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Team Harrison mounts record 21-point comeback in AU victory

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Team Harrison overcame a 21-point deficit to mount the largest comeback win in Athletes Unlimited history.

Isabelle Harrison led her team in scoring, notching 25 points, 19 of which came in the second half, erasing a double-digit Team Brown lead. Courtney Williams added 13 points, ten assists and five steals in the historic Team Harrison victory, helping down Team Brown 86-81.

“I’ve been playing with Courtney for years, and I know what she can bring to the team – she can literally will her team to win,” said Harrison, who recorded her second game with 25 or more points on Friday, “She brings that energy I need. As a coach I can’t see everything, I can’t always bring that energy, but she supports me, she’s my co-captain and I love playing with Court.”

Odyssey Sims was critical for Team Harrison as well, logging her second double-double of the season with 16 points and 13 rebounds, while Nikki Greene and Ty Young each added 11 points.

Team Harrison’s late-game comeback was anchored by solid team defense, holding Team Brown to just 10 points in the fourth quarter while outshooting the team by 20 points in the second half.

Williams earned MVP 1 honors, collecting 90 points to finish the night with 451 points. MVP 2 and 3 honors went to Sims and Harrison, amassing 40 and 30 points, respectively.

Team Harrison’s record comeback wasn’t the only come-from-behind win Friday night. Team Hawkins also deleted a double-digit deficit to knock out Team Cloud 90-70.

Captain Tianna Hawkins notched 28 points and grabbed 13 rebounds in her fourth double-double of the season. Her dominant performance was seemingly motivated by Team Hawkins’ 79-54 loss to Team Harrison in the squad’s Week 3 opener.

“I told myself I wasn’t gonna lose no sleep over (Wednesday’s loss),” said Hawkins. “I know when I came back this morning, I told them that can’t happen again. We talked about a lot and we did a lot better today.”

Sydney Colson added to Team Hawkins’ thrilling victory, posting a season-high 20 points and nine assists, while Air Hearn drained four three-pointers off the bench in her 14-point performance.

A 28-6 run in the third quarter spurred by an 11-point tear from Colson put Team Hawkins on top after trailing Team Cloud, setting the squad up for their 20-point win.

Colson’s dominant performance earned her MVP 1 honors, finishing the night with 481 points overall.

Next up: Team Harrison will take on Team Cloud on Saturday at 7:30 pm ET on FS2, while Team Brown will face off against Team Hawkins at 10:30 pm ET.

South Carolina Women’s Basketball Shoots to Even the Score Against SEC Rival Texas

South Carolina players celebrate a play during a 2025/26 NCAA basketball game.
No. 2 South Carolina basketball enters Thursday's matchup with No. 4 Texas on a 10-game winning streak. (Sean Rayford/Getty Images)

Thursday night's NCAA basketball action spotlights a tense SEC rematch, as No. 2 South Carolina hosts No. 4 Texas in conference play following the pair's nonconference Players Era Championship matchup in November.

The Longhorns just edged the Gamecocks 66-64 in the Las Vegas competition's title game, but the tide has since shifted, with South Carolina now riding a 10-game winning streak into Thursday's matchup while No. 6 LSU served Texas a season-first loss last Sunday.

"I'm really disappointed in the league for putting us in that position, but we play whoever is in front of us," Longhorns head coach Vic Schaefer said of his team's grueling road trip. "It's one monster after another."

The pair's sole 2025/26 conference matchup could end up determining the SEC basketball regular-season title — South Carolina and Texas split their two 2024/25 SEC clashes to tie for last season's honor before the Gamecocks ousted the Longhorns from both the conference tournament and the Final Four.

While injuries have impacted both sides, South Carolina anticipates a roster boost from 6-foot-7 French international Alicia Tournebize, who recently joined the Gamecocks after playing pro ball in Europe.

"She looked good," South Carolina head coach Dawn Staley said of her team's midseason addition. "She'll play, she'll definitely play."

How to watch Texas vs. South Carolina on Thursday

The No. 4 Longhorns will tip off against the No. 2 Gamecocks in Columbia at 7 PM ET on Thursday, with live coverage airing on ESPN2.

NWSL Players Association Files Grievance Against High Impact Player Rule

Washington Spirit star Trinity Rodman waves to fans before a 2025 NWSL match.
US Soccer labeled star NWSL free agent Trinity Rodman "unattached" earlier this month. (Scott Taetsch/NWSL via Getty Images)

The NWSL Players Association is speaking out, filing a grievance against the league's new "High Impact Player" rule on Monday after claiming that the mechanism violates both the CBA and US labor laws.

"Player compensation is a mandatory subject of bargaining," the union said in its Wednesday statement. "The League has no authority to unilaterally create a new pay structure that bypasses negotiated rules."

The union requested "immediate rescission of the HIP Rule, an order requiring the League to bargain in good faith over any proposed Player compensation rules prior to implementation, and to make-whole relief for any Players impacted by the League's unilateral actions."

With the future of stars like Trinity Rodman hanging in the balance, the "High Impact Player" rule allows clubs to exceed the salary cap by up to $1 million so long as players qualify under specific criteria — measures that a mere 27 current NWSL athletes currently meet.

The NWSLPA instead suggested simply raising the overall salary cap by $1 million, with the NWSL going on to institute the rule despite union objections.

"We want to make sure everybody has a level playing field," NWSLPA executive director Meghann Burke told The Athletic in December. "If the league can come in here and put their thumb on the scale…they can put their thumb on the scale of any player's contract negotiation."

With free agency heating up, players making moves, and the 2026 NWSL preseason kicking off, the pressure is mounting for both sides to figure out a lasting fix.

USWNT Star Sam Coffey Officially Signs with Manchester City

Standing between Manchester City manager Andrée Jeglertz and director of football Therese Sjögran, USWNT star midfielder Sam Coffey holds up a jersey with her name and "2029" on it at her signing with the WSL club.
USWNT star Sam Coffey signed with WSL side Manchester City through 2029 this week. (Manchester City)

USWNT star Sam Coffey has sealed the deal, with WSL side Manchester City announcing on Wednesday that they've signed the 27-year-old through 2029.

Manchester City reportedly paid $875,000 in transfer fees for the midfielder, after Coffey led the Portland Thorns to one NWSL title in her four years with the NWSL club.

"Sam's reputation as one of the world's best speaks for itself," said Man City director of football Therese Sjögran in the WSL club's announcement. "We're delighted she's chosen to come here ahead of other potential suitors."

"Sam is playing at the top of her game, and I think her decision to come here shows the incredible progress we've made as a Club and the ambitions we have moving forward," added Sjögran.

City's ambitions are rising alongside their place on the WSL table, where the Citizens currently sit six points clear atop the standings thanks to global stars like Bunny Shaw and Vivianne Miedema.

Coffey's move, however, continues to tip the USWNT's scales away from the NWSL, with over half of the starting XI from the 2024 Olympic gold-medal match now playing club football in Europe — at least for now.

"For as long as I've kicked a ball, I've always dreamed of playing professional soccer in Europe," Coffey said in an emotional letter to Portland on social media. "I would never forgive myself if I didn't go try."

How to watch Manchester City this weekend

Though the date of Coffey's European debut is still unknown, Manchester City will next take the pitch against third-flight club Bournemouth in the fourth round of the 2025/26 FA Women's Cup at 8 AM ET on Sunday before facing a top-tier battle against WSL champion Chelsea in the League Cup semifinals next Wednesday.

WSL action for the Citizens will then resume on Sunday, January 25th, when Man City takes on the London City Lionesses at 6:55 AM ET on ESPN+.

Netflix Casts Emily Bader as USWNT Legend Mia Hamm in ‘The 99’ers’ Movie

Actor Emily Bader poses at the LA premiere of Netflix's "People We Meet on Vacation."
"People We Meet on Vacation" star Emily Bader will play USWNT icon Mia Hamm in the upcoming Netflix film, "The 99'ers." (Charley Gallay/Getty Images for Netflix)

The upcoming Netflix feature film about the 1999 USWNT World Cup team has landed a lead, with Deadline confirming on Wednesday that the streaming giant is tapping actor Emily Bader to play star forward Mia Hamm in The 99'ers.

The 29-year-old most recently starred in People We Meet on Vacation, which made its debut at No. 1 on Netflix last week.

Bader previously enjoyed a breakout turn in the Prime historical drama My Lady Jane, which dropped in June 2024.

Calling her role in The 99'ers "a dream come true," Bader celebrated her Netflix casting in her Instagram Stories on Wednesday.

"Growing up playing soccer and being so inspired by @miahamm," she wrote.

Netflix first acquired the rights to The Girls of Summer: The US Women's Soccer Team and How It Changed the World — a 2000 book by Jeré Longman — back in 2020, with the project officially going into development in May 2025.

Known for her directorial prowess on Sirens on Netflix as well as her Emmy and Director's Guild Award-winning work on HBO's Watchmen, Nicole Kassell will direct The 99'ers.

Kassell will work off a script penned by Katie Lovejoy (Love at First Sight, To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before 3), Dana Stevens (The Woman King, Fatherhood), and Peter Hedges (Ben Is Back).

Helmed by Liza Chasin from 3Dot Productions, The 99'ers boasts a production team that includes Hayley Stool, Ross Greenburg, Marla Messing, Jill Mazursky, and Krista Smith.

While no timeline for production or distribution are available, Netflix will likely aim to use the film to bolster its coverage of the the upcoming World Cups in light of the streamer recently snagging the exclusive US broadcast rights to both the 2027 and 2031 tournaments.