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Fox Sports
12-03-2025
- Sport
- Fox Sports
AP's Doug Feinberg chosen for US Basketball Writers Association Hall of Fame
Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Doug Feinberg, an Associated Press Basketball Writer who has covered the women's game for nearly 20 years, has been chosen for the U.S. Basketball Writers Association Hall of Fame Class of 2025. Feinberg joined the AP in 1995 and has covered women's hoops since 2006, including oversight of the AP Top 25 women's basketball poll. He'll cover his 17th women's Final Four this year and has also covered five Olympic tournaments and four women's World Championships and World Cups. 'For me, the thing about Doug that stands out alongside his immersive coverage of women's basketball is the care and joy he takes in doing it,' said Dave Zelio, an assistant sports editor for the AP who oversees college sports. 'He loves the sport, loves the athletes and the coaches and that leads to good and thoughtful journalism.' Coaches and players throughout pro, college and international women's basketball have recognized Feinberg's passion for the sport and trusted him to tell their stories. His coverage of Brittney Griner's 10-month imprisonment in Russia was AP Sports' Story of the Year in 2022. He joined the New York Liberty in 2023 for a cross-country trek to highlight the challenges players like 6-foot-4 Breanna Stewart faced on commercial flights and has highlighted pay disparities between men's and women's referees. On Tuesday, the AP published Feinberg's story on six members of Kobe Bryant's Mamba Academy team that are now playing college basketball five years after Bryant's shocking death. Feinberg has been there for women's basketball's biggest moments — including Morgan William's Final Four OT jumper in 2017 that ended UConn's 111-game winning streak. Zelio noted Feinberg's longtime ownership and shepherding of the AP Top 25 poll, which was begun by Hall of Famer Mel Greenberg of the Philadelphia Inquirer in the late 1970s, and singled out AP's annual honors for athletes and coaches. 'Doug started a tradition for AP where he asks the All-America players to do a bit of video and it is wonderful every time because they have so much fun with it,' Zelio said. 'Doug's deep relationships with teams has also allowed us to get behind-the-scenes video of players like Caitlin Clark and Paige Bueckers being surprised by being named player of the year.' The USBWA announced its seven-member class Monday night. Feinberg will be honored during this year's Final Four in Tampa, Florida. He's the second AP writer elected to the hall, joining longtime coworker Jim O'Connell, who was inducted in 2002. Feinberg received the Mel Greenberg Media Award in 2018 from the Women's Basketball Coaches Association for advancing the role of the media in promoting women's hoops. He is also an assistant girls basketball coach and head track and field coach at The Dalton School in New York. ___ Get poll alerts and updates on the AP Top 25 throughout the season. Sign up here. AP women's college basketball: and recommended
Associated Press
12-03-2025
- Sport
- Associated Press
AP's Doug Feinberg chosen for US Basketball Writers Association Hall of Fame
NEW YORK (AP) — Doug Feinberg, an Associated Press Basketball Writer who has covered the women's game for nearly 20 years, has been chosen for the U.S. Basketball Writers Association Hall of Fame Class of 2025. Feinberg joined the AP in 1995 and has covered women's hoops since 2006, including oversight of the AP Top 25 women's basketball poll. He'll cover his 17th women's Final Four this year and has also covered five Olympic tournaments and four women's World Championships and World Cups. 'For me, the thing about Doug that stands out alongside his immersive coverage of women's basketball is the care and joy he takes in doing it,' said Dave Zelio, an assistant sports editor for the AP who oversees college sports. 'He loves the sport, loves the athletes and the coaches and that leads to good and thoughtful journalism.' Coaches and players throughout pro, college and international women's basketball have recognized Feinberg's passion for the sport and trusted him to tell their stories. His coverage of Brittney Griner's 10-month imprisonment in Russia was AP Sports' Story of the Year in 2022. He joined the New York Liberty in 2023 for a cross-country trek to highlight the challenges players like 6-foot-4 Breanna Stewart faced on commercial flights and has highlighted pay disparities between men's and women's referees. On Tuesday, the AP published Feinberg's story on six members of Kobe Bryant's Mamba Academy team that are now playing college basketball five years after Bryant's shocking death. Zelio noted Feinberg's longtime ownership and shepherding of the AP Top 25 poll, which was begun by Hall of Famer Mel Greenberg of the Philadelphia Inquirer in the late 1970s, and singled out AP's annual honors for athletes and coaches. 'Doug started a tradition for AP where he asks the All-America players to do a bit of video and it is wonderful every time because they have so much fun with it,' Zelio said. 'Doug's deep relationships with teams has also allowed us to get behind-the-scenes video of players like Caitlin Clark and Paige Bueckers being surprised by being named player of the year.' The USBWA announced its seven-member class Monday night. Feinberg will be honored during this year's Final Four in Tampa, Florida. He's the second AP writer elected to the hall, joining longtime coworker Jim O'Connell, who was inducted in 2002. Feinberg received the Mel Greenberg Media Award in 2018 from the Women's Basketball Coaches Association for advancing the role of the media in promoting women's hoops. He is also an assistant girls basketball coach and head track and field coach at The Dalton School in New York.
See - Sada Elbalad
14-02-2025
- Entertainment
- See - Sada Elbalad
Michelle McCool to Be Inducted into WWE Hall of Fame Class of 2025
Rana Atef On Friday, WWE announced that first-ever Divas champion Michelle McCool will be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame Class of 2025. WWE Hall of Famer and WWE Content Chief Officer Triple H Levesque revealed the announcement to McCool and her husband the Undertaker on ESPN's Get Up. McCool was a four-time champion and she held both Divas and Women's championships. She first signed with WWE in 2004 after participating in the WWE Diva Search and retired in 2010. McCool told Chris Van Vliet before the announcement and the possibility of becoming a WWE Hall of Famer. "I don't know. I get that question all the time. I mean, it would be an honor. I don't know, not my call," she said. "Don't even whose call it is, but I have no idea. I would hope Laycool would go in, and everybody always asks. I mean, that would be an honor to go in as Michelle McCool, obviously." "But think Laycool is what put Michelle McCool really on the map," McCool continued. "And I'll never take that for granted, but she just disassociated from wrestling for quite some time, and I respected that. Would I give anything to have a LayCool reunion at a Rumble? Yeah."
