A look inside life after Syl and Sue
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.
Posted inFeatures, Latest News, WNBA
Closing a door on history: Ruminations on WNBA locker room access
One woman in sports media’s experience with locker room access
Posted inFeatures, NCAA Basketball, Pac-12
Column: Even Stanford isn’t immune from the new world order
Three Cardinal players, including former No. 1 recruit Betts, enter transfer portal
Posted inFeatures, NCAA Basketball, SEC
LSU takes the program to a ‘crazy’ new place
“It’s crazy … I keep wanting to call somebody and say ‘Tell me how we did this in two years.’ I don’t know.”
Posted inACC, Features, NCAA Basketball
Virginia Tech is going to face its big moment head on
“[Tonight] was a great opportunity for them to be nervous, and they weren’t.”
Posted inFeatures, NCAA Basketball, Pac-12
Heart and soul leadership of Jaylyn Sherrod propels Colorado
‘She wants to win so badly’
Posted inFeatures, NCAA Basketball, Pac-12
Seven big questions for the Pac-12 in the NCAA Tournament
Pac-12 leads all conferences since 2015-16 in Final Four appearances
Posted inFeatures, NCAA Basketball, Pac-12
Littleton leading the “other USC” into the NCAA Tournament
“I just wanted to find the love I had for the game again.”
Posted inFeatures, NCAA Basketball, Pac-12
Ethridge’s tenacity turns Washington State into a winner
Kamie Ethridge has turned the tide for the Cougars program that is experiencing unprecedented success.
Posted inFeatures, NCAA Basketball, Pac-12
Can Stanford win with an old-school offensive scheme?
‘We have to maximize our strengths’
