Sport updates Staley makes show of pregame hug with Close David April 5, 2026 Share this:Share Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window) Tumblr Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window) Pinterest Click to share on Pocket (Opens in new window) Pocket Click to share on Telegram (Opens in new window) Telegram Click to share on Threads (Opens in new window) Threads Click to share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window) WhatsApp Click to share on Mastodon (Opens in new window) Mastodon Click to share on Nextdoor (Opens in new window) Nextdoor Click to share on Bluesky (Opens in new window) Bluesky Dawn Staley made sure the crowd acknowledged her pregame handshake with Cori Close before South Carolina and UCLA met in the women’s final, an apparent dig at Geno Auriemma Like this:Like Loading... Related Continue Reading Previous: Women’s NCAA title game: Live updates from South Carolina-UCLANext: A Kaprizov hat trick and a timeout turning point in Wild’s nail-biting win: Takeaways Leave a ReplyCancel reply Related Stories Sport updates Jaylen Brown on Neemias Queta’s Most Improved Player case: ‘It’s like night and day’ David April 6, 2026 Sport updates Morgan Geekie’s stubbornly persistent scoring slump: ‘This is the time to show up’ David April 6, 2026 Sport updates Six seniors, four transfers, 48 years in the making: How UCLA won its first NCAA title David April 5, 2026
