Times change, but Auriemma hasn't
Graham Hays, ESPN.comIt's easy to forget that on his way to 700 career victories, Geno Auriemma built a program in the basketball wilderness in Storrs and won with players other programs didn't want.
Story | Conversation | November 27, 2009A look ahead -- and a few reasons to be thankful
Graham Hays...s openers), it's precisely the kind of game Jim Foster's team needs to win to live up to its preseason billing. Samantha Prahalis is putting up ridiculous numbers (45 assists against just 17...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 25, 2009Guards come up big in Stanford's win over Rutgers
Graham Hays...to midcourt and tower over officials and opponents in the pregame meeting of captains. But man cannot live on bread alone, and even this team cannot live on post play alone. No. 2 Stanford survived...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 15, 2009Nicaraguan girls enriched via soccer
Graham Hays, ESPN.comIn one of the poorest countries in the Western Hemisphere, young girls await a chance. Soccer isn't a solution to their disadvantages, but the tools past and present NCAA players are providing are a spark for change.
Story | Conversation | September 22, 2009Notre Dame sophomores take the lead
Graham Hays, ESPN.comA pair of Notre Dame sophomores, Melissa Henderson and Courtney Barg, are the key to the Irish's future success.
Story | Conversation | September 15, 2009DesOrmeaux's short life inspires LSU
Graham Hays, ESPN.comRobyn DesOrmeaux believed that winning wasn't everything, but she certainly knew how to win. LSU's winningest goaltender taught that lesson and more to those who knew her before she lost a five-year battle with cancer at age 27.
Story | Conversation | August 31, 20095 Burning Questions on WCWS
Graham Hays, ESPN.comWho are the most powerful hitters in this year's Women's College World Series? Will a new ace take the stage? And is Missouri -- no, wait, we won't even say it.
Story | Conversation | May 24, 20095 Burning Questions for super regionals
Graham Hays, ESPN.comGraham Hays asks and answers the five most burning questions ahead of the NCAA softball tournament's super regionals.
Story | Conversation | May 18, 2009Feindel pitches for more than softball
Graham Hays, ESPN.comHayley Feindel is the complete softball package; a rare commodity for Coast Guard Academy. But she's not at the service school to focus on sports. After surviving Hurricane Katrina, Feindel is giving back.
Story | Conversation | April 29, 2009OSU's Pruner finds peace after tragedy
Graham Hays, ESPN.comIt was a year to the day after the passing of Courtney Pruner's mother that the Ohio State junior hit the first home run at the Buckeyes' new softball field. But through injury and tragedy, Pruner has learned to step back and enjoy the moment.
Story | Conversation | April 16, 2009Sidelined Doty, Simon turn down side up
Graham Hays, ESPN.comBeing sidelined with an injury is never fun, but it's even worse during the NCAA tournament. UConn's Caroline Doty and Arizona State's Dymond Simon know that firsthand.
Story | Conversation | March 30, 2009Sooners miss Hand in loss to Aggies
Graham Hays...shots from outside and Tim Duncan's Spurs had Brent Barry or Bruce Bowen. Shooters and posts live a symbiotic life. Even in Saturday's win against Baylor, when Hand remarkably played on for an...
Blog Entry | Conversation | February 23, 2009
Rebounding gives Baylor a boost
Graham Hays, ESPN.comLike their mothers before them, Danielle Wilson and Rachel Allison have become basketball stars. And they've helped give Baylor its best rebounding team in Kim Mulkey's tenure.
Story | Conversation | February 19, 2009Leukemia survivor Stenson takes nothing for granted on, off field
Graham Hays, ESPN.comBeing a good softball player doesn't define a person. Neither does surviving leukemia. But both those things are a part of Washington's Bailey Stenson and have helped shape her into the person she is today.
Story | Conversation | February 18, 2009Top aces, surprise team among five burning questions for 2009 softball
Graham Hays, ESPN.comAs softball games begin Thursday, Graham Hays answers five burning questions about the 2009 season.
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