Ten of the most intriguing games to watch in November and December
Michelle Smith
Michelle Smith has covered women’s basketball nationally for more than three decades. A 2024 inductee into the U.S. Basketball Writer’s Hall of Fame, Smith has worked for ESPN.com, The Athletic, the San Francisco Chronicle, as well as Pac-12.com and WNBA.com. She is the 2017 recipient of the Jake Wade Media Award from the Collegiate Sports Information Directors Association (CoSIDA) and was named the Mel Greenberg Media Award winner by the WBCA in 2019.
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Timea Gardiner ready to lead Oregon State ‘rehabilitation’
After missing three months because of blood clots, former top recruit ready to leave Beavers
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2023-24 Pac-12 preview
One more time for the Pac-12, with title contenders all over
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Pac-12’s last ride is the elephant in the room at media day
‘Our team’s theme is ‘Best year ever,’ and I think that that’s kind of what everyone wants’
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Golden State Warriors ready to share the spotlight with WNBA
‘The quality of play has just dramatically improved over the last decade,’ Kerr said. I think the timing is great, given the level of interest in the sport and the quality of the women’s game’
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Sights and sounds from WNBA expansion day at the Chase Center
‘Right team, right place, right time’
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Column: WNBA in the Bay will be worth the long wait
VanDerveer: ‘I think it’s going to be awesome’
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‘This is America’s game and now they’re included’: Sights and sounds from California’s flag football, now an official high school sport
The IX: A very special Flag Football Monday with Michelle Smith, Sept. 11, 2023
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Institutional Knowledge: Stanford’s Tara VanDerveer talks about grief and excitement in move to ACC
‘You invest 40 years into something, and to watch it unravel in 40 minutes, it’s sad’
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Institutional Knowledge: For now, women’s basketball is along for the realignment ride
Football moves have created major instability for women’s basketball, other NCAA sports
