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Excited to share that today is my first day at @USATODAY as a national sports enterprise reporter. I’ll write features and investigations about all sports – stories that cover the heartwarming, corrupt and weird.
Email [email protected] with tips, story ideas and dad jokes.
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Additional comments from Comets GM Morgan Tuck and president Jennifer Rizzotti explaining the decision to keep Meziane usatoday.com/story/sports/wn…
What does it take to rebuild a WNBA dynasty? For the Houston Comets, it’s not straightforward.
Inside the Comets’ mad sprint to marry the past, present and future – with insight from Connecticut and Houston leadership on relocation, the draft & more:
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USA TODAY can report that Connecticut Sun head coach Rachid Meziane will remain head coach of the Houston Comets. Other coaching staff decisions are in the works.
Details on the Comets’ free agency priorities, player/staff arrival timelines and draft prep:usatoday.com/story/sports/wn…
More exclusive comments from Morgan Tuck and Jennifer Rizzotti to @usatodaysports about the decision to keep Rachid Meziane. Seems like player feedback played a role: usatoday.com/story/sports/wn…
The new Houston Comets logos are out as the team prepares to return for the 2027 WNBA season.
“The logos, they’re a memory.”
I talked to the two people who designed the new branding about the Comets’ refreshed identity. usatoday.com/story/sports/wn…
The first Game 7 in WNBA history is on deck for Halloween night, when the Golden State Valkyries and Atlanta Dream will battle for the championship.
While there's never been a Game 7, I took a look back at other decisive winner-take-all WNBA Finals games: usatoday.com/story/sports/wn…
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The WNBA Finals carry on.
It’s the Valkyries and Dream in Atlanta for Game 6 of the championship series.
USA TODAY is on-site providing LIVE updates on Thursday’s brunch game. ⬇️
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UConn's Geno Auriemma said Kiah Stokes played her way into the Finals MVP convo by doing the dirty work. But in Game 5, Stokes was doing a bit of everything.
"I said, 'Whoa. What's gotten into (Stokes)?'"
My chat with Geno ⬇️
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Watch the full interview with Nneka Ogwumike here, which we recorded yesterday for @usatstudioix ahead of Game 6 of the WNBA Finals between the Altanta Dream and Golden State Valkyries ⬇️
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Great stuff from Mitch on the ever-changing landscape of college basketball. As Arizona State coach Molly Miller said, “The best ability for coaches is adaptability."
Spreadsheets, NIL, rev share, transfer portal, international recruiting, 5-in-5, lawsuits…
Roster construction in women’s college basketball has never been more complicated.
I spoke with 9 coaches from 4 leagues about adapting to the constant changes:
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At the Cheesecake Factory by the White House, I explained Obama's joke to our waitress, who hadn't heard it. She laughed. “Oh, damn, we caught a stray!” she said. “That’s funny, though. Maybe that’s why we’re slow this morning.”
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For now, the venue for Game 6 of the WNBA Finals remains uncertain.
USA TODAY tackles some of the top questions people have about the logistics what’s happening with Game 6:
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“Angel Reese, we share the same name. We come from the same city.We went to the same high school. We have the same high school coach. We both have a teammate named Izzy. I mean, could it get any better than that?”
ICYMI, Angel McCoughtry on Angel Reese and the Dream 👇
The Atlanta Dream never won a game in three prior WNBA Finals trips. So when the Dream got their first-ever Finals win vs the Valkyries, nobody was happier than Angel McCoughtry, Atlanta’s former star.
I called Angel to talk about the other Angel and more usatoday.com/story/sports/wn…
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The Atlanta Dream never won a game in three prior WNBA Finals trips. So when the Dream got their first-ever Finals win vs the Valkyries, nobody was happier than Angel McCoughtry, Atlanta’s former star.
I called Angel to talk about the other Angel and more usatoday.com/story/sports/wn…
The Atlanta Dream never won a game in three prior WNBA Finals trips. So when the Dream got their first-ever Finals win vs the Valkyries, nobody was happier than Angel McCoughtry, Atlanta’s former star.
I called Angel to talk about the other Angel and more usatoday.com/story/sports/wn…
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New @USATODAY story: Angel Reese's haters were loud. Her dominance in the WNBA Finals is louder.
From her play to her attitude, more on how the DPOY is leading the Atlanta Dream and making previous criticisms of her age poorly ⬇️
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Kinda crazy: In the first half, the Rockets scored 20 fast-break points. The Mavs scored 38 points, total.
Houston leads 70-38 at halftime. A dominant display so far.
One of the quickest ejections in an NBA season? Less than one quarter into the Houston Rockets' season opener, Tari Eason is ejected for a foul on PJ Washington, ruled a flagrant 2.
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The Atlanta Dream have a traveling mom squad.
Angel Reese, Rhyne Howard and Naz Hillmon’s moms are the ultimate hype women.
How they became stars in the team’s WNBA Finals run:
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"You have to have very thick skin."
Outgoing WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert reflects on her turbulent tenure and says handling criticism will part of the job for her successor, too.
Plus, updates on the search and the WNBA's replay center usatoday.com/story/sports/wn…
