Posts by 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.
After missing three months because of blood clots, former top recruit ready to leave Beavers
‘Our team’s theme is ‘Best year ever,’ and I think that that’s kind of what everyone wants’
‘The quality of play has just dramatically improved over the last decade,’ Kerr said. I think the timing is great, given the level of interest in the sport and the quality of the women’s game’
‘You invest 40 years into something, and to watch it unravel in 40 minutes, it’s sad’
Football moves have created major instability for women’s basketball, other NCAA sports
The FIFA Women’s World Cup has been a major success with major growth, and now it is FIBA’s turn to work on following suit.
Column: With multiple interested parties, and a painful history of having the rug pulled out, Oakland deserves this
