Emma Baccellieri

Joined: Jan 1, 2018

Emma Baccellieri is a staff writer who focuses on baseball and women's sports for Sports Illustrated. She previously wrote for Baseball Prospectus and Deadspin, and has appeared on BBC News, PBS NewsHour and MLB Network. Baccellieri has been honored with multiple awards from the Society of American Baseball Research, including the SABR Analytics Conference Research Award in historical analysis (2022), McFarland-SABR Baseball Research Award (2020) and SABR Analytics Conference Research Award in contemporary commentary (2018). A graduate from Duke University, she’s also a member of the Baseball Writers Association of America.

Rori Harmon (right) scored 26 points against UCLA last Wednesday then had the game-winning shot against South Carolina on Thanksgiving.

MLB

More than a decade after Little League stardom at age 13, she’s set to make history again—as the face of the Women’s Pro Baseball League.

Freshman guard Jazzy Davidson took over in USC‘s close win over NC State.

College Basketball

Just how far will the Trojans go without JuJu Watkins? Plus risers and fallers, a standout transfer and other top notes from the first week-plus of the college basketball season.

College Basketball

The thriving three-on-three league is teaming up with 14 of the best women’s college basketball players, who have more options than ever before.

WNBA

What were the best individual performances in the WNBA and women’s college basketball? And how do they compare to Shohei Ohtani’s monster Game 4 in the NLCS?

WNBA

Las Vegas was struggling to stay above .500 in August. But an unbelievable run led by MVP A'ja Wilson and a new approach by coach Becky Hammon put the Aces back on top of the WNBA.

WNBA

With 34 points and 14 rebounds in Game 3—not to mention a clutch game-winning shot—the MVP has the Aces just a win away from another WNBA title.

The Aces’ Big Three of (from left) Chelsea Gray, A’ja Wilson and Jackie Young led the way in Game 2, including a 32-point performance from Young.

WNBA

Like a tale told many times in Las Vegas, A’ja Wilson, Jackie Young and Chelsea Gray stuffed the stat sheet to gain a 2–0 series lead over the Mercury on Sunday.