Bottom line: Iowa earns a top-four Big Ten finish at 14-4, reaches the Big Ten tournament semifinals, lands a 4-seed for the ...

Record numbers of basketball fans were part of a pivotal year for women in sports, financially and culturally, showing the women's game is more valuable than ever.

As the popularity of the WNBA skyrocketed this year, there's been a “darker vibe shift,” too in women's sports: What always felt like a positive setting started to take a more hostile turn at times.