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When you go to a sporting event, you tend to see people in team gear. You’ll see fans decked out – from painted faces to customized shoes – rooting on their teams and players. Occasionally, you might see the casual fan wearing their everyday street clothes, but for the most part, it’s all about the …

By Marlee Ressa | @marleeressa Sports Capital Journalism Program TAMPA – For the third time in four years, South Carolina is heading to the NCAA Championship game. The defending national champion is looking to repeat after last year’s title victory over Iowa. This time around the team will face off against the Huskies of UConn. …

By Alec Millender Sports Capital Journalism Program SAN ANTONIO — The Alamodome buzzed with energy as basketball legends gathered for the 2025 Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame press conference, a cornerstone event during Final Four weekend. This year’s class honored a wide array of influential figures whose legacies span generations, positions and borders. The …

By Marlee Ressa | @marleeressa Sports Capital Journalism Program TAMPA – South Carolina continued its dominance over Texas, defeating the Longhorns 74-57 in a semifinal of the NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament and earning the chance to play for a second title in as many seasons and a third in four years. When the Gamecocks (35-3) …

By Jeffery Green | @Jeffery_AGreen Sports Capital Journalism Program TAMPA – It was a year of firsts for UCLA and its women’s basketball team: first year in the Big Ten, first Big Ten Championship Title and now the program’s first time in the Final Four. Yet with all these “firsts,” someone listening to UCLA players …

By Hanna Barton | @Hannabarton00 Sports Capital Journalism Program CLEVELAND — Before facing Iowa in Sunday’s NCAA tournament title game, the South Carolina Gamecocks had won 37 games this season. They had lost zero. In their victory over Iowa in today’s national championship, their bench put up 37 points. Iowa’s bench put up zero. “Dawn …

By Madie Chandler | @madie_chandler Sports Capital Journalism Program CLEVELAND — Few dry eyes could be found among the young girls navigating the concourse of Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse in Hawkeye black and gold following South Carolina’s 87-75 victory over Iowa in the NCAA tournament title game. The emotion on the concourse echoed the bittersweet note …

By Madie Chandler | @madie_chandler Sports Capital Journalism Program CLEVELAND — Few things are certain about the meeting of the Iowa Hawkeyes and South Carolina Gamecocks in the NCAA national championship, but one fact rings true: it will be Caitlin Clark’s last game in an Iowa uniform. Her Hawkeye career is marked by a legacy …

By Hanna Barton | @Hannabarton00 Sports Capital Journalism Program CLEVELAND – Energetic. Loose. Silly. All have been used to describe this year’s South Carolina team. But the title no other team in the country can claim right now? Undefeated. “As much as you bring up like an undefeated season, it doesn’t feel like it because, …

By Hanna Barton | @hannabarton00 Sports Capital Journalism Program CLEVELAND — The season of perfection continues for South Carolina (37-0) as it punched its ticket to a third national championship game and became the first team since the 2016 UConn Huskies to enter the title game with an undefeated record.  The Gamecocks topped the NC …