Author: Lindsay Schnell, USA TODAY

Brittney Griner’s detainment in Russia is a result of WNBA players frequently playing in authoritarian countries in the offseason. They need to stop.

Former U.S. Marine Trevor Reed was released from a Russian prison Wednesday after being detained for three years. Is Brittney Griner next?

ESPN’s “The Bird & Taurasi Show” aired during women’s Final Four. It was a hit for its fun, offbeat way of talking about and breaking down games.

While there’s a handful of coaches under the age of 50 whose teams were ranked in the top 25, the reality is that women’s basketball is top heavy.

South Carolina’s Aliyah Boston returned to her double-double form, while Connecticut’s Paige Bueckers celebrated her homecoming.

Dawn Staley and the Gamecocks will attempt to win their second national championship. They won in their first title appearance, in 2017.

Christyn Williams and Olivia Nelson-Ododa took lots of heat from coach Geno Auriemma, but chose to stay in the program and grow, on and off the court.

Defending champion Stanford, fellow No. 1 seeds South Carolina and Louisville, and No. 2 seed UConn set for blockbuster Final Four in Minneapolis.

Cameron Brink is not someone you want to go up against, and she showed it in Stanford’s Elite Eight win Sunday, putting up six blocks and a steal.