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Christine Brennan

Washington, D.C.

Sports Columnist at USA Today

Commentator, Author, Speaker at Freelance

Author of ON HER GAME: Caitlin Clark and the Revolution in Women’s Sports, coming July 2025. USA Today, CNN, ABC, PBS NewsHour. https://t.co/84oZWoTH8e

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  • 4 weeks ago | bostonherald.com | Christine Brennan

    A woman’s death from a preventable heart attack isn’t just a misunderstanding of cardiovascular biology — it’s a failure of policy. And when her doctor misdiagnoses her autoimmune flare as stress, or when a hot flash relief drug never reaches pharmacy shelves because it’s deemed financially unviable — these aren’t mere unfortunate accidents. They’re the direct result of systemic underinvestment, outdated assumptions, and misaligned incentives in U.S. healthcare policy.

  • 1 month ago | sports.yahoo.com | Christine Brennan

    John Kopecky, a Colorado Springs salesman, had grand plans for this coming weekend. He paid about $3,000 for flights, hotel rooms and four tickets to take his wife, 14-year-old daughter and her basketball teammate to Caitlin Clark’s game this Friday night against the Connecticut Sun in Indianapolis. On Monday afternoon, Kopecky read on social media that Clark had a strained left quadriceps and would be out for at least the next two weeks.

  • 1 month ago | usatoday.com | Christine Brennan

    John Kopecky, a Colorado Springs salesman, had grand plans for this coming weekend. He paid about $3,000 for flights, hotel rooms and four tickets to take his wife, 14-year-old daughter and her basketball teammate to Caitlin Clark’s game this Friday night against the Connecticut Sun in Indianapolis. On Monday afternoon, Kopecky read on social media that Clark had a strained left quadriceps and would be out for at least the next two weeks.

  • 1 month ago | flipboard.com | Christine Brennan

    For all intents and purposes, Kevin Durant is laying low at this point. The two-time champion, however, managed to go viral with a quiet little …

  • 2 months ago | ca.sports.yahoo.com | Christine Brennan

    BOSTON — The red, white and blue skating party had just ended Saturday night. For the first time in history, the United States had won three of the four disciplines at a world figure skating championships, the last and least surprising of them coming with another majestic athletic masterpiece from American wunderkind Ilia Malinin. Then the fire alarm sounded at TD Garden. Everyone out. Even you, Ilia.

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Christine Brennan
Christine Brennan @cbrennansports
8 Jun 25

One year ago, a source told me Caitlin Clark was being left off the US Olympic team. I broke the news & wrote this column, calling it the worst Olympic selection decision in my 40 years on the beat. With new reporting in ON HER GAME, it looks even worse. https://t.co/Y7eILOXxCT

Christine Brennan
Christine Brennan @cbrennansports
8 Jun 25

Big change is coming to college sports. How do we feel about the vast majority of money going to male athletes at federally funded schools governed by Title IX? How about the potential minimizing of Olympic sports? So much to discuss. @kimbrunhuber https://t.co/t9XREFeloV

Christine Brennan
Christine Brennan @cbrennansports
8 Jun 25

With all the change in college sports, what happens with women’s sports? How about Olympic sports? Our CNN Newsroom Live conversation this morning ⁦@kimbrunhuber⁩ https://t.co/En7oL0Wxc6