Ethan Fuller

Women's basketball is in an unprecedented era of growth. It feels like a new viewership or attendance record is set on a regular basis. The women's national championship game between South Carolina and Iowa drew a stunning 18.7 million viewers on average. ESPN's WNBA coverage averaged 1.2 million viewers this regular season, a 170 percent leap from 2023. And this isn't just the Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese effect (though they're certainly important); the Connecticut Sun sold out their first gam...

Weimar’s 6-foot-4-inch frame gives her natural physical tools, but her skills on the low block and inside the paint make her unstoppable. She earned league preseason Player of the Year recognition and is on pace to back it up with the season-ending award.The senior center is piling up 18.3 points, 11.1 rebounds, and 2.4 blocks per game for the Terriers (13-9, 5-6 Patriot League). Only one other player in the country — Virginia Tech’s Elizabeth Kitley — is averaging more than the 18-11-2 threshol...

Porzingis has spent nearly his entire career as a No. 1 or No. 2 scoring option. After Porzingis joined the Celtics following a summer blockbuster trade, how would he deal with sacrifice? Sharing the load with Jayson Tatum, Jaylen Brown, Jrue Holiday, and Derrick White would require Porzingis to take a back seat. After ten games, we have a clearer picture of where he has sacrificed — and how those sacrifices have helped him soar. “That’s the thing about being on a good team, everybody has to sa

Breen made no money from Turbo’s Treats, but earned a few hundred dollars per month from her own name, image, and likeness, often by posting on social media. The most inhibiting rule she faced: Per school policy, Breen couldn’t wear the UMass logo or imagery when she posted or appeared at an event for NIL purposes. Breen became the first woman to sign with The Massachusetts Collective, an organization aiming to support UMass basketball players through name, image, and likeness (NIL) agreements,

Today, teams can quantify those stresses. Mourier explains that players often jump on force plates and see how their power generated will change with fatigue throughout a season. Hormones and proteins found in blood testing can signal muscle damage or inflammation. Teams use GPS tracking and camera systems to monitor players' wear and tear even in practices. The data paints a collective picture of an athlete's overall load during the season. Importantly, this data isn't hidden by doctors — it t

At the highest level, the tracking process has several layers. Here's how Djavadzadeh describes the repetition of recording stats throughout an NBA game: • None The primary logs a basic stat, while a "secondary" notes descriptive characteristics, such as location on the floor. • None One or two "tertiaries" then watch a slightly delayed recording of the play to confirm or correct the stats entered. • None After that, a crew in the league's Seacaucus, NJ, headquarters double-checks and corrects s

“For you to run into them and get to know them when you’re in those countries playing against them in a completely different world, and move across to the US — it’s funny to run into them,” she said. They often come from older sister Saoirse , a former UMass Lowell player who still lives in Lowell and frequently attends Holy Cross games sporting an Irish flag. Other times, they come by crossing paths with an opponent who Power-Cassidy first met while competing on Ireland national teams. Bronag

But a third name emerged from Los Angeles' win. Isaiah Hartenstein tallied 14 points, 7 rebounds and 6 assists to help fuel the comeback win and garnered several "who's-this-guy, he's-good" types of tweets from casual fans throughout the night. News flash: Hartenstein has been balling for the ragtag Clippers all season and has taken his game to another level over the last month. The 23-year-old is averaging 10.2 points, 5.5 rebounds and 3.3 assists in 21.3 minutes per game since the All-Star br

Each player's shot chart has its own quirks, but for many examples, if you know the player, you can generally guess the outline of the chart when you look it up. Luka Doncic's heatmap will have a heavy dose of above-the-break threes and paint shots. Kevin Durant has two arcs around the three-point line and the elbows. P.J. Tucker is confined almost entirely to the corners, and Robert Williams III sticks to the restricted area. Rim pressure has been a question mark for Quickley dating back to hi