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Countdown to women's college basketball: Top players, games, new league rivals
South Carolina aims to run it back. Realignment arrives (again). And all eyes are on Paige Bueckers and JuJu Watkins as we preview 2024-25.
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Answering the 10 biggest questions about the NCAA antitrust settlement
There's a much clearer sense of how athletes will be getting paid in the future now. What does this settlement mean for players, collectives and the NCAA? Let's break it down.
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ESPN's top athletes of 21st Century: Top 100, future top athletes, sport-specific rankings
We ranked the defining athletes of the 2000s. Find all of our sport-specific lists here.
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Ranking the top 25 women's basketball players of the 21st century
Here are the best since 2000, including Olympians Brittney Griner, Lauren Jackson, Breanna Stewart, Diana Taurasi, Alyssa Thomas and A'ja Wilson.
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- NCAA settlement details payouts, revenue sharing
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- Longtime college AD Bob Marcum dies at age 87
- NCAA antitrust lawsuits settlement to be filed Fri.
- WBIT returning to Indianapolis for semis, final
- Big Ten commish: Sticking at 18 schools for now
- Proposal eyes change to D-I hoops start dates
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