Iowa’s Caitlin Clark opens her arms to the crowd before cutting the net after defeating LSU during the NCAA Tournament Elite Eight game on April 1, at MVP Arena in Albany. The win secured Iowa a spot in Friday’s Final Four. (Lori Van Buren/Times Union)

Niskayuna native and former ESPN writer and broadcaster Kate Fagan has a new book, "TYhe Three Lives of Cate Kay," scheduled for release Jan. 7.

Jean Fruth’s recently released coffee table book, “See Her Be Her,” is available at grassrootsbaseball.org.

My relationship with Times Union readers grows with every story I tell.

My year-ending gift to those who take a moment to enjoy this column is often a reflection of conversations and emails shared with sources, discussions about women and girls in sports, and the incredible advances in popularity, investment, and equity.

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I apologize, however, because I won’t be able to top last year’s column of the same theme, which is of course buying gifts that support women and girls in sports.

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My first item last year was advance notice to purchase tickets to the NCAA women’s March Madness basketball regionals at Albany's MVP Arena. We all know how that turned out. Here’s what I wrote last December: “The focus of Division I........

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