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5 Things You Didn't Know About Dawn Staley
The University of South Carolina’s women’s basketball team is celebrating its third NCAA Championship after defeating Iowa 87-75 in the title game. The win is a perfect end to an undefeated season under the leadership of head coach Dawn Staley, who coached an entirely new starting five to a perfect season.
Staley’s win made her the fifth coach to win at least three national championships – part of an elite group that includes UConn’s Geno Auriemma, Tennessee’s Pat Summitt, LSU’s Kim Mulkey and Stanford’s Tara VanDerveer. But Staley isn’t just a great coach. She also had an impressive career as a player, with three Final Fours and one national title game appearance as a player for Virginia, five WNBA All-Star honors with the Charlotte Sting and three Olympic gold medals playing with Team USA.
While we’re still floating on the high of South Carolina’s storybook season, here are five things to know about the team’s incredible coach.
She’s a Philly Girl
Dawn Staley has been a coach at the University of South Carolina since 2008. But the Philly native, who grew up in the Raymond Rosen Projects, represents her city every chance she gets rooting for the local sports teams. You can spot her on the sidelines rocking Eagles gear.
Or hanging out at the Phillies game with Travis and Jason Kelce.
She Loves Her Sneakers
A quick scan of her Instagram account and you’ll see that Coach Staley has a thing for shoes. From Jordans in her team’s colors to colorful Air Force 1s, her sneaker game is tight, and she loves to show them off.
She is Strong in Her Faith
While most people attribute South Carolina’s success to the team’s hard work and strong leadership, Coach Staley makes sure to give most of the credit to a higher power.
After South Carolina’s exciting championship win, Staley took time to thank God for the success her team has had this season.
“We serve an unbelievable God,” she said in a tearful postgame interview.
Staley also uses faith to inspire her players. She has a meal with her team before each game where she shares a “Gameday Devotional” which includes a a team picture and a Bible verse.
She’s Outspoken on Civil Rights Issues
Besides being a champion for her players on the court, Staley has also been consistently outspoken on issues of civil rights. In 2020, she joined other University of South Carolina players and coaches in a campaign to remove the late South Carolina Senator Strom Thurman’s name from the school’s fitness center, arguing that his stance on segregation and his opposition of the Civil Rights Act of 1957 shouldn’t be honored. And when a Black volleyball player from Duke was targeted with racial slurs from fans at Brigham Young University during a game in 2022, she canceled a two-game series against the school.
“As a head coach, my job is to do what’s best for my players and staff,” she said in a statement at the time. “The incident at BYU has led me to reevaluate our home-and-home, and I don’t feel that this is the right time for us to engage in this series.”
Her Players Love Her
Coach Staley doesn’t just make her team run laps and review highlight footage. She’s also incredibly nurturing to the members of her team, who consider her a mother figure when they’re away from home, showing up at graduations and other important events.
“It means a lot just to play – just to learn from her,” said guard Raven Johnson. “I go to her about everything. I could joke around with her. I could do anything, just anything. She’s like a mom, like a home away from home. It’s a home-away-from-home feeling.
“I wish you guys could experience that and just how much she’s helped me as a player and as a woman. And she’s just amazing, man. It’s a blessing. Just playing for her is so much fun. People just love playing for her. People would run through brick walls for her,” said guard Te-Hina Paopao.
CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) – Cleveland police have made an arrest after a Lyft driver was fatally shot Sunday.
Officers said charges are pending against the 20-year-old man from Garfield Heights. His name was not released.
Investigators are now working to determine if that same suspect is connected to the killing of a second Lyft driver just two days later.
Antoine Latham, 56, was shot in the head inside of his car late Sunday night while driving for Lyft.
The shooting happened just before 10 p.m. near East 103rd and Rosehill.
First responders initially thought they were responding to a car crash before discovering Latham suffering from a gunshot wound.
He was taken to the hospital, but later died.
Lyft said it permanently banned the rider and is helping police with the investigation.
Early Tuesday morning, officers found a 27-year-old driver shot in the torso and slumped over his steering wheel on East 84th Street.
According to the Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner, he was identified as Vasyl Shvets from Parma.
Cleveland police confirmed Shvets was also a driver for Lyft.
Cleveland police are investigating both homicides, but don’t believe the two shootings are related.
Below is a statement from Lyft following the second shooting:
Investigators said the only confirmed link between the cases is that both victims drove for Lyft.
Anyone with information is asked to call the police.
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CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) – The Ohio Investigative Unit (OIU) and the Cleveland Police made multiple felony arrests, seizing guns and drugs in a joint violent crime reduction detail last week.
On Feb. 5, OIU agents and Cleveland Police officers seized a total of seven firearms and made five felony arrests in a joint violent crime reduction detail.
In one incident, officers and agents apprehended two armed suspected drug traffickers who attempted to flee, according to a release.
The investigation led to the seizure of four firearms, over two pounds of suspected cocaine, 30 grams of suspected fentanyl and $25,500 cash.
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CLEVELAND, Ohio — OHSAA boys basketball scores from Tuesday in Ohio, as provided by The Associated Press.
Apple Creek Waynedale 71, Kidron Cent. Christian 58
Batavia 49, Cin. Mariemont 48
Beaver Local 63, St Clairsville 58, OT
Bellaire 73, Valley Wetzel, W.Va. 33
Beloit W. Branch 78, Dalton 47
Bluffton 55, Elida 45
Botkins 59, Rockford Parkway 41
Brecksville-Broadview Hts. 63, N. Royalton 48
Cadiz Harrison Cent. 61, Barnesville 47
Caldwell 72, Bridgeport 52
Campbell Memorial 63, Niles McKinley 52
Can. Cent. Cath. 59, Louisville 43
Can. Glenoak 68, Cuyahoga Falls Walsh Jesuit 64
Can. McKinley 64, N. Can. Hoover 59
Canfield S. Range 63, Girard 54
Carlisle 58, Middletown Madison 42
Carrollton 66, Alliance Marlington 61
Castalia Margaretta 70, Shelby 64
Chagrin Falls 74, Independence 38
Chagrin Falls Kenston 52, Willoughby S. 31
Cin. Deer Park 80, Lockland 50
Cin. Hughes 71, Cin. Gamble Montessori 39
Cin. NW 70, Cin. Colerain 64
Cle. Adams 66, Horizon-Cleveland 29
Cle. John Marshall 58, Andrews Osborne Academy 54
Clyde 64, Vermilion 47
Cols. Upper Arlington 61, Pickerington North 52
Columbia Station Columbia 56, Cuyahoga Hts. 48
Cuyahoga Falls CVCA 73, Cle. Benedictine 53
Danville 57, Morral Ridgedale 40
Day. Dunbar 55, Day. Belmont 40
Day. Oakwood 65, Brookville 58
Dublin Coffman 45, Gahanna Lincoln 33
Elyria 82, Westlake 72
Fostoria 60, Maumee 48
Ft. Jennings 58, Ada 51
Gates Mills Hawken 57, Gates Mills Gilmour 39
Genoa 58, Pemberville Eastwood 42
Gnadenhutten Indian Valley 77, Uhrichsville Claymont 47
Hamilton Ross 54, Harrison 44
Hartville Lake Center Christian 67, Cornerstone Christian 34
Hubbard 63, Cortland Lakeview 52
Huron 52, Bascom Hopewell-Loudon 49
Independent Baptist Academy, Md. 75, Milford Christian 30
Ironton 67, Gallipolis Gallia 66
Jackson Center 54, Waynesfield-Goshen 34
Kansas Lakota 73, N. Baltimore 59
Kinsman Badger 72, Berlin Center Western Reserve 68
Kirtland 79, Perry 53
Lakewood 52, Fuchs Mizrachi 51
Lancaster 55, Cols. St. Charles 47
Lancaster Fairfield Union 46, Baltimore Liberty Union 30
Lima Shawnee 72, Columbus Grove 58
Lorain Clearview 77, Elyria Open Door 56
Lucasville Valley 70, Bainbridge Paint Valley 37
Mason 40, Cin. College Prep. 36
Massillon Perry 50, Uniontown Lake 35
McGuffey Upper Scioto Valley 74, Bellefontaine Benjamin Logan 66
Medina Christian Academy 61, Louisville Aquinas 41
Millbury Lake 69, Rossford 39
Mineral Ridge 52, Windham 41
Mogadore Field 70, Garrettsville Garfield 65
Montpelier 58, Sherwood Fairview 45
Mt Gilead 77, Marion Elgin 45
N. Robinson Col. Crawford 67, New Washington Buckeye Cent. 29
New Concord John Glenn 74, Warsaw River View 55
New Lexington 55, Crooksville 40
New Matamoras Frontier 56, Trinity, W.Va. 44
Newcomerstown 70, Tuscarawas Cent. Cath. 47
Oakstone 66, Foxfire 42
Orwell Grand Valley 64, Jefferson Area 58
Ottawa-Glandorf 59, Lewistown Indian Lake 47
Painesville Harvey 75, Ashtabula Edgewood 67
Painesville Riverside 76, Eastlake North 55
Portsmouth 75, South Point 55
Portsmouth Notre Dame 41, Ironton St. Joseph 40
Racine Southern 62, Southeastern 36
Richfield Revere 74, Aurora 62
Rocky River Lutheran W. 58, Streetsboro 38
Salineville Southern 65, Madonna, W.Va. 56
Shekinah Christian 60, Columbus International 34
Southington Chalker 66, N. Jackson Jackson-Milton 58
Spring. Kenton Ridge 69, S. Charleston SE 42
St. Edward (OH) 62, Cle. Hts. Lutheran E. 58
Steubenville 91, John Marshall, W.Va. 64
Stow-Munroe Falls 62, Hudson 51
Tontogany Otsego 62, Oak Harbor 53
Toronto 88, Lisbon David Anderson 80
Urbana 70, Spring. NW 38
Utica 70, Newark Cath. 58
Vienna Mathews 74, Ashtabula St John 57
W. Jefferson 49, Spring. Cath. Cent. 45
W. Liberty-Salem 66, Anna 53
Washington C.H. 57, McArthur Vinton County 26
Waverly 57, Sardinia Eastern Brown 50
Waynesville 86, Germantown Valley View 79
Willard 61, Port Clinton 46
Williamsburg 45, Cin. Madeira 26
Woodsfield Monroe Cent. 80, Columbiana 48
Youngs. Ursuline 74, Warren Howland 57
Zanesville Maysville 66, Thornville Sheridan 31
Zanesville Rosecrans 71, Fairfield Christian 63
Zoarville Tuscarawas Valley 67, Magnolia Sandy Valley 63
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