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History was made in Paris on Monday night and it's women who led the way.
Support women's sports.
Invest in women's sports.
Journalists, cover women's sports.
Some parting words from an unforgettable weekend in Paris:
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This little girl getting an autograph from Kamilla Cardoso (
@Kamillascsilva
) and then trying to copy her during the picture is your wholesome moment of the day
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Angel has not been given the credit she deserves the past couple of months for how she has grown the game IMO.
I've met SO many people this past season who've told me they got into women's basketball because of her and will follow her to the WNBA
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“I had a goal to be here tonight and give my family a better life”
Beautiful words from Kamilla Cardoso after getting selected 3rd overall tonight at the
#WNBADraft
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#ThisIsUs
shooting half this series finale years ago, knowing they were building to this day, just shows how genius the writers are
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Dawn Staley’s reaction after this A’ja Wilson bucket >>>
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@dawnstaley
on why she continues to schedule MEAC teams:
"When I was at Temple, we couldn't get a top team to play us besides Rutgers and Tennessee... I'll always remember what Coach Vivian Stringer and Coach Pat Summitt did for us"
@GamecockWBB
@wachfox
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WATCH: Dawn Staley addresses the crowd about the 4th quarter scuffle during today's trophy ceremony
"I just want to apologize for what took place out here today. Sometimes, when you play basketball, things get a little bit heated. I know it didn't come from an ugly place."
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I hate to break this to y’all, but Venus and Serena sealed their place in history well over a decade ago.
After a remarkable comeback that featured two major finals and one epic controversy, can Serena Williams seal her place in the tennis history books once and for all?
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Shane Beamer on players entering the transfer portal but still wanting to play in the bowl game:
"We had a couple players that entered the portal and asked me if they could enter the portal and still play in the bowl game and I told them no. You're either with us or you're not."
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Per tradition, Dawn Staley takes the trophy straight to the band and cheerleaders
@GamecockWBB
@wachfox
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A’ja Wilson got serenaded by Usher at tonight’s show in Vegas 😂
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It took so much strength for Lebron to do this with the whole world watching. He nailed it.
Kobe would be proud.
#rememberingkobe
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Venus Williams getting a straight-set win over the No. 16 ranked player in the world at 43 years old.
This is why she still plays. Legend.
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Genuinely shocked
#ThisisUs
final season got completely snubbed from the Emmys this year. No way there were six performances better than Mandy Moore this year.
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#ThisIsUs
was an artistic masterpiece from beginning to end and this final season was outstanding.
A perfect and simple finale for an all-time great show that reimagined what a family drama could be. The Pearsons will be greatly missed.
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The
@GamecockWBB
class of 2019 will finish their careers having lost one game at Colonial Life Arena. I asked them if they remembered the loss. *Most* of them did.
Dawn Staley: "Who didn't remember? Please don't tell me Zia."
Zia Cooke: "Oh, we lost 1? Who'd we lose to?" 😂
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Dawn Staley and Cleone Boston share a beautiful moment after tonight’s win
@GamecockWBB
@CleoneBoston
@dawnstaley
@wachfox
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Serena and Dude Perfect performing tennis tricks and having the time of their lives is one of my favorite videos ever
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Kim Mulkey saying "that team has been in these situations. My team hasn't" on ESPN just now.
But I don't think that's true. South Carolina is an incredibly young team that lost all their experience.
LSU is the one with starters from their national championship team in this game
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Zia Cooke was very open with us after this loss.
Her thoughts on being close to perfection, the officiating, and her journey with
@GamecockWBB
:
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OF COURSE THE DAY WE FIND OUT ABOUT JACK’S DEATH IS GONNA BE AFTER THE SUPER BOWL BECAUSE JACK LOVED THE SUPER BOWL AND IT WILL BECOME A DAY OF GRIEVING FOR ALL OF AMERICA
#ThisIsUs
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Dawn Staley and Cocky jamming out together at today’s open practice 😂
@GamecockWBB
@wachfox
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Kamilla Cardoso played potentially her last game at the CLA today.
I asked Dawn Staley and Raven Johnson what she means to them.
Johnson says she remembers when she had to call plays in Portuguese for Kamilla
@GamecockWBB
@wachfox
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Raven Johnson spoke on the Final 4 after today's win:
"As soon as we lost, we got all these hate comments. I got bashed from a viral video that went so viral. People don't know behind the scenes how I felt...
I said this was a revenge season & I got something for everybody."
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For the last time, Serena and Sharapova are not rivals.
I can think of at least 10 players that are bigger rivals to Serena than Sharapova.
Her biggest rival has always been and always will be Venus.
Is a rekindling of the Serena-Maria rivalry exactly what the WTA needs in 2018?
Read:
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WATCH: Dabo Swinney didn't hold back regarding the CFB Playoff after their win over South Carolina.
"Georgia loses to this very same team & the very next day it's 'How do we keep Georgia in it?' We win to the team that beat South Carolina & it's 'How do we get Clemson out?'"
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Dawn Staley is cheering on Zia Cooke courtside in her WNBA debut
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Aliyah Boston spoke on a lot of topics with us after the game.
From narratives that are said about her team to what her next steps are to revealing the other reason behind her garnet braids
The full media availability:
@GamecockWBB
@wachfox
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Dawn Staley surprising Kamilla Cardoso with her family, who will be in attendance for her Senior Day, is the best thing you’ll see today
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Aliyah Boston on the "Aliyah vs Caitlin" narrative surrounding tomorrow night's game:
"It's gonna be a team basketball game so I don't really buy into the narrative of 'Aliyah vs Caitlin.' I just buy into Gamecocks vs Hawkeyes."
@GamecockWBB
@wachfox
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How do you watch Destanni Henderson do what she did in the national championship and let her fall out of the first round?
#WNBADraft
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@CoachSBeamer
to the student section:
"If I can nitpick a little bit: Cockpit, we love you! But, if you're gonna come, please stay for the whole game...
That end zone was amazing, but we don't need empty seats in a four quarter dog fight like that in our student section."
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Venus Williams continues to be the most disrespected champion in tennis. A 5-time champion, 4-time finalist playing on court 3 and not even being shown in her home country. They would never do this to one of the guys.
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Interesting to see all the discourse and articles about refs from yesterday when all of this was completely ignored on Friday
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Most wins on Arthur Ashe Stadium in
#USOpen
history:
Serena Williams: 84
Venus Williams: 70
Roger Federer: 70
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US Open Finals viewership averages:
Coco Gauff vs Aryna Sabalenka: 3.422 million (with a pretty high peak at match point I'm assuming)
Novak Djokovic vs Daniil Medvedev: 2.321 million
NFL dominated Sunday and Colorado/Nebraska topped Texas/Alabama (broadcast vs cable, Spectrum dispute, weather delays, yada yada)
Top Broadcast and Cable Sports for Sunday, September 10 and Saturday September 9, 2023
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Tonight’s WNBA Draft will see the next chapter begin for
@GamecockWBB
’s 2019 class. The official end of an era for the South Carolina program.
With that, gotta throw it back to what I think is the greatest play in program history.
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Something not highlighted much during
@GamecockWBB
's win over UConn yesterday:
Sahnya Jah was in the student section yesterday and afterwards her teammates greeted her with hugs
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Dawn Staley is livid with officiating tonight, as she should be. It's been completely inconsistent across the board.
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Hilarious moment today as Dawn Staley stood with us while we interviewed Chloe Kitts
"Chloe wants y'all to ask her about her man. He had a big block last night."
"Yeah, that's my man."
"Did you say Yeah, that's my man?"
"That's all I can say. No. 30 is my man!"
@GamecockWBB
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Let it be known: Venus Williams is an timeless champion. 37 years old with an autoimmune disease & still making Grand Slam finals
#Wimbledon
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To witness what
@dawnstaley
and
@GamecockWBB
have built here in Columbia will never not be amazing.
I hope every AD in the country sees this and tries to emulate it. It can happen for women’s sports anywhere!
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Dawn Staley's reaction to this Fulwiley pass is amazing 😂
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Raven Johnson on
@GamecockWBB
getting back to the Final Four:
"It feels good, but I don't wanna get too excited yet because you know what happened last year. We have unfinished business and we know what we need to work on. Like coach said, we got practice when we get back."
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Can't be lost how monumental this Venus-Serena match is.
17 years ago, one of the worst scenes we've ever seen in tennis. An American crowd hurling racial slurs at two American teenagers. They vowed to never return.
They forgave. 17 years later, they finally meet in the desert.
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Kamilla Cardoso said she knew Raven Johnson's clutch three in the 4th quarter was going in:
"You can tell in her eyes when she's gonna make a three... We have a really good chemistry. We've played together for 8 years, guys!"
@GamecockWBB
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@wachfox
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@GamecockWBB
senior Olivia Thompson with perhaps the greatest goodbye announcement ever 😂
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I won't be surprised if Cardoso ends up being the No. 2 pick. I think the NCAA Tournament did wonders for her draft stock (which was already high)
We are just FIVE days away from the 2024 WNBA Draft. Here is the latest look at our final WNBA Mock Draft:
1. Caitlin Clark — Indiana Fever
2. Cameron Brink — LA Sparks
3. Kamilla Cardoso — Chicago Sky
4. Rickea Jackson — LA Sparks
5. Aaliyah Edwards — Dallas Wings
6. Angel…
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HC Larry Vickers with high praise for
@GamecockWBB
's class of 2019 and pure joy of playing them on the big stage:
"They won 118 games together before they closed the season. That is remarkable... We played on ESPN 1! Like the 1st one. Not 2! Not 3! Not +!"
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I’ve said it before, but I’ll say it again:
Growing up as a tennis player, my 3 favorite athletes in the world as a kid were Roger Federer, Serena Williams, & Venus Williams.
For it to be 2020, I’m 28, & still get to sit in front of a TV & cheer on all 3 at a major? Amazing.
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Aliyah Boston
Zia Cooke
Brea Beal
Laeticia Amihere
Olivia Thompson
Perhaps the greatest recruiting class in Gamecocks athletics history closing a chapter
Lost 9(!) games in four years. What an era that took
@GamecockWBB
to new heights
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@Chimichamu
Seen Serena in person many times. Always thought she was smaller in person. Muscular, yes. But she has 0 body fat & is only like 5'9
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Dawn Staley on Cardoso's performance against Indiana:
"Dominant. Like I haven't seen her play like that in a long time meaning she imposed her will, her strength, she used her body. She used her determination to put us on her back & carry us over the finish line."
@GamecockWBB
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Dawn Staley on Bree Hall's clutch 3-pointers at the end of tonight's game:
"I gotta give it up to Aliyah Boston today 'cause she said something to Breezy during the timeout that really relaxed her, settled her down."
@GamecockWBB
@aa_boston
@wachfox
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Dawn Staley on Bree Hall, after the
@GamecockWBB
junior's career-high 21-point performance:
"What you're seeing is a junior. She sat the bench a lot her first two years and then she has an opportunity to start... and she's proving why experience is a real thing."
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Asked
@aa_boston
about transitioning to the Fever w/ her
@GamecockWBB
teammate Victaria Saxton:
"When I got to college, she was the 1st person that I really connected with. I had no car so she offered to take me every single place possible. We're each other's peace in a sense."
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This answer from South Carolina's Juju McDowell was an uplifting one in the midst of a lot of doom and gloom:
"Whatever happened 3 hours ago is dead. You can't turn around and go back to it. The more you relish on that, the worse off the rest of the season is gonna be."
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Dawn Staley had a lot to say about
@_ajawilson22
not winning WNBA MVP. Here is Part 1:
"People think when we're expressing how we feel about A'ja that we're dampening Stewie & Alyssa's shine & we're not... I just don't think that there's anything more that A'ja could've done."
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The Freshies narrating this as the team is back in the same place they were a year ago, with a brand new starting 5, was an amazing choice.
Final Four day!
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Kamilla Cardoso on being teammates with Angel Reese:
"I think it's gonna be great. She's a great player. I'm a great player. So two great players together. Nobody's gonna get no rebounds on us!"
#WNBADraft
@GamecockWBB
@wachfox
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.
@GamecockWBB
has now won 10 consecutive games when trailing by double digits.
Dawn Staley on how they keep coming back:
"We're gonna play for 40 minutes no matter what the score is. No matter if we're down double digits or up dougle digits big. We try to respect the game."
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What Dawn Staley has done this year with
@GamecockWBB
still isn’t talked about enough.
Lost the entire starting 5 and key bench players from a 36-1 team, most who had won a national championship
Follows it up with a second consecutive undefeated regular season
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MiLaysia Fulwiley says today's win over UNC was a statement win for
@GamecockWBB
:
"When we play up to our full potential, I think no one in the country can stop us and they know that too."
@wachfox
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Sometimes, I think we forget how young some of these athletes are.
Destanni Henderson on the reality of being a pro:
"Yesterday, it kind of hit me. Walking in and touring my first ever apartment... Basketball is literally my job now."
@GamecockWBB
@IndianaFever
@wachfox
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Angel Reese and Kamilla Cardoso rocking Chicago Sky hats together
Via Angel Reese’s Instagram
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Nadal joins an elite list of players with 20+ slams in the Open Era
Serena Williams
Steffi Graf
Roger Federer
Rafael Nadal
That’s it. Pretty good company.
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Joyce Edwards is a GAMECOCK!
The No. 2 recruit in the class of 2024 is headed to
@GamecockWBB
@wachfox
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Jay Urich, who's moving from QB to WR for
@GamecockFB
, w/ my favorite answer today.
Asked him what advice he'd give younger players about switching positions:
"Humility is so important. Not value what I'm doing as better than somebody else. Trying to really put the team first."
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"It's just something that I usually do and I had the opportunity to do it in a college game."
WATCH as Ashlyn Watkins, Zia Cooke, and Dawn Staley give us their reactions to Watkins' dunk, the first one in
@GamecockWBB
history:
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I feel the worst part of all this is that the headlines will, once again, make Serena out to be a villain because of her “tantrums” when it is simply her sticking up for herself.
And good on Serena for being there for Osaka and stopping the booing.
#USOpen
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Dawn Staley spoke with us for almost 10 minutes after tonight's loss. Discussed a wide range of things.
Also addressed narratives surrounding her team, the impact of the 2019 class, and what went wrong tonight.
The full media availability:
@GamecockWBB
@wachfox
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Coach Muschamp goes to shake Dabo's hand, waves it off. Tensions higher.
@wachfox
#Gamecocks
#SouthCarolina
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Aliyah Boston is the National Player of the Year and it should be unanimous
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Tears of joy today for
@GamecockWBB
commit
@JoyceEdwards24
as she received her McDonald's All-American jersey
@CamdenGBB
@wachfox
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Dawn Staley said some of what happened at UNC and Duke was "not characteristic of our team:"
"I'm good without all the kisses and all of that crap. That's not a part of who we are... I didn't get a good feeling so we addressed it, our players apologized for reacting that way."
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Thank you,
@dawnstaley
, for saying this about local media.
I think I speak for all of my colleagues when I say we truly enjoy covering
@GamecockWBB
and work really hard to give you all the coverage you deserve.
This meant a lot to all of us.
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Paige Bueckers sticking around to sign some autographs and take pics with fans at the CLA
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FAMs are no joke.
Look at the crowd here in Paris for South Carolina’s open practice! FAMs from all over the world are in attendance.
@wachfox
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A message to
@GamecockWBB
FAMs from Joyce Edwards
She told me Sunday’s game at the CLA is when she knew South Carolina was her team
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Dawn Staley on how MiLaysia Fulwiley turned a bad start into a team-leading 15 pts:
"It's called being a competitor. She doesn't like to lose. She doesn't like to look bad. She's got a lot to give to the game and I'm just really, really impressed with her defense."
@GamecockWBB
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For the 1st time in 4 years,
@GamecockWBB
is not the Preseason No. 1 ranked team.
But Dawn Staley says this year is not a rebuild.
"We're very talented. We just lack a little bit of gameday experience... We're in a position where we're not the hunted, we're hunting."
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18,000 people ready for an epic.
What Dawn Staley has built here in Columbia will never not be incredible to witness
@wachfox
@GamecockWBB
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Victaria Saxton on how
@GamecockWBB
prepared her for the WNBA:
"A lot of the things we do in practice, it's like 'Wow, I did this before.' It might have a different terminology, but I can say 'I've heard this before. I know what this is' and not be confused."
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Just so y'all know, this is what Serena was talking about in New York. Players blatantly getting coached and the umpires turn a blind eye. Serena got a warning for this when she wasn't even looking at her coach.
Either enforce the rules consistently or do away with it.
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BREAKING: SC Governor Henry McMaster says tourist attractions such as aquariums, zoos, arcades, and museums will be allowed to open this Friday, May 22nd
@wachfox
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Naomi Osaka is the biggest and best thing to happen to tennis in a long time whether you like it or not.
The sport desperately needed a new superstar and she is the one. What a moment.
#TokyoOlympics
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Kamilla Cardoso takes us through THAT shot, her emotions, and preparing for tomorrow's SEC Tournament Championship
@GamecockWBB
@wachfox
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John Calipari with some big statements about Lamont Paris and what he's doing with
@GamecockMBB
:
"He's got guys bought into how they're gonna play... They're the best defensive team in our league."
@wachfox
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