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Kate Koval's Search for Home Podcast Episode · The Athletic Women's Basketball Show · 01/29/2025 · 1h 4m

On this week’s special episode of The Women’s Basketball Show, Notre Dame forward Kate Koval shares her journey.

🎧 Listen here: pod.fo/e/2a555e?sou...

When Kate Koval arrived at the gym for her game, almost 12 hours had passed since she had heard from her parents.

They lived near the center of Kyiv, and on the morning of Feb. 24, 2022, Russia had invaded Ukraine.

This is her story.

www.nytimes.com/athletic/609...

Unrivaled’s an instant hit, but can the new women’s basketball 3×3 league sustain? Unrivaled landed deep-pocketed investors, a TV deal and the top players. Will that be enough to make it a long-term success?

Spent the weekend at Unrivaled

Went long about its successful launch and what it will take to sustain

NEWS inside w/ specific details of its TV deal (6y/100m)

MORE NEWS: Unrivaled plans to use a tour model in '25, targeting non-WNBA cities and college towns www.nytimes.com/athletic/607...

Your inaugural 2025 Golden State Valkyries draft class 😱

Follow live as The Athletic analyzes their picks.

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Golden State Valkyries inaugural roster announced as expansion draft concludes The Valkyries will debut on May 16 against the Los Angeles Sparks.

"The competitive spirit that each of these individuals have individually and now hopefully collectively is what we focused on."

Our newser on Golden State's inaugural roster, and how the first expansion draft in more than a decade played out:
www.nytimes.com/athletic/597...

No. 5 UCLA upsets No. 1 South Carolina, snapping Gamecocks’ 43-game win streak It is the first victory over a top-ranked team in 20 tries for UCLA in program history.

Plus the story from South Carolina vs. UCLA, a.k.a. why the top spot in the ranking was even available for the taking. www.nytimes.com/athletic/594...

This South Carolina team isn’t the same one that wrecked through the opposition a year ago, and other squads are rising to fill the power vacuum.

Parity has returned to women's college hoops, and it starts at the top.

🔗www.nytimes.com/athletic/594...

WNBA expansion mock draft: Who should the Golden State Valkyries have their eye on? Our experts play GM and select from the WNBA's 12 teams to assemble Golden State's roster.

The WNBA's expansion draft is coming on Dec. 6. @sabreenajm.bsky.social + @benpickman.bsky.social each played GM and constructed what they think the Golden State Valkyries first roster should look like.

www.nytimes.com/athletic/593...

No. 3 USC welcomed its first sell-out crowd of the season Saturday, looking to build off the excitement of its first Pac-12 title in a decade.

Instead, No. 6 Notre Dame poured cold water all over the Trojans’ early ambitions with a 74-61 win ⤵️

www.nytimes.com/athletic/594...