Clare Brennan

Joined: Sep 1, 2022

Clare Brennan is an associate editor for Sports Illustrated focused on women’s sports. Before joining SI in October 2022, she worked as an associate editor at Just Women’s Sports and as an associate producer for WDET in Detroit. Brennan has a bachelor's in international studies from the University of Wisconsin and a master's in art history from Wayne State University.

Miles (above) and her Notre Dame teammate Citron are projected to go in the top five of the 2025 draft.

College Basketball

WNBA Draft Prospects to Watch During March Madness

Rodman helped lead the Spirit to a Challenge Cup win to kick off the 2025 campaign.

Soccer

Picks and Predictions for the 2025 NWSL Season

Girma had plenty to celebrate with the U.S. women's national team in 2024.

Soccer

In 2024, Naomi Girma Began Crafting Her USWNT Legend

Teams like UConn and USC will be looking to dethrone South Carolina this season.

College Basketball

Sports Illustrated's Women's Basketball Preseason Top 25: Best- and Worst-Case Scenarios

USC Trojans guard JuJu Watkins had a breakout freshman campaign and could have even more in store this season.

College Basketball

Women’s College Basketball Preview: Seven Super Sophomore Standouts

After impressive freshman seasons, these players are expected to steal the spotlight in Year 2.

Sanchez is back in the USWNT after missing out on the Summer Olympics.

Soccer

Courage Under Fire: Ashley Sanchez Is Ready for Another Shot at the USWNT

The North Carolina Courage midfielder enters Emma Hayes’s camp in top form, but it hasn’t been an easy path back into the national team fold.

Jones, who led New York with 17 points in Game 5, was named Finals MVP.

WNBA

Liberty Outlast Lynx in Overtime to Win First WNBA Title in Franchise History

It wasn't pretty, but New York battled it out and survived overtime to earn the team's first championship.

Purce’s docuseries, “The Offseason,” premieres on X on Friday.

Soccer

Midge Purce Talks 'The Offseason' Docuseries, NWSL and Reality TV

The NJ/NY Gotham FC star opens up about her new reality series depicting NWSL players in the lead up to their season.

Laney-Hamilton notched 20 points in Game 2, while Ionescu scored 15.

WNBA

The Liberty Learn Their Lesson, Pull Away in Game 2 to Level WNBA Finals

New York avoided another late-game collapse, this time successfully weathering a second-half surge from the Lynx to even up the series before it heads to Minnesota.

Lee represents an apex for the Liberty organization, which has made a concerted effort to create an aura around the team’s home games.

WNBA

Welcome to ‘CeLiberty Row’: The Star-Studded Courtside Gallery of WNBA Fans

Spike Lee, Jason Sudeikis, Alicia Keys—there have been a litany of stars attending New York Liberty games of late. And it’s not by accident.

Courtney Williams, whose four-point play in the final seconds of regulation quieted the New York crowd, led the Lynx with 23 points in Game 1.

WNBA

Lynx Pull Off Thrilling Comeback, Stun Liberty in Overtime in Game 1 of WNBA Finals

New York led by as many as 18 points on Thursday, but stumbled down the stretch as a clutch performance from Courtney Williams powered Minnesota to a road win.