekend, & my first full season covering the league for
@herhoopstats
.
HUGE thank you to the SIDs/players/coaches who were helpful & giving of time & insight all season.
My Greensboro recap: