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Cora Hall @corahall.bsky.social · May 29

SportsCenter talking about Karlyn Pickens' record breaking pitch from Sunday and the matchup with Oklahoma today😌😌😌 the World Series graphic saying super regional and the wrong game time😔😔😔

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Cora Hall @corahall.bsky.social · Apr 9

The group of women from Boston area affectionately named themselves Old Lady Basketball. They found each other looking for pickup basketball, but found even more.

On the community they built that has carried them through the last two decades for @usatoday.com:
www.usatoday.com/story/sports...

How 18 Massachusetts women created community through pickup basketball, Final Four trips

A multigenerational group looking to play pickup basketball found a family. Now they go to the women's Final Four every year. Here's their story

www.usatoday.com

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Cora Hall @corahall.bsky.social · Apr 7

The Lady Vols started the season unranked. They're ending it as a top-20 team in both polls after Kim Caldwell's first season.

Tennessee is No. 15 in the AP poll and No. 16 in the USA Today coaches poll in the final rankings of the 2024-25 season www.knoxnews.com/story/sports...

Lady Vols rankings in college basketball polls after Kim Caldwell's first season

The Lady Vols ended Kim Caldwell's first season at Tennessee in the top 20 of both polls after starting the season unranked.

www.knoxnews.com

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Cora Hall @corahall.bsky.social · Apr 7

Sarah Strong is a quiet superstar for UConn. She didn't seek the spotlight after she went on a historic run to win a championship as a freshman.

The future of the Huskies is in good hands with Strong, not only because of her on-court dominance. For @usatoday.com:
www.usatoday.com/story/sports...

Sarah Strong is 'Charles Barkley' of UConn basketball. Only a freshman, already a star

Sarah Strong is a quiet superstar as a freshman, and her historic NCAA tournament performance showed the future of UConn is in good hands.

www.usatoday.com

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Nancy Armour @nrarmour.bsky.social · Apr 6

My favorite sign so far today:
Fudd Around
Find Out.

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Cora Hall @corahall.bsky.social · Apr 5

Dawn Staley with a fresh bucket hat for pre-championship media

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Cora Hall @corahall.bsky.social · Apr 5

Appreciate you 🤞🏼

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Cora Hall @corahall.bsky.social · Apr 5

"I just kept telling her, they can’t guard you Joyce."

Joyce Edwards fueled South Carolina in a dominant Final Four win, and her teammates never doubted she'd bounce back. On the confidence of Edwards, who overcame a slump just like the greats before her: www.usatoday.com/story/sports...

Freshman Joyce Edwards finds her game again vs. Texas, fuels South Carolina to NCAA final

Joyce Edwards shook herself out of her freshman slump, logging a double-double to fuel South Carolina's dominant win over Texas in Final Four.

www.usatoday.com

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Cora Hall @corahall.bsky.social · Apr 4

welcome to the club🙂‍↕️🙂‍↕️

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Marisa Ingemi @mingemi.bsky.social · Apr 4

saw a few USBWA rising star legends @alexaphilippou.bsky.social @corahall.bsky.social @eaadams6.bsky.social

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Cora Hall @corahall.bsky.social · Mar 29

The Lady Vols fought tooth and nail to upset No. 1 seed Texas, even outrebounding the Longhorns, but it wasn't enough.

Tennessee falls 67-59, ending Kim Caldwell's first season in the Sweet 16 www.knoxnews.com/story/sports...

Lady Vols basketball falls to Texas, first season under Kim Caldwell ends in Sweet 16

Ruby Whitehorn scored 16 points as Lady Vols basketball lost 67-59 to Texas, ending Kim Caldwell's first season in the Sweet 16 of March Madness.

www.knoxnews.com

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Cora Hall @corahall.bsky.social · Mar 29

Lady Vols are heating up – they're 3-6 from 3-point range in the third after going 2-14 in the first half.

Texas leads 47-43 with 3:53 left in the third quarter

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Cora Hall @corahall.bsky.social · Mar 29

Ruby Whitehorn WILLED that last basket in. Tough, tough finish at the buzzer to cut Texas' lead to 34-30 at halftime.

The Lady Vols outscored Texas 17-13 in the second and are outrebounding the Longhorns 19-17

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Cora Hall @corahall.bsky.social · Mar 29

Tennessee is on a 6-0 run to cut Texas' lead to 25-23 at the media timeout with 4:35 left in the second quarter.

Lady Vols came out refocused and are playing great defense. Keeping Texas off the offensive glass, too, which is huge – Longhorns only have one offensive rebound

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Cora Hall @corahall.bsky.social · Mar 29

Texas came out of the media timeout much more aggressive, and the Longhorns went on a 13-0 run to end the first quarter.

Lady Vols struggled to get good looks offensively and did not shoot well from behind the arc (1-9). Tennessee has to regroup quickly, down 21-13 after the first

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Cora Hall @corahall.bsky.social · Mar 29

The level of urgency Tennessee is playing with matches the magnitude of this game. This might be their best start of the season in that regard

Lady Vols lead Texas 11-8 at the media timeout with 4:37 left in the first quarter

Cora Hall @corahall.bsky.social · Mar 29

Tennessee's starters for the Sweet 16 vs. Texas: Samara Spencer, Ruby Whitehorn, Jewel Spear, Tess Darby and Jillian Hollingshead

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Cora Hall @corahall.bsky.social · Mar 26

"It says a lot about the resiliency of this program...that they cared enough about each other to just check back in and fix it."

The Lady Vols showed Kim Caldwell a lot last weekend – and she showed it on film. Why Caldwell thinks they took "a big step" www.knoxnews.com/story/sports...

What Kim Caldwell's film session revealed about Lady Vols ahead of Sweet 16 game vs Texas

The Lady Vols may have lost their "hungry mindset" at one point, but Kim Caldwell believes they found it going into Sweet 16 matchup with Texas.

www.knoxnews.com

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Cora Hall @corahall.bsky.social · Mar 24

"Everybody been sleeping on us all year, and we just showed them what we can do."

The Lady Vols had a chip on their shoulder in Kim Caldwell's first season. They wanted to win now, and so did Caldwell. Now they're going back to the Sweet 16 www.knoxnews.com/story/sports...

Lady Vols trusted 'a winner is a winner' when Kim Caldwell was hired. Now they're in Sweet 16

Kim Caldwell expected to win right away with Lady Vols basketball, and Tennessee made good on that promise by reaching NCAA tournament Sweet 16 .

www.knoxnews.com

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Cora Hall @corahall.bsky.social · Mar 24

The Lady Vols are heading back to the Sweet 16. Tennessee won the battle of the full-court presses tonight, upsetting Ohio State 82-67 tonight in Columbus.

Talaysia Cooper led the team with 19 points, Zee Spearman added 17 and Ruby Whitehorn had 14 www.knoxnews.com/story/sports...

Inside Lady Vols basketball's upset of Ohio State in March Madness to return to Sweet 16

Talaysia Cooper scored 19 points as Lady Vols basketball upset Ohio State in the second round of March Madness to return to Sweet 16.

www.knoxnews.com

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Cora Hall @corahall.bsky.social · Mar 24

The Lady Vols are absolutely battling on every possession. They forced 10 turnovers in the 3Q for 16 points and were relentless after weathering OSU's run.

Ruby Whitehorn gets a tough offensive rebound to lay it in at the end of the third to give Tennessee a 66-59 lead

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Cora Hall @corahall.bsky.social · Mar 24

And there they are again. Lady Vols stepping up defensively again and are on an 8-0 run, forcing four turnovers to take a 64-57 lead

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Cora Hall @corahall.bsky.social · Mar 24

This has been an issue all season – Lady Vols take their foot off the gas when they see a lead, and they just can't do that against anyone in the tournament

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Cora Hall @corahall.bsky.social · Mar 24

Ohio State was not going to go out easy. Tennessee went on a 14-0 run to take a 17-point lead, but the Buckeyes came storming back with a 12-0 run.

Lady Vols only lead 54-49 now and committed three turnovers on OSU's run, two of them steals

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Cora Hall @corahall.bsky.social · Mar 24

Tennessee hit back-to-back 3-pointers to go on a 14-0 run, which just added to its momentum. The Lady Vols' lead was 17 before Ohio State answered with an 8-0 run of its own to cut the lead to 54-44