Carol Stiff

Executive Women’s Sports Media Consultant

[Carol Stiff @CStiffwin]

@ESPNPR @NCAASoftball @RazorbackSB @HuskerSoftball @espn @espnW @bethmowins @MicheleSmith32 @sportsiren @jessmendoza @ascarborough @kevinnbrown @AlyssaLang If you build it they will come! Way to go ESPN and NCAA’s Softball WCWS!

[ESPN PR @ESPNPR]

Last Thursday, @NCAASoftball fans were locked in for the '26 #WCWS opening day games!

🥎 Most-watched opening Thursday EVER
🥎 1.2M avg. viewers, up 63% YoY
🥎 @RazorbackSB-@HuskerSoftball (1.4M) is now the most-watched WCWS opening Thursday game in HISTORY

[Carol Stiff @CStiffwin]

The Scroll: What’s On in Women’s Sports | ALLEZ! Sports https://t.co/7Bh89vWtED via @YouTube

[Carol Stiff @CStiffwin]

Place 4 refs on the court! Yes 4! 1 and 2 under the hoops and they do not run the court. They are responsible for the lane and baseline. This way they are always in place to make a call coming at them, in the paint and in the baseline. Refs 3 and 4 run the court and are responsible for the transition game calls.

[Carol Stiff @CStiffwin]

@TheAthletic Thanks, Tina, for your contributions to women's basketball. Please take a bow! Well-deserved.

[Carol Stiff @CStiffwin]

@TheAthletic Nice!

[Carol Stiff @CStiffwin]

@elleduncantv Wonderful!

[Carol Stiff @CStiffwin]

The follow through is right on!

[Danielle Lerner @danielle_lerner]

Cutest thing you’ll see today: Rockets guard Aaron Holiday’s son watching his warmups and mimicking his jumper

[Carol Stiff @CStiffwin]

Wow, it was a fun event to participate and discuss my time at ESPN along with. It was a wonderful event organized by a fellow ESPN veteran @aimeecrawford_ now a CCSU Professor of Journalism! @MichaelJSoltys @garystriewski
Thanks for the opportunity @CCSU

[Mike Soltys @MichaelJSoltys]

The list of people that have spoken for the New Britain Institute now includes Mark Twain, Frederick Douglass and @garystriewski and @CStiffwin

[Holly Rowe @sportsiren]

Val is the best!!!!

[Carol Stiff @CStiffwin]

On the Clock | Daily Women’s Basketball News https://t.co/c4WOrQLhis via @YouTube

[Carol Stiff @CStiffwin]

@NaismithTrophy @jerseymikes What a tough decision to make for @NaismithTrophy

[Naismith Awards @NaismithTrophy]

The race is heating up!

Introducing the Jersey Mike’s Naismith Women’s College Player of the Year Semifinalists!

@jerseymikes

[Carol Stiff @CStiffwin]

@MikeHallHere What a loss! RIP Toni!

[Carol Stiff @CStiffwin]

Way to go Southern CT State University. Go Owls.

[John Pierson @JPPierson]

The @SCSU_WBB team opens @NCAA Tournament play Friday at home. @TheNortheast10 tournament champs for the first time since 2007, host the East Regionals for the first time since 2007. The Owls won the National Championship that year, too @SCSU_Owls @WTNH

[Carol Stiff @CStiffwin]

@ESPNPR @bethmowins @debbieantonelli @primetimeMitch @USATODAY @espnW Love this! I watched these two grow old together during my tenure at ESPN. They stay young and up-to -date with the game. And continue to do so. Their chemistry is fantastic! Thank You Debbie and Beth for your dedication to the game. It has been wonderful to watch

[Carol Stiff @CStiffwin]

Proposal to improve WBB officiating:
*Assign 4 officials to all college & WNBA games
*Official 1 stays under basket (no full-court run): handles paint & baseline calls (sees action coming) Official 2 stays under opposite basket: same role.
*Officials 3 & 4 run diagonal from FT wing to FT wing: manage backcourt flow (not responsible for paint calls).
*If rare injury occurs, revert to 3 officials to finish game.

Bigger idea: Centralize all officiating under one org—USAB.

[Carol Stiff @CStiffwin]

So well-deserved. I can’t wait to see what is Next for you! Thanks for being a trailblazer and an expert PxP talent for ESPN. I am sure they will miss your professional insights calling live events with class.

[ESPN PR @ESPNPR]

Pam Ward recently retired from ESPN after nearly 30 years with the company

A salute & thank you to Ward - whose pioneering career started on ESPNEWS in 1996 & included play-by-play & host roles across #NCAAWBB, #NCAASoftball, @ESPNCFB, #WNBA & more

[Carol Stiff @CStiffwin]

I totally agree. Are people on these boards being paid and or bullied to make such decisions?

[Maria Shriver @mariashriver]

The Kennedy Center was named after my uncle, President John F Kennedy. It was named in his honor. He was a man who was interested in the arts, interested in culture, interested in education, language, history. He brought the arts into the White House, and he and my Aunt Jackie amplified the arts, celebrated the arts, stood up for the arts and artists.

It is beyond comprehension that this sitting president has sought to rename this great memorial dedicated to President Kennedy. It is beyond wild that he would think adding his name in front of President Kennedy’s name is acceptable. It is not.

Next thing perhaps he will want to rename JFK Airport, rename the Lincoln Memorial, the Trump Lincoln Memorial. The Trump Jefferson Memorial. The Trump Smithsonian. The list goes on.

Can we not see what is happening here? C’mon, my fellow Americans! Wake up! This is not dignified. This is not funny. This is way beneath the stature of the job. It’s downright weird. It’s obsessive in a weird way. Just when you think somone can’t stoop any lower, down they go…

[Carol Stiff @CStiffwin]

Wow!

[NBC Sports @NBCSports]

The Huskers are dominating on all fronts right now. 😳