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Aishwarya Kumar

Hartford

Feature Writer at ESPN

Feature writer, @espn | Instructor, @thewritingcolab | Past: @MedillSchool | The Year's Best Sports Writing 2024 | IG: aishwaryakumar17 | Immigrant and Tamil |

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  • 2 weeks ago | espn.com | Aishwarya Kumar

    HARMONI TURNER STORMS onto the Harvard practice court, driving her knees to her chest. She smiles brightly. Her braided blonde hair, piled in a loose bun, bobs as she runs. It's a cold February day in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and the coaches begin practice with a shooting drill. For the next 17 minutes, Turner makes shot after shot, from spot after spot. When the drill ends, her teammates continue to take aim. Not Turner.

  • 4 weeks ago | espn.ph | Katie Barnes |Alexa Philippou |Charlie Creme |Aishwarya Kumar

    SNOW FLURRIES FALL on a February night in Pittsburgh. An eager crowd -- some kids, some adults, some security -- gathers outside the Petersen Events Center. They stand beside the Notre Dame bus, trying to keep warm while they wait. Less than an hour earlier, the second-ranked women's basketball team in the country beat Pittsburgh 88-57 for its 17th straight win. The terrific trio in the Notre Dame backcourt combined for 61 points, 18 rebounds, 12 assists and 10 steals.

  • 1 month ago | 700espn.com | Aishwarya Kumar

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  • 1 month ago | espn.com | Aishwarya Kumar

    LAUREN BETTS DUCKS as she walks through the conference room door. She hunches her shoulders. She bends her head. Still, her high bun bumps into the door frame as she enters the room at The Heldrich Hotel a mile from the Rutgers campus in New Jersey. The heralded UCLA junior basketball player spots a few chairs in the corner of the room and makes her way toward them. Halfway there, she stops. She turns around and backtracks to one positioned in the center. Her shoulders still slumped, she plonks down.

  • 1 month ago | espn.ph | Aishwarya Kumar |Michael Voepel |Charlie Creme

    LAUREN BETTS DUCKS as she walks through the conference room door. She hunches her shoulders. She bends her head. Still, her high bun bumps into the door frame as she enters the room at The Heldrich Hotel a mile from the Rutgers campus in New Jersey. The heralded UCLA junior basketball player spots a few chairs in the corner of the room and makes her way toward them. Halfway there, she stops. She turns around and backtracks to one positioned in the center. Her shoulders still slumped, she plonks down.

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Aishwarya Kumar @kumaraishwarya
15 Apr 25

RT @harmoniiturner: guys i’m so sorry! my phone was literally freezing 😩!

Aishwarya Kumar
Aishwarya Kumar @kumaraishwarya
13 Apr 25

RT @katie_barnes3: Sedona Prince is a WNBA prospect in uncharted waters. I dove into her past, her present, and explored her future. https:…

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Aishwarya Kumar @kumaraishwarya
10 Apr 25

RT @espn: "My story is ... one for the books." After a record-setting season at Harvard, Harmoni Turner believes she can dazzle in the WNB…