RALEIGH, N.C., Jan. 24 (UPI) -- Kay Yow, who coached women's basketball at North Carolina State for 38 years and a Gold Medal Olympic team in 1988, died Saturday of breast cancer.
STORRS, Conn., June 25 (UPI) -- Long-time University of Connecticut women's basketball Coach Geno Auriemma has signed a five-year contract extension running through April 15, 2013.
BATON ROUGE, La., April 11 (UPI) -- Van Chancellor Wednesday was named the new head coach of the LSU women's basketball team.
SPRINGFIELD, Mass., Sept. 8 (UPI) -- Charles Barkley, Dominique Wilkins and Joe Dumars were inducted Friday into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, Mass.
HOUSTON, Feb. 17 (UPI) -- Charles Barkley Friday headed the list of 2006 nominees for the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.
NEW YORK, April 12 (UPI) -- Columbia University announced Tuesday that Paul Nixon has been hired as coach of the women's basketball team.
BUFFALO, N.Y., March 15 (UPI) -- The Buffalo Bulls women's basketball coach, Cheryl Dozier, has been fired, the university announced Tuesday.
DEKALB, Ill., March 8 (UPI) -- Carol Hamerle, coach of the Northern Illinois women's basketball team for seven years, announced her retirement Tuesday.
ATHENS, Greece, Aug. 28 (UPI) -- Olympic medal winners in women's basketball:
ATHENS, Greece, Aug. 16 (UPI) -- Lisa Leslie dominated inside and scored 15 points Monday in rallying the U.S. women's Olympic basketball team to an 80-61 win over the Czech Republic.
