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MINNEAPOLIS — UConn women’s basketball has been muscled off the mountaintop. South Carolina, with its second championship in six years, looks down upon the rest of women’s basketball and does not figure to be descending any time soon.

MINNEAPOLIS — It had happened here before, at the Target Center, 27 years ago, for the UConn women’s basketball team.

MINNEAPOLIS — All season long, South Carolina carried an air of dominance, almost to the point of inevitability.

Minneapolis is abuzz after local news station WCCO uncovered footage of an 11-year-old Prince answering a question posed by a TV reporter about a possible teacher strike at schools, including Lincoln Junior High, where Prince went. The filmed footage had remained buried in the station’s archives since 1970, when the…

MINNEAPOLIS — In the Land of 10,000 Lakes, one beach in northern Minnesota stands out. While most of Lake Superior's iconic shoreline is gray rock, this stretch is a surprising pink.

MINNEAPOLIS — Once they scratched and clawed their way here, all the way to the national championship game, the UConn Huskies wanted to win.

MINNEAPOLIS — South Carolina set sights on its ultimate goal — winning the national championship — before the season’s first tip. The Gamecocks turned their goal into reality Sunday night, winning the 2022 NCAA tournament championship with a win over the UConn Huskies.

Making Our PicksMINNEAPOLIS — Two of the most prolific programs in women’s college basketball will meet Sunday night for the national championship as the NCAA tournament’s No. 1 overall seed South Carolina takes on Bridgeport Region champion UConn. The Gamecocks are making their fourth Final Four ...

MINNEAPOLIS — Paige Bueckers was devastated and confused and having a hard time processing that her high school basketball career was over, one game shy of what was supposed to be her coronation.

MINNEAPOLIS — Maybe, somewhere in the back of their minds, their semifinal game having been won, there was hope in the South Carolina locker room for a rematch. You know, getting a shot at Stanford, the team that knocked it from the Final Four last year.

MINNEAPOLIS — When Minnesotans hear the phrase "Philly Tough,'' they may assume it refers to Eagles fans throwing full beers at the heads of Vikings fans before an NFC title game.