The Best of the West offers fans a candid assessment of the top teams in the western third of the country — a collection that ...

These days, the team sending me into wistful aunt mode most often is No. 1 UCLA, whom I last blogged two seasons ago, back when I was still figuring out how to cover regular-season college basketball ...

An amendment to hold a national inquiry into the grooming gangs was rejected by MPs in a vote in the House of Commons. MPs ...

Angel Reese may be preparing for the inaugural season of Unrivaled, but she hasn't stopped thinking of the Chicago Sky.

Grandview High's Lauren Betts is No. 1 — among individual players and in the national rankings. Betts, the former Colorado ...

The national player-of-the-year race is heating up as teams transition to conference play and voting panels whittle down ...

Freshman Dani Carnegie had a season-high 28 points -- including six 3-pointers -- in an 85-68 win over Syracuse. She has ...

If 2024 was the year of women in sports, 2025 is the year to grow on. The year will be filled with plenty of opportunities to ...

UCLA women's basketball coach Cori Close bonds with Purdue women's basketball coach Katie Gearlds through program rebuild.

Lauren Betts has 17 points and Timea Gardiner adds 16 off the bench as the Bruins (16-0) give their starters plenty of rest ...

Lauren Betts finished with 17 points and seven rebounds in 22 minutes and Timea Gardiner added 16 points off the bench as No. 1 UCLA routed Purdue 83-49. Bruins coach Cori Close gave her starters ...

Vladislav Goldin scored 21 of his career-high 36 points in the first half to lead No. 24 Michigan over 22nd-ranked UCLA 94-75 in the Wolverines’ fourth ...