Iowa’s Clark wins 2nd consecutive Wooden Award
Iowa Hawkeyes star Caitlin Clark was named the winner of the 2024 Wooden Award on Tuesday, taking home the honor as the most outstanding player in women’s college basketball for the second straight season.
Clark won the award over Uconn’s Paige Bueckers, Stanford’s Cameron Brink, USC’S Juju Watkins and Notre Dame’s Hannah Hidalgo, who were all finalists.
Clark made history this season and in her career. She finished with more points -- 3,951 -- than any men’s or women’s player in Division I. She is the only Division I women’s player to have more than 3,000 points and 1,000 assists in her career, totaling 1,144 assists. She also had 990 rebounds.
Her 28.42 points per game and 548 3-pointers are Division I career records, and this year’s 201 3-pointers and 1,234 points were single-season records.
Clark is expected to be the No. 1 pick in the WNBA draft by the Indiana Fever this Monday.
Calipari on exit: Kentucky needs ‘another voice’
Iowa guard Caitlin Clark walks off the court Friday in Cleveland.
And step away completely from the program.”
Arkansas and Calipari are in the final stages of making a deal, sources told ESPN’S Pete Thamel, and are expected to formalize the remaining steps before an announcement in the near future.
ESPN reported Sunday night that Calipari was finalizing a five-year deal with the Razorbacks.
Kentucky athletic director Mitch Barnhart followed Calipari’s social media video with a statement thanking Calipari and announcing they would begin their search for a new coach.
Devils’ Hughes set for shoulder surgery Wednesday
coach Travis Green said Hughes was going to miss Tuesday’s game against the Toronto Maple Leafs with an upper-body injury.
Losing Hughes comes as the Devils are trying to reach the playoffs in back-to-back seasons. Last season saw the Devils reach the second round after missing the postseason for four straight campaigns.
Ex-dodger Urias charged with 5 misdemeanors
Former Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Julio Urias has been charged with five misdemeanors in the wake of his September arrest on suspicion of felony domestic violence.
The charges, filed to Los Angeles Superior Court by the city attorney’s office Monday, include one count of spousal battery, one count of false imprisonment, one count of assault and two counts of domestic battery involving dating relationship, a spokesperson for the city attorney’s office confirmed to ESPN.
Urias, currently a free agent, is scheduled to be arraigned May 2.