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.
‘I hope we see a roster expansion soon because I feel like that’s low-hanging fruit’
‘It’s like writing. The first draft is always crap. I’m doing a lot of things differently.’
A look inside life after Syl and Sue
One woman in sports media’s experience with locker room access
Three Cardinal players, including former No. 1 recruit Betts, enter transfer portal
“It’s crazy … I keep wanting to call somebody and say ‘Tell me how we did this in two years.’ I don’t know.”
“[Tonight] was a great opportunity for them to be nervous, and they weren’t.”
Pac-12 leads all conferences since 2015-16 in Final Four appearances
“I just wanted to find the love I had for the game again.”
