Hopkinton, Massachusetts, celebrated its 100th anniversary as the starting line for the marathon, sending off a field of nearly 30,000 runners.
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
Women's rugby in the U.S. is going professional with the new Women's Elite Rugby competition. The league will officially launch next year with between 6 and 8 teams.
Women's college basketball has never been hotter. Last week, Nielsen
NCAA Women Beat Men in Finals' Ratings for First Time! (Second column, 1st story, link) Related stories:But Women Got 99% Less TV Money
The Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) Division Newport’s Federal Women’s Program celebrated Women’s History Month with a panel discussion by five female employees on March 26 that focused on insights and experiences as women working for the U.S. Navy
CLEVELAND — Lisa Bluder and her staff had to “work hard” to get Caitlin Clark to Iowa. She was the No. 4 recruit in the country and had an opportunity to take her talents to big-name programs like Notre Dame, Louisville, and Texas. But Clark didn’t take the easy route, the one where she would
Saturday Night Live took a break from politics in its cold open to riff on March Madness — more specifically how the women’s tournament has been a lot more exciting than the men’s competition. The set up was TBS’s post-game coverage, with co-host Kenny Smith (Devon Walker) noting that 14 million people watched the the […]
Transgender women will no longer be welcome to compete as females in NAIA (National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics) competitions, the governing body voted Monday.