Author: Lindsay Schnell, USA TODAY

A wave of anti-LGBTQ legislation across the U.S., including 18 bans on transgender athletes, have left advocates, allies asking, how did we get here?

Ex-New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson, who played a major role in freeing former U.S. Marine Trevor Reed, working to bring the WNBA All-Star home.

Former U.S. Marine Trevor Reed was released from a Russian prison Wednesday after being detained for three years. Is Brittney Griner next?

ESPN’s “The Bird & Taurasi Show” aired during women’s Final Four. It was a hit for its fun, offbeat way of talking about and breaking down games.

While there’s a handful of coaches under the age of 50 whose teams were ranked in the top 25, the reality is that women’s basketball is top heavy.

South Carolina’s Aliyah Boston returned to her double-double form, while Connecticut’s Paige Bueckers celebrated her homecoming.

Dawn Staley and the Gamecocks will attempt to win their second national championship. They won in their first title appearance, in 2017.

Defending champion Stanford, fellow No. 1 seeds South Carolina and Louisville, and No. 2 seed UConn set for blockbuster Final Four in Minneapolis.