For those who didn’t live through the OJ Simpson trial, this documentary series does a great job of explaining what it and he meant to the country:

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Iowa is retiring No. 22

This is up 59% from five years ago, when NCAA women's tournament attendance was 275,000.

Rarely mentioned re: NCAA men's title game numbers is that the other sports networks completely clear their schedules for this. It's borderline Super Bowl level.

Monday's are pretty light in general and as far as I can tell the only other live sporting event was MLB on MLBN.

Today’s The Wall Street Journal front page
w/Isabella Simonetti:

The sport's all-time wins leader.
A legend of the game.
And the steward of a sisterhood that spans generations.

🗞️ » GoStanford.com/ThankYouTara

A U.S. Women's National Soccer Team shootout

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Will henceforth be known as a Naeher Sandwich

(H/t Julie Miller)

The college women’s hoops final drew more viewers than the men's, a stunning moment for the sport. But that won’t be reflected in TV money: $6.5 million for the women and $873 million for the men. Rachel Bachman & Isabella Simonetti on that striking contrast. wsj.com/business/media…

This The Wall Street Journal chart is the new ride at Cedar Point

The Women’s College Basketball Tournament Outshone the Men’s. But It Got 99% Less TV Money. W/Rachel Bachman
wsj.com/business/media…

Astounding but true
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Well, look at WSJ Sports today 👀

There will be a market correction to women’s college basketball audiences now that Caitlin Clark is gone.

But they’ll still be far above where they were.

Viewership of non-Iowa women’s tourney games thru the Elite Eight was up 73%.
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As president of Turner Sports, David Levy was one of the architects of the $1 billion-a-year NCAA men’s tournament TV deal.

Now he’s bullish on women’s basketball:
wsj.com/sports/basketb…

As president of Turner Sports, David Levy was one of the architects of the $1 billion-a-year NCAA men’s tournament TV deal.

Now he’s bullish on women’s basketball:
wsj.com/sports/basketb…

🏀 One reason people are debating whether the NCAA Women’s basketball title game, with 18.7 million viewers, will draw more than the men: The women are on a broadcast channel that’s in tens of millions more homes than cable.

Future schedule for title games: