Defending national champion South Carolina Gamecocks were voted a unanimous No. 1 in the AP Top 25 women s preseason basketball poll released on Tuesday.
Yan Xiaonan got the better of Mackenzie Dern in standup fighting and survived relentless grappling threats to earn a majority-decision victory Saturday in the UFC Fight Night main event.
The U.S. women s national basketball team is likely to be a bit shorthanded for its FIBA World Cup opener Thursday morning in Australia, coach Cheryl Reeve said on Tuesday.