Onus on NCAA to recharge game

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Val Ackerman's white paper provides many ideas for giving women's collegiate basketball a much-needed shakeup, but will the NCAA follow through?

espnW Photos of the Week: June 10-16, 2013

June 17, 2013
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Indiana Fever

U.S. President Barack Obama high-fives Indiana Fever coach Lin Dunn as he welcomed the 2012 WNBA champions to the White House in Washington D.C.

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Indiana Fever

U.S. President Barack Obama high-fives Indiana Fever coach Lin Dunn as he welcomed the 2012 WNBA champions to the White House in Washington D.C.

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Janel McCarville

The Lynx's Janel McCarville reacts to the play against the Silver Stars during their WNBA game at the Target Center in Minneapolis, Minn.

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Federica Pellegrin

Federica Pellegrini of Italy gestures before the women 400 freestyle event during the International Settecolli Trophy at Foro Italico in Rome.

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Kathryn Chamberlain

Kathryn Chamberlain of Great Britain holds Catherine Stephant Benoit of France for ippon (10 points) on her way to winning the F5 (50-54 years) U70 kilograms gold medal during the 2013 European Veteran Judo Championships at the Judo Institute in Paris.

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Team Germany

Germany's women's national team poses for pictures after a training session at Stadium Essen in Essen, Germany.

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U.S. Open

Female spectators walk on a flooded pathway along a fairway during a practice round for the 2013 U.S. Open golf championship at the Merion Golf Club in Ardmore, Pa.

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Alexis Davis

Alexis Davis enters the ring before facing Rosi Sexton in a bantamweight fight during the UFC 161 event at the MTS Centre in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.

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Daniela Hantuchova

Daniela Hantuchova in action during Day 6 of the Aegon Classic tennis tournament at Edgbaston Priory Club in Birmingham, England. Hantuchova won her sixth career title Sunday, beating Croatian teenager Donna Vekic 7-6 (5), 6-4 in the final.

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Ilka Semmler

Ilka Semmler of Germany dives for the ball during the FIVB Grand Slam match on Day 5 at The Hague Beach Stadium in the Netherlands.

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Annika Beck

Annika Beck of Germany plays a backhand in her second-round match against Karin Knapp of Italy during Day 5 of the Nuernberger Insurance Cup in Germany.

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Diana Prazak

Diana Prazak of Australia reacts after winning the WCB super featherweight title against Frida Wallberg of Sweden during the international boxing gala Golden Ring at Stockholm Waterfront in Sweden.

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Chloe McCardel

Australian long-distance swimmer Chloe McCardel adjusts her swimming cap before attempting to swim to Florida from Havana. With favorable weather predicted and a team of scientists on her side, McCardel set out to become the first person to make the 103-mile (166-km) swim between Cuba and the Florida Keys without a shark cage to protect her.

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Chloe McCardel

Australian long-distance swimmer Chloe McCardel says good bye before she jumps into the waters of the Florida Straits in Havana en route to Florida. The treacherous body of water known as the Florida Straits is the Holy Grail for marathon swimmers and has been conquered only once, by Susie Maroney, also Australian, who used a protective cage at age 22 during her 1997 swim that glided on ocean currents and enabled her to make the journey in just 25 hours.

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Chloe McCardel

Australian long-distance swimmer Chloe McCardel is surrounded by reporters moments before her attempt to swim to Florida from Havana. McCardel ended her attempt after 11 hours in the water when she was stung by a jellyfish.

W Debate: Time to break up the Big Three?

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In this week's W Debate, Melissa Isaacson and Kate Fagan discuss whether the Miami Heat should disband their Big Three if they lose in the Finals to San Antonio.

2012-13 CWSA winners and finalists

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A look at the individual sport winners and finalists for the Collegiate Women Sports Awards. One of these athletes will be named Collegiate Woman Athlete of the Year and presented with the Honda Cup on June 24 (8 p.m. ET, ESPN).

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