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.

Flau’jae Johnson had a whirlwind night when she was drafted by the Valkyries with the No. 8 pick and then traded to the Storm during the second round.

College Basketball

It’s not exactly clear what happened between the Huskies coach and Dawn Staley after South Carolina beat UConn, but he made it publicly personal.

Though UConn played South Carolina in last year’s championship game, Huskies coach Geno Auriemma says the Gamecocks are a much better team this time around.

College Basketball

These won’t be the same UConn, UCLA, Texas and South Carolina teams that took the floor this time last season.

Dawn Staley has built up an impressive Rolodex of names and numbers throughout her career, and she’s not shy about using it.

College Basketball

WNBA coaches, Olympians, Lisa Leslie? You never know who's going to show up at a Gamecocks practice.

The Rays will play their first game at Tropicana Field since 2024 on Monday after spending last year at the Yankees’ spring training facility due to damage from Hurricane Milton.

MLB

After a hurricane forced them to spend last season in a minor league park, the Rays learned that be it ever so humble, there’s no place like dome.

Dawn Staley has cut down a lot of nets at South Carolina, but she keeps finding new ways to get to the Final Four.

College Basketball

The Gamecocks have unlocked a new brand of basketball this season, a faster, higher-scoring product that is not quite like anything Staley has coached before.

Lauren Betts (center) had 23 points, 10 rebounds, five blocks and three assists in UCLA’s win over Duke on Sunday.

College Basketball

The Bruins had a shaky start to their Elite Eight win over Duke, but their star center has learned how to step up as a game-changing presence when things get tough.

Raven Johnson (right) convinced her former high school teammate Ta'Niya Latson spend her college season with the Gamecocks.

College Basketball

In her first Sweet 16 game on Saturday, Latson led all scores with 28 points and showed just how dynamic the Gamecocks are this year.

LSU coach Kim Mulkey says she isn’t sure where any rumors about her considering retirement stemmed from.

College Basketball

The Tigers coach is the only person in the women’s game to win a national title as a player, an assistant coach and a head coach.

Duke guard Ashlon Jackson delivered a game-winning three at the buzzer to beat LSU in the Sweet 16.

Emma Baccellieri

Joined: Jan 1, 2018

2026 WNBA Draft Winners and Losers: A Few Surprising Picks and One Strange Trade

‘We Got Smacked’: South Carolina Couldn’t Do Anything Right in the National Championship

Following South Carolina’s Blueprint, UCLA Is a Formidable National Championship Opponent

UCLA Has Improved in One Major Way in This Final Four: It Can Play Ugly

College Basketball

Geno Auriemma Made It All About Himself and That’s a Real Shame

College Basketball

This May Be a Familiar Women’s Final Four, but It’s Not a Rerun of Last Year

College Basketball

South Carolina Gets by With a Little Help From Dawn Staley’s Friends

MLB

Home Sweet Dome: The Rebuilt Tropicana Field Deserves Its Flowers

College Basketball

South Carolina Is Back in the Final Four, but This Is Not Your Typical Dawn Staley Team

College Basketball

UCLA Returns to the Final Four With a More Confident Lauren Betts Leading the Way

College Basketball

Raven Johnson Recruited BFF Ta’Niya Latson and South Carolina Is Reaping the Benefits

College Basketball

‘There Is No Retiring’: Kim Mulkey Adamantly Denies Rumor After LSU’s Sweet 16 Loss

While Duke Held Its Breath, Ashlon Jackson’s Buzzer Beater Sank LSU’s Season

Flau’jae Johnson Knows Her Value, Which Is Why She Stuck Around at LSU

‘Nobody’s Tired in March’: No. 10 Virginia Stuns Its Way From First Four to Sweet 16

Duke Went From Lost Season to Legitimate March Madness Contender