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☆ UConn basketball's Paige Bueckers to sign NIL deal with Unrivaled league, receive equity stake
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-01 | by ( Jessica Golden | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

University of Connecticut star Paige Bueckers will sign a name, image and likeness deal with the new women's basketball league Unrivaled, people familiar with the matter told CNBC. Unrivaled was founded last year by Women's National Basketball Association players Breanna Stewart of the New York Liberty and Napheesa Collier of the Minnesota Lynx. In February, Bueckers announced she would forgo the 2024 WNBA Draft to return to UConn for her senior season. Unrivaled was started as a way to allow WNBA basketball players the option to play in the U.S. during their offseason. Angel Reese of the Chicago Sky was the first player from this year's WNBA rookie class to join the league.

Persons: Paige Bueckers, Breanna Stewart, Napheesa Collier, Bueckers, Stewart, Collier, Chelsea Gray, Kelsey Plum, Angel Reese, Geno Auriemma, Carmelo Anthony, Steve Nash, Alex Morgan, Megan Rapinoe, John Skipper, David Levy, Ashton Kutcher Organizations: UConn Huskies, NCAA, Iowa Hawkeyes, Mortgage, University of Connecticut, CNBC, Women's National Basketball Association, New York Liberty, Minnesota Lynx, WNBA, UConn, Las Vegas Aces, Dallas Wings, Chicago Sky, Bueckers, National Basketball Association Locations: Cleveland , Ohio, U.S

Keep reading for our full breakdown of everything you need to know about where to watch the March Madness final live stream. Keep reading to learn all of your watch options for tonight's UConn vs. Purdue live stream, including when to tune in and how to watch it without cable. Where to watch the March Madness Championship in the USThe men's March Madness Championship airs tonight at 9:20 p.m. Shop at MaxYou can also catch the championship through a live TV package that carries at least one of the three channels, like Sling TV or Hulu + Live TV. Shop at SlingHulu + Live TV Hulu + Live TV includes over 90 channels, along with Hulu's on-demand library and access to Disney Plus and ESPN Plus.

Persons: Zach Edey, Donovan Clingan, Max, HBO Max, it's, Hulu's Organizations: Business, Purdue, UConn, Purdue Boilermakers, UConn Huskies, San Diego, Huskies, tonight's UConn, TBS, TNT, HBO, Warner Bros, Hulu, Disney Plus, ESPN Locations: San Diego State

☆ South Carolina wins NCAA women’s championship game over Iowa, Caitlin Clark
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-07 | by ( Jill Martin | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +16 min

“Kamilla Cardoso was not going to let us lose a game in the NCAA tournament,” South Carolina head coach Dawn Staley said. While the spotlight was on Clark, South Carolina just kept winning. Ben Solomon/NCAA Photos/Getty Images Clark, right, and Kate Martin walk off the court after losing to South Carolina. Kirby Lee/USA Today Sports/Reuters Kamilla Cardoso of the South Carolina Gamecocks and Saniya Rivers jump for the opening tipoff. Ben Solomon/NCAA Photos/Getty Images South Carolina's Te-Hina Paopao walks onto the court during player introductions ahead of the game.

Persons: Iowa’s Caitlin Clark, Clark, Tessa Johnson, Kamilla Cardoso, Cardoso, “ Kamilla Cardoso, Dawn Staley, Paopao, Chloe Kitts, Staley, she’s, ” Clark, “, I’m, Lisa, Bluder, ” Staley, Caitlin Clark, Morry Gash, “ Awesome, it’s, ”, Raven Johnson, ” Raven Johnson, They’d, ” Tessa Johnson, Aaron Doster, Steph Chambers, Ben Solomon, Kate Martin, Gregory Shamus, Morgan Engel, Bree, Carolyn Kaster, Fulwiley, Iowa's Hannah Stuelke, Gabbie Marshall, Lisa Bluder, Marshall, Justin Tafoya, Carolina's Chloe Kitts, Reuters Staley, Jason Sudeikis, Ken Blaze, Reuters Clark, Kirby Lee, Ashlyn Watkins, Martin, Kylie Feuerbach, Watkins, Sydney Affolter, Carolina's Cardoso, Stuelke, Jason Miller, Al Bello, Paige Bueckers, Brady, Aaliyah Edwards, Edwards, Nika, KK Arnold, Arnold, Zoe Brooks, MiLaysia, Baldwin, Chloe Kitts of, Sania Feagin, C, Wes Moore, Katie Peneueta, Brooks, Rivers, Reuters Kamilla Cardoso, Saniya, UConn’s Paige Bueckers, LSU’s Angel Reese, JuJu Watkins, rebounder, Naismith, Entering’s Organizations: CNN, NCAA, Gamecocks, Iowa, LSU, WNBA, South, Mortgage, ESPN, Hawkeyes, South Carolina Gamecocks, Iowa Hawkeyes, Sunday, USA, Sports, Reuters, Getty, AP, Carolina, Sydney, The Iowa Hawkeyes, UConn Huskies, Huskies, UConn, Images Iowa, Images, Getty Images Iowa, NC State Wolfpack, North Carolina State, NC State, tipoff, South Carolina, Associated Press, Wade, Eight Locations: Iowa, South Carolina, Cleveland , Ohio, Clark , South Carolina, Reuters Iowa, Carolina, Cardoso of South Carolina, Stuelke, Martin, Cleveland, Chloe Kitts of South Carolina

We've compiled everything you need to know about the game tonight, including where to watch Iowa vs. UConn if you don't have cable. Where watch Iowa vs. UConn in the USIowa vs. UConn will air at 9:30 p.m. If you don't have cable, you'll need to check out a live TV streaming package that carries ESPN, like Sling TV or Hulu + Live TV. Hulu + Live TV Hulu + Live TV includes over 90 channels, along with Hulu's on-demand library and access to Disney Plus and ESPN Plus. Sign up for the relevant live TV streaming services mentioned above with a US form of payment.

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☆ Final Four women’s prices: It’ll cost more to see Caitlin Clark game than the men’s
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-04 | by ( Jordan Valinsky | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

New York CNN —Caitlin Clark’s popularity is jacking up ticket prices for the women’s NCAA basketball Final Four on Friday, making them even more expensive than the men’s. The average ticket price sold for the women’s games is $726, slightly higher than the men’s matchups ($710) on Saturday, according to data from secondary ticket website StubHub. With the women’s tournament having a lot fewer seats, plus the high demand, prices are going to be higher compared to the men’s. The higher average prices for Women’s Final Four games is a continuing trend from last year, according to StubHub. The men’s Final Four gets underway Saturday night.

Persons: Caitlin, Clark, ”, Adam Budelli Organizations: New, New York CNN, NCAA, Iowa Hawkeyes, State, NFL, LSU, ESPN, Hawkeyes, UConn Huskies, NC State, South Carolina Locations: New York, men’s, Cleveland , Ohio, Phoenix

☆ Caitlin Clark: Amid record audiences and surging ticket prices, Iowa star brings ‘more visibility’ to women’s basketball
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-03 | by ( George Ramsay | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —At the start of her college basketball career, right in the middle of the Covid-19 pandemic, Caitlin Clark grew accustomed to playing at empty venues. It just continues to add to the allure of a great basketball player.”Clark’s dominance has coincided with a booming interesting in women’s college basketball, evident long before this year’s March Madness got underway. “But because we are on national television now, because we are in the spotlight more as a sport, as women’s basketball, people are talking about it. Which all begs the question: how does an opposing team stop Caitlin Clark? “So we’re going to have to find a different way to win than stopping Caitlin Clark.”

Persons: Caitlin Clark, Bella, “ Caitlin Clark, Wes Moore, “, Clark, Hans Pennink, Lisa Bluder, Caitlin, ”, Matthew Holst, ” Clark, Geno Auriemma’s Organizations: CNN, NCAA, Iowa Hawkeyes, LSU Tigers, Iowa, LSU, Rocket Mortgage, ”, ESPN, UConn Huskies, Hawkeyes, WNBA, UConn Locations: Cleveland, men’s

☆ Caitlin Clark: Iowa’s NCAA record-breaking basketball supernova who everyone is talking about
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-28 | by ( Ben Morse | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

In her third season with the team, Iowa reached its first ever NCAA women’s basketball national championship game, though the Hawkeyes eventually lost to LSU. Jensen remembers Clark saying, “Now, what else can we do?” moments after becoming the all-time top scorer in collegiate women’s basketball. I would love to see that.”Clark signs an autograph after becoming the all-time NCAA women's college basketball top scorer. Matthew Putney/APWhat is undeniable are the eyeballs Clark has brought to college women’s basketball. Reese's gesture toward Clark during the second half of the 2023 NCAA women’s basketball national championship game became one of the biggest talking points of the college basketball season.

Persons: CNN — Clark, Caitlin Clark, ’, She’s, Clark, Pete Maravich, Pete ’ –, Maravich’s, Angel Reese, –, Kelsey Plum's, Matthew Putney, Christyn Williams, Carmen Mandato, Steph Curry, Sabrina Ionescu, skillset, Jan Jensen, Jensen, Joseph Cress, Zion Williamson, Kelsey Plum, Anthony Davis, Maya Moore, Allen Iverson, Brittney Griner, Shaquille O’Neal, – Clark, ‘ Stephen, Sabrina ’ –, “ Let’s, Reggie Miller, Damian Lillard, Steph, Sabrina, who’s, Dame, ” Clark, Caitlin, ” Jensen, she’s, Matthew Holst, LSU’s Reese, Reese, John Cena, Tony Gutierrez, Sheryl Swoopes –, Swoopes –, ”, Sheryl Swoopes, Jay Williams, “, “ I’m, doesn’t, WILT, … — Dick Vitale, @DickieV, Dick Vitale, Wilt Chamberlain Organizations: CNN, NCAA, Clark’s University of Iowa, Gatorade, Nike, State Farm, Louisiana State, LSU Tigers, Hawkeyes, Iowa, LSU, UConn Huskies, NBA, WNBA, Michigan, Iowa City Press, Citizen, USA, Indiana Fever, Hall of Famer, Carver, WWE, ESPN, Duke Blue Devils, FAIR Locations: men’s, Des Moines , Iowa, Iowa, ‘

☆ How scoring an invitation to Steph Curry's basketball camp changed Azzi Fudd's whole perspective
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-06 | by ( Meredith Cash | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

UConn star Azzi Fudd has long looked up to Steph Curry and now has an NIL deal with his brand, SC30. She attended Curry's camp during high school, even though it's usually reserved for men's recruits. AdvertisementAs the top-ranked player in her recruiting class, Azzi Fudd earned invitations to nearly every camp available to high school women's basketball stars. AdvertisementFudd knows that, at least to some extent, things are moving in the right direction for women's basketball players and for women's sports at large. "I definitely have seen a shift in the attention that women's basketball is getting and also the language used towards it," Fudd said.

Persons: Azzi Fudd, Steph Curry, Fudd, —, Stephen Curry, Troy Wayrynen, Stanford Cardinal, Cameron Brink, Armour, Green, David Butler II, Curry, Camp Curry Organizations: UConn, Service, Golden State Warriors, UConn Huskies, Stanford, Washington DC, NBA, G, Houston Rockets Locations: Oakland, Washington

San Diego State will play UConn in the NCAA men's basketball national championship game on April 3. ETHow to watch the NCAA national championship game in the USYou can watch the NCAA men's basketball national championship game on CBS or Paramount Plus. If you don't already have access to CBS via antenna or cable TV, Paramount Plus is the cheapest way to watch the NCAA national championship game. How to watch the NCAA national championship game in CanadaThe NCAA men's national championship game will air on TSN networks in Canada; TSN offers monthly streaming passes for $20, four month passes for $49.96, and annual passes for $199.90. How to watch the NCAA national championship game in the UKIn the UK, you can watch the NCAA men's national championship game with ESPN Player, which costs £10 a month or £70 a year.

☆ Brittney Griner's return could be the unlikely catalyst that forces the WNBA to relent on its most contentious policy
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-29 | by ( Meredith Cash | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

WNBA free agency is underway, with teams receiving the green light to recruit stars as of this weekend. Top free agent Breanna Stewart has reportedly made charter flights a key issue for teams wooing her. Private flights are not covered by the league's CBA, but Brittney Griner's return may force policy changes. The 2018 MVP took to Twitter to announce that she's prepared to help "subsidize charter travel for the entire WNBA" by offering her "NIL, posts + production hours." Several current WNBA players, including Nneka and Chiney Ogwumike, Elena Delle Donne, Napheesa Collier, Alysha Clark, Erica Wheeler, Kahleah Copper, and Natalie Achonwa, offered their support in the comments.

☆ How 2 colleges are using NFTs to engage sports fans and help athletes make money from NIL
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-16 | by ( Colin Salao | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Colleges like BYU and Syracuse are starting to sell NFTs of their sports teams and athletes. National Research Group said NFTs with real-world utility in sports could change the industry. Unlike the conventional NFTs in the market today, these NFTs also come with real-world benefits. BYU fans storm the field after the team's overtime win over Baylor on September 10, 2022. NRG's study said that sports fans are an ideal market for NFTs, particularly because of the industry's long history of fans purchasing memorabilia.

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