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From dramatic buzzer-beating finishes in the 2018 NCAA Women’s Final Four to the hosting leaders in the sport at the first ever COMMITTED event, it’s safe to say that Columbus has been an epicenter of collegiate women’s basketball action in recent years.

In fact, Columbus has committed to hosting

The Maria Taylor we know is reporting from the biggest college football stages on ESPN’s Saturday Night Football, analyzing the top stories in sports on NBA Countdown and bringing us closer to teams across the nation on ESPN’s College GameDay.

But at the 10th annual Women’s Sports Report,

There are countless ways in which Columbus has grown over the last decade: new developments, new high-profile events and plenty of new fans. But in the world of sports, all the growth is paced with the careful keeping of traditions.

One of those traditions is The Women’s Sports Report.

For a

Get ready to don your red, white and blue, Columbus.

The U.S. Soccer Women’s National Team will play an international friendly vs. Sweden on Nov. 7 at MAPFRE Stadium. Whether you’re a lifelong fan of the sport, still hyped up on the USWNT excitement from this summer or just looking to take

What started as just a workout is now giving Morelle McCane a shot at the Olympics.

The sport of boxing didn’t come into McCane’s life until she was a teenager visiting the local gym where her niece was taking lessons. But soon the gym sessions led to practices, which led to competitions like the

Fencing may not be at the top of many people’s list of up-and-coming sports, but its growth and booming participation say differently. As USA Fencing president Don Anthony said at Tuesday’s COMMITTED event, the niche sport’s popularity is rising across the country and especially flourishing in

Throughout her career, Judy Rankin recognized that she wasn’t always the strongest golfer in the field, but she knew she had the grit and the strong will to win.

And so she won.

Rankin’s celebrated golf career spanned over 20 years and included 26 LPGA Tour wins. After joining the tour at age 17,

Between a five-time Olympian, a gold medalist Paralympian, a world-class referee and a legendary head coach on stage, the conversation at COMMITTED on May 22 was certainly a celebration of the sport of volleyball.

But more than anything, it was a thank you to the sport for the incredibly different

Women’s basketball has been guiding Lynn Holzman and Danielle Donehew at every stage of their lives.

But as Holzman, vice president of NCAA women’s basketball, and Donehew, executive director of the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA), spoke on the panel of the first COMMITTED event on

Even after nearly a decade of holding The Women’s Sports Report, an event that recognizes girls and women who are taking sports to the next level, we continue to be enthralled by the stories of female leaders in our city.

The ninth-annual Women’s Sports Report, presented by OhioHealth, featured a