Seminal moments, like the advent of the WNBA in 1997 or the U.S. women’s World Cup win in 1999, prompted surges in popularity, but didn’t lead to sustained growth. Women's sports still had to ...

More:Kim Reynolds says Caitlin Clark, Iowa women's basketball 'changed women's sports forever' "You've changed the game that you've played," Wilson said. "You've changed the face of collegiate ...

In Women’s Sports, Only the ‘Right’ Kinds of Fans ... Thomas’s time in the 200-yard race was better than last year’s gold-medal time in the NCAA finals, while notching a 4:34:06 in ...

“There's just more shotmaking than there used to be,” Southern California women’s basketball coach Lindsay Gottlieb told USA TODAY Sports ... of their second-round victory against West ...

By Alex Weprin Media & Business Writer For years, women’s sports was an afterthought for TV, frequently relegated to ESPN2, Fox Sports 2 or ESPNNews, if they were able to secure TV rights at all.

This weekend, one of the guest stars who received the most applause on “Saturday Night Live” was a women’s college basketball player. Five years ago, the idea that could happen would have ...

Since the women ... Summitt’s teams went to 18 Final Fours and won 16 SEC tournament titles. Stanford appeared in the first-ever NCAA tournament in 1982, but lost in the first round and ...

The fifth edition of the Augusta National Women’s Amateur is underway at Champions Retreat ... Here are the tee times and groupings for Round 2 (all times EDT): Tee No. 1 8 a.m. – Mirabel Ting, Rin ...

A recent movement to ban transgender women from girls’ and women’s sports led to the NAIA on Monday to update its transgender participation policy. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images) The National ...

The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics announced Monday that it has barred transgender athletes from competing in women’s sports. “Only NAIA student-athletes whose biological ...

really – is how silent most feminists have been about transgender competition in women’s sports. Although a few have spoken out, nearly all have remained silent, probably because they do not ...