This month's issue of Elle contains a profile of WNBA player Brittney Griner made me fall in love with her a little bit. And it will probably make you fall a little in love with her, too. Read… 11/07/13 7:00pm 11/07/13 7:00pm

I never intended to be an advocate. I never intended to be the person kids would come to when they felt suicidal. But somehow, somewhere along the line, that’s exactly what happened. Read on Playboy 10/09/13 11:05pm 10/09/13 11:05pm

Stop everything you're doing (besides, what are you doing? It's Saturday) and watch this. Discuss… 7/27/13 6:15pm 7/27/13 6:15pm

NEW YORK, NY - MAY 04: Rihanna attends the game between the Brooklyn Nets and the Chicago Bulls during Game Seven of the Eastern Conference Quarterfinals of the 2013 NBA Playoffs on May 4, 2013 at the Barclays Center in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. The Chicago Bulls defeated the Brooklyn Nets 99-93.(Photo by… Discuss… 5/05/13 9:45pm 5/05/13 9:45pm

22-year-old Brittney Griner, the number one pick in the WNBA draft this year, new Phoenix Mercury player and someone you will instantly like after seeing this picture, has become the first out-and-proud athlete to be signed to an endorsement deal by Nike. Read… 4/27/13 12:30pm 4/27/13 12:30pm

Brittney Griner, the former basketball standout at Baylor who on Tuesday saw her amazing basketball skills validated when the Chicago Sky chose her first overall in the WNBA draft, sat down with Sports Illustrated’s Maggie Gray recently to discuss, among things like becoming super-famous and making armfuls of… Read… 4/18/13 11:15pm 4/18/13 11:15pm

Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban caused a bit of a stir on Tuesday night when he said that he had "no problem whatsoever" with allowing Baylor University centre and women's college basketball's all-time leading shot-blocker Brittney Griner a chance to try out for a spot on Dallas' summer league team. Read… 4/04/13 1:05pm 4/04/13 1:05pm

Oh, it's nothing, I just have something in my eye. Something big. It's a basketball. Read… 2/27/13 1:15pm 2/27/13 1:15pm

Here's Anna Olson of Lewis-Palmer High School in Colorado pulling off what many are calling an impossible throw from three-quarters court. If they didn't end the game and declare a winner right then, that is just not right. In fact, they should've just ended the entire season and named Anna Olson the winning team in … Read… 2/11/13 9:15pm 2/11/13 9:15pm

Pat Summitt, the most victorious NCAA basketball coach of all time, said in an affidavit today that she was forced into retirement after being diagnosed with early-onset dementia. What's interesting is that it previously appeared she'd left the team of her own free will and on good terms — but according to Huffington… Read… 10/04/12 11:05pm 10/04/12 11:05pm

Parents and grandparents usually embellish the achievements of their children or grandchildren in a misguided effort to reassure themselves that they've done an okay job making sure that the next generation can competently manage, or at least participate in, the world. Glowing praise, however, can make kids… Read… 8/10/12 9:30am 8/10/12 9:30am

LONDON, ENGLAND - JULY 29: First Lady Michelle Obama talks with Kobe Bryant after the Men's Basketball Game between the United States and France on Day 2 of the London 2012 Olympic Games on July 29, 2012 in London, England. (Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images) Discuss… 7/29/12 5:00pm 7/29/12 5:00pm

If you have a vagina and you say you like sports because sports are fun to watch, you're lying. At least, according to a new study that purports to show that sports are just another thing that women endure because their husbands like it. Sports are kind of like anal sex in that way. Read… 7/10/12 2:00pm 7/10/12 2:00pm

As part of the Rise Above documentary series, Laylan, the 20-year-old star of her all-woman basketball team, explains how she and her teammates can challenge entrenched patriarchal attitudes about gender by playing basketball. Only a year ago, Laylan and her teammates hadn't played at all — some of them didn't even… Read… 7/08/12 2:00pm 7/08/12 2:00pm

Nike is celebrating the 40th anniversary of Title IX with an ad called "Voices." Using the hashtag #maketherules, female athletes — Olympic boxer Marlen Esparza, women's basketball legend Lisa Leslie, WNBA star Diana Taurasi, and Joan Benoit Samuelson, who won the world's first gold medal for women's marathon at the… Read… 6/25/12 11:10am 6/25/12 11:10am

Brittney Griner, the 6'8" powerhouse who lead the Baylor Bears to the NCAA women's basketball championship last night, is a phenomenal athlete and a helluva ball player. So good, in fact, that her detractors have found a totally original and hilarious way to insult her: by calling her a man. Read… 4/04/12 7:15pm 4/04/12 7:15pm

The Baylor University women's basketball team defeated the Notre Dame Fightin' Irish to win the NCAA women's national championship last night, becoming the first basketball team in NCAA history to win 40 games in a season and only the seventh women's team ever to remain unbeaten for an entire season. The victory was … Read… 4/04/12 1:10pm 4/04/12 1:10pm

A group of Minnesota women have banished their bridge leagues and weekly mahjong get-togethers to form a slightly more active social group: a basketball league for older women only. And while there's no running or jumping allowed in Granny , it's hard not to watch them play without feeling your heart grow so rapidly… Read… 3/26/12 4:45pm 3/26/12 4:45pm

Here's a glimpse into President Obama's weekend gig (because he needs something to keep him occupied) where he acts as coach to daughter Sasha's basketball team. Obama is a strong supporter of women's sports in general, saying, "I am a huge believer that sports ends up being good for kids and especially good for… Read… 3/26/12 11:40am 3/26/12 11:40am

With all the talk of lady contraception, we almost forgot that some guys also take steps to keep from making babies—and it turns out this month is a popular time for dudes to get that vasectomy they've been wanting. You see, there's a little basketball tournament called March Madness happening at the moment, and it… Read… 3/15/12 11:55pm 3/15/12 11:55pm

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Get ready to aww: President Obama is coaching his daughter Sasha's basketball team, and he's not taking his duties lightly. "He hasn't missed a game," the First Lady said of his devotion. "I think he was hoping to get this weekend off, but I'm gone." Apparently, if there's no game scheduled, he'll take his kids and their… Read… 2/11/12 5:30pm 2/11/12 5:30pm

A former security director for the NBA alleges that when he spoke up about sexual harassment of female employees, he was given bad evaluations and fired. Now he's suing. Read… 12/15/11 5:40pm 12/15/11 5:40pm