ICYMI (lucky you), the two-time defending champion USWNT barely advanced to the knockout stage yesterday, after looking out of sorts in their uninspiring 0–0 draw with No. 21 Portugal.

The NCAA sponsors 34 coed and nine women’s programs across the three divisions, all competing for the same national championship.

If soccer and ice hockey had a baby, it would probably look like field hockey (or, as many collegiate players call it, fockey).

And just like that, only two WWC group stage games remain.

Stop us if you’ve heard this one before — a new study published yesterday exposes the pay and investment gaps in women’s sports and shines a light on the need for more sponsors in the industry.

Welcome to another edition of summer school Q&A!

But it’s not just the head coach (HC) leading these squads — for many teams, there’s a whole crew supporting the skipper, and graduate assistants do most of the grunt work.

Once the whistles blow on today’s final Group B games, seven of the tourney’s 16 available knockout tickets will be punched, with No. 3 Sweden, No. 6 Spain, No. 11 Japan, No. 12 Norway, No. 20 Switzerland, and Group B’s top two teams advancing.

In an exclusive interview with The GIST, UChicago’s Rachael Hewson Grotts, who earned her M.S. in Post-Professional Athletic Training at a DI school before her current DIII stint, spoke about how a school’s resources directly affect players’ lives.

Move aside, “Dating Sunday” — one of the hottest times to make an MLB match is just before the trade deadline, aka tomorrow at 6 p.m. ET.

Not to sound like a broken record, but NIL regulations (or the lack thereof) created a whole host of new challenges for athletic departments, and keeping up can feel like a never-ending game of whack-a-mole.

Today, thanks to the writers over at our college sports newsletter, we’re diving into name, image, and likeness (NIL) and its effect on college sports.