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Chantel Jennings

Minneapolis

Senior women's basketball writer at @TheAthletic | Previously: Knight-Wallace Fellowship, ESPN, The Michigan Daily | [email protected] | she/her

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  • 1 week ago | nytimes.com | Chantel Jennings

    More than 1,500 Division I women's basketball players entered the portal this season, including nearly 300 power conference players - that's an average of four players per power conference team. With most of the top transfers finding their landing spots, it's time to look again at the landscape of the sport. The best players in the portal had a chance to improve their future team's ceilings, locate a better spot for themselves or receive more NIL money.

  • 1 week ago | spokesman.com | Chantel Jennings |Joe Vardon

    USA Basketball will announce a major shift in its structuring on Thursday when Sue Bird is announced as the managing director for the USA women’s national team for the 2028 Olympic cycle, according to two sources close to the program.

  • 1 week ago | nytimes.com | Chantel Jennings |Joe Vardon

    USA Basketball will announce a major shift in its structuring on Thursday when Sue Bird is announced as the managing director for the USA women's national team for the 2028 Olympic cycle, according to two sources close to the program.

  • 2 weeks ago | sports.yahoo.com | Chantel Jennings

    Wednesday afternoon in downtown Columbia, S.C., a statue will be unveiled to honor Dawn Staley, the adopted daughter and coach of the city. It will stand nearly equidistant between the Gamecocks’ basketball arena and the South Carolina state house, which is fitting given how much she has meant to women’s basketball in the state and across the country. Most apropos is that the statue will be forged by fire, an analogy perfectly befitting Staley and her journey to this pinnacle.

  • 2 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Chantel Jennings

    Wednesday afternoon in downtown Columbia, S.C., a statue will be unveiled to honor Dawn Staley, the adopted daughter and coach of the city. It will stand nearly equidistant between the Gamecocks' basketball arena and the South Carolina state house, which is fitting given how much she has meant to women's basketball in the state and across the country. Most apropos is that the statue will be forged by fire, an analogy perfectly befitting Staley and her journey to this pinnacle.

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Chantel Jennings
Chantel Jennings @ChantelJennings
21 Mar 25

RT @ScottDochterman: Long in the works and published today: At a ‘crisis moment,’ women’s college basketball officiating needs a way forw…

Chantel Jennings
Chantel Jennings @ChantelJennings
20 Mar 25

As the sport hits new highs and breaks records, the state of women's college basketball officiating feels more important than ever. What are the issues? And, what comes next? "This is a five-to-10-year fix. And we're nowhere close to starting that." https://t.co/o3Mm1ECUQG

Chantel Jennings
Chantel Jennings @ChantelJennings
14 Mar 25

I've been off Twitter for a while (it has been lovely) but have decided to come back to social media during the NCAA Tournament. Haven't decided fully if I'll be here or at bluesky (probably not both), but you can follow me there at @chanteljennings.bsky.social.