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Doris Burke on calling NBA Finals: 'I am sort of mindful that there is something meaningful here' 06/06/2024 01:52pm • Doris Burke has been a mentor to many female analysts and announcers. However, it will be one of the announcers who helped pave the way for Burke to eventually become the first woman to serve as a game analyst on TV for a championship final in one of the four major professional U.S. sports leagues w WTOP Honored with Seven 1st Place Awards and Best in Show by Chesapeake AP Broadcasters Association 06/06/2024 01:18pm •   Washington D.C. – WTOP took home seven first place Chesapeake Associated Press Broadcasters Association (CAPBA) Awards this weekend, including Outstanding Website for WTOP.com, Outstanding Newscast and the Best in Show Award for all radio for Outstanding News Operation. “In addition to Howard University engineering school gets a record $5 million donation 06/06/2024 12:40pm • Howard University's College of Engineering and Architecture has received a $5 million gift from design software giant Autodesk, the school's largest-single unrestricted donation in its 90-year history. Last year, Autodesk donated $1 million to Howard University's Department of Mechanical Engineer Philadelphia famed city basketball series adds Drexel women's team to Big 5 06/06/2024 12:27pm • PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The Big 5 has expanded with the addition of Drexel this season in women's basketball, the sixth Division I program to join the famed Philly hoops tradition. Drexel will now make up the rest of the city series teams with Penn, La Salle, Temple, Saint Joseph’s and Villanova. Th Caitlin Clark, Indiana Fever hope 4-day break can help recharge season after early struggles 06/06/2024 12:10pm • INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Caitlin Clark and the Indiana Fever finally got the break they needed this week. Now everyone is ready to see if four days off will help change their results. Despite Clark's selection as the WNBA rookie of the month for May, she and her new teammates have dealt with all kinds Michigan State adds ex-Michigan assistant and Lansing native Saddi Washington to Tom Izzo's staff 06/06/2024 11:43am • EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan State has added former Michigan assistant and Lansing native Saddi Washington to Tom Izzo's coaching staff. The move was announced Thursday, two months after Mark Montgomery left the Spartans to lead Detroit Mercy. Izzo also promoted Jon Borovich and Austin Thor In the UK's top baseball league, crowds are small, babysitters are key and the Mets are a dynasty 06/06/2024 10:24am • LONDON (AP) — This might be the year, mate. The London Mets are the defending champs, but they're looking beatable. The London Capitals have been close, and they've got ace pitcher Masa Hashiguchi. Talk about a subway series. These two National Baseball League teams meet for the first time this se Climate solution: Massachusetts town experiments with community heating and cooling 06/06/2024 09:39am • Jennifer and Eric Mauchan live in a Cape Cod-style house in Framingham, Massachusetts that they've been cooling with five air conditioners. In the summer, the electric bill for the 2,600-square-foot home can be $200. In the winter, heating with natural gas is often more than $300 a month, even with Jennings' HR helps Oklahoma beat Texas 8-3 and move a win away from 4th straight Women's CWS title 06/06/2024 12:25am • OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma needs just one more win to make softball history. Tiare Jennings' two-run homer in the first inning sparked an 8-3 win over Texas on Wednesday night that left the Sooners one victory short of a record fourth straight Women's College World Series title. Oklahoma (58-7) A realistic way to protect kids from social media? Find a middle ground 06/06/2024 12:01am • Ahmed Othman isn't on TikTok and doesn't want to be. He and his younger sister got iPhones when they were in eighth and seventh grade respectively, but with no social media, just iMessage. Their parents, who are both computer scientists, spent the next year teaching them about social media, bombardi A realistic way to protect kids from social media? Find a middle ground 06/06/2024 12:00am • Ahmed Othman isn't on TikTok and doesn't want to be. He and his younger sister got iPhones when they were in eighth and seventh grade respectively, but with no social media, just iMessage. Their parents, who are both computer scientists, spent the next year teaching them about social media, bombardi Washington man sentenced for 20 'swatting' calls of false threats in US, Canada 06/05/2024 10:16pm • TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — A Washington state man who made 20 false reports of bombs and shootings around the U.S. and in Canada, prompting real emergency responses, has been sentenced to three years in prison, U.S. authorities said. Ashton Connor Garcia, 21, of Bremerton, was sentenced in U.S. Distric The Latest: Court adjourns for the day in Hunter Biden's gun trial 06/05/2024 09:29pm • WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — The Latest on the trial of Hunter Biden (all times local): Court adjourned for the day in Hunter Biden's gun trial, with testimony expected to resume Thursday morning. After the jurors were dismissed, Derek Hines told the judge the prosecution has six more witnesses after g Mental Health on College Campuses: Challenges and Solutions 06/05/2024 08:00pm • Adjusting to college life can be challenging, as students navigate newfound independence and more rigorous courses. It can feel especially daunting for students who face mental health challenges, which for many were heightened by the coronavirus pandemic. Campuses are facing what many experts call a RED-S and the Female Athlete Triad 06/05/2024 08:00pm • When Pippa Woolven was offered an athletic scholarship to run cross country and track at her dream school, Florida State University, she was in love with the sport. Woolven moved from England to Florida having only visited the U.S. once before. "I was so blown away by how fun it was to have this fam