As the saying goes, you get what you pay for.
By David Goldman, CNN New York (CNN) — For the first time in its 42-year history, more people watched the women’s NCAA basketball final than the men’s. The total number of viewers for Sunday’s women’s national championship game between South Carolina and Iowa was 18.9 million, peaking at 24.1 million in the game’s final 15
When it comes to NCAA ratings for 2024, it's a whole new game. Sunday's 2024 NCAA women's championship between Iowa and South Carolina, a 3 p.m. ET tipoff airing on ABC and ESPN, scored an average of 18.9 million viewers, blowing by the men's championship game on Monday, which had 14.8 million (live+same-day) across TBS, TNT and TruTV, according to Nielsen. This is the first time the women's championship beat the men's in ratings, and advertisers who got in early are scoring big. "This...
NCAA men’s basketball final ratings up, but fall short of women’sSouth Carolina-Iowa averaged 18.7m viewers on ABC and ESPNSouth Carolina’s 87-75 victory over Caitlin Clark and Iowa in the women’s NCAA championship game has achieved a pair of milestones.It is the first time the women’s title game outdrew the men. It also was the second most-watched non-Olympic women’s sporting event on US television. Continue reading
NCAA Women Beat Men in Finals' Ratings for First Time! (Second column, 1st story, link) Related stories:But Women Got 99% Less TV Money
Hopkinton, Massachusetts, celebrated its 100th anniversary as the starting line for the marathon, sending off a field of nearly 30,000 runners.
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Opinion by Larry Hogan (CNN) — America may be politically divided at historic levels, but there is no red or blue economy. As Congress comes back into session for the first time since the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse, leaders of both parties must recognize this truth. The fallout from this tragedy is not just
Opinion by Larry Hogan (CNN) — America may be politically divided at historic levels, but there is no red or blue economy. As Congress comes back into session for the first time since the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse, leaders of both parties must recognize this truth. The fallout from this tragedy is not just
April 8 (UPI) — UConn Huskies defenders sustained a breathless intensity, cooling the Purdue Boilermakers’ sharpshooters en route to a second-consecutive men’s basketball national championship Monday in Glendale, Arizona. Senior guard Tristen Newton led the Huskies with 20 points in the 75-60 win at State Farm Stadium. Senior center Zach Edey, the two-time National Player […] The post UConn beats Purdue to repeat as NCAA men’s basketball champions first appeared on Gephardt Daily.
Game report: Dominant Huskies retain national titleHow the women’s NCAA Tournament became the main actPurdue 16-18 Connecticut, 11:28, first halfHassan Diarra adds two for UConn with a nice drive, but then Edey puts on a show at the other end, posting up and pivoting against Clingan to get free, score and draw the foul. He hits the free throw and now has Purdue’s last 11 points. Continue reading
As it happened: Purdue 60–75 UConnHuskies win second successive championshipZach Edey’s heroics not enough for BoilermakersUConn delivered the latest of their suffocating basketball beatdowns on Monday night, smothering Purdue for a 75-60 victory to become the first men’s team since 2007 to capture back-to-back national championships.Tristen Newton scored 20 points for the Huskies, who won their 12th straight March Madness game – not a single one of them decided by fewer than 13 points.UConn...