below: Caitlin Clark (center) and coach Lisa Bluder of the Iowa Hawkeyes on the set of the NCAA Women’s Final Four special. Last year’s tournament produced good television results for ESPN and ABC.images: espn The NCAA’s media rights for 30 sports, including women’s basketball, are bundled into a deal with ESPN that is often described as seriously undervalued. The last time these media rights were discussed was in 2011 and ESPN was able to acquire the entire NCAA championships for $500 million over 13 years, an average of $38.5 million per year . ESPN closed the deal before the rights…
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By: D. Scott FritchenKansas State coaches and players say they aren’t thinking about possibilities that could get them to the Big 12 championship game for a second straight year. The No. 19 Wildcats know they can only focus on one thing. Win “Farmageddon”. Unlike last Saturday’s victory at Kansas to win the Governor’s Cup Trophy, there will be no hardware to hoist after K-State, 8-3 overall and 6-2 in the Big 12, lines up against Iowa State, 6-5, 5-3, in Saturday’s 7 p.m. (FOX) kickoff at Bill Snyder Family Stadium. But bragging rights will be on the line as the…
A win over a ranked Tennessee team was the win Indiana needed. Sophomore Yarden Garzon scored 16 points in the first half, including 12 from deep, to catapult the Hoosiers to an 11-point lead heading into halftime of Thursday’s game between two ranked teams. She finished the game with a career-high 23 points, shooting 5 of 6 from 3-point range, along with five rebounds and five assists as No. 21 Indiana defeated No. 19 Tennessee 71-57 in the match. Tip from Elevance Health Women’s Fort Myers in Fort Myers, Florida.And it happened on his 20th birthday. “The win was the…