Stories By Wendy Parker
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Wendy Parker
/ 8 years agoWhy Pat Summitt was always ahead of the game
The first Women’s Final Four I ever attended was the one where Pat Summitt was reduced to the role of a most...
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Wendy Parker
/ 8 years agoBreaking down the major women’s Division I coaching hires
After a very tumultous spring, the hiring season in Division I women’s basketball was reaching its conclusion with a real bang...
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Wendy Parker
/ 9 years agoThe Kentucky women’s basketball crisis and the battle over culture
With several conspiracy theories swirling around the women’s basketball world this week, there was a surprising blast of candor as well,...
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Wendy Parker
/ 9 years agoIn a spring of discontent, high-fives and a coach’s return
High-fives were everywhere. With Agnus Berenato in the room, just about everyone got at least one high-five during her introduction as...
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Wendy Parker
/ 9 years agoUConn Huskies accomplish ‘something that’s never been done before’
INDIANAPOLIS—Indescribable. That’s a word the normally loquacious Geno Auriemma kept using Tuesday night after his UConn Huskies accomplished what his three...
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Wendy Parker
/ 9 years agoFor Stewart and UConn seniors, a farewell title is all that remains
INDIANAPOLIS—The idea of a freshman declaring, from time of her arrival, a desire to win four national championships is a rather audacious...
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Wendy Parker
/ 9 years agoUConn a win away from history in reaching 11th NCAA title game
INDIANAPOLIS—The relentlessness of the Connecticut dynasty is mesmerizing, for spectators and opponents alike. It produces either admiration for what the Huskies...
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Wendy Parker
/ 9 years agoWomen’s Final Four upstarts relish unlikely journeys
INDIANAPOLIS—Jamie Weisner had no good reason to hear out to first-year Oregon State coach Scott Rueck when he made his first...
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Wendy Parker
/ 9 years agoGender and coaching and the road to the Women’s Final Four
Instead of rehashing so many of the points I’ve made about gender and coaching in women’s basketball (see previous posts here,...
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Wendy Parker
/ 9 years agoWomen’s Final Four storylines surpass Shaughnessy fiasco
In a few days many of us will be gathering in Indianapolis for a Women’s Final Four with more compelling...
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Wendy Parker
/ 9 years agoTennessee Lady Vols savor a surprise Sweet 16 appearance
For all the unprecedented drama she and her team have endured this season, Tennessee coach Holly Warlick is making the Lady...
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Wendy Parker
/ 9 years agoNCAA women’s tournament bracket has few surprises
A few thoughts off the top of my overheated head about the 2016 NCAA women’s tournament bracket, whose unveiling on ESPN...
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Wendy Parker
/ 9 years agoCan Rachel Banham shoot Minnesota into the NCAA women’s tournament?
How did Rachel Banham follow up her monumental 60-point game on Super Bowl Sunday? By draining a 3-pointer at the buzzer...
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Wendy Parker
/ 9 years agoWomen’s basketball’s ‘get your butt in the gym!’ ultimatum
A sports author and editor I respect has a firm set of rules for his fellow freelance writers, most notably this...
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Wendy Parker
/ 9 years agoSEC scoring woes not just about Tennessee
Lord, forgive me for what I am about to write. I may have to move to another part of the country....
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Wendy Parker
/ 9 years agoMilestones for McGraw, Hatchell and the women’s basketball poll
Before I go down memory lane, I want to toss out a few items about the start of conference play as...
