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See Caitlin Clark play today: How to watch the Iowa Hawkeyes vs. Penn State Big Ten Tournament game
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Iowa Hawkeyes basketball star Caitlin Clark needs no introduction. The NCAA all-time scoring leader is now the most famous face in college hoops after toppling “Pistol” Pete Maravich’s NCAA scoring record this past weekend. The 22-year-old student-athlete recently announced she’ll forgo her last year of eligibility in favor of entering the 2024 WNBA Draft on April 15, 2024.
The Hawkeyes come into the Big Ten Women’s Basketball Tournament as the No. 2 seed, allowing them to skip the first two rounds of the tournament and enter today’s quarterfinals when the Hawkeyes face the Penn State Nittany Lions. Because the Big Ten Tournament is single elimination, today’s could be Caitlin Clark’s last-ever college basketball game. Keep reading for all the ways you can watch Caitlin Clark play today.
2024 Big Ten Women’s Basketball Tournament: Dates and tournament details
The Big Ten Women’s Basketball Tournament is being played now through Sunday, March 10, 2024.
How to watch Caitlin Clark play today
Clark’s Iowa Hawkeyes face the Penn State Nittany Lions on Friday, March 8, 2024 at 6:30 p.m. ET (3:30 p.m. PT). The game will air on the Big Ten Network (BTN).
How to watch Caitlin Clark play today without cable
While some cable packages include Big Ten Network, it’s easy to watch the Iowa Hawkeyes play today if Big Ten Network isn’t included in your cable TV subscription, or if you don’t have cable at all. Your best options for watching are below. (Streaming options will require an internet provider.)
Watch the Big Ten Women’s Basketball Tournament free with Fubo
You can also catch the Big Ten Women’s Basketball Tournament on Fubo. Fubo is a sports-centric streaming service that offers access to network and cable-aired sports like the 2024 Big Ten Women’s Basketball Tournament and almost every NFL game next season. Packages include the live feed of sports and programming airing on CBS, Fox, NBC, ESPN, NFL Network and more, so you’ll be able to watch more than just this weekend’s tournament — all without a cable subscription.
To watch the Big Ten Women’s Basketball Tournament without cable, start a seven-day free trial of Fubo. You can begin watching immediately on your TV, phone, tablet or computer. In addition to Big Ten basketball, Fubo offers more NCAA college sports, NFL, MLB, NBA, NHL, MLS and international soccer games.
Fubo’s Pro Tier is priced at $80 per month after your free seven-day trial, but Fubo is offering the first month for $60 as a special offer.
Top features of Fubo Pro Tier:
- There are no contracts with Fubo — you can cancel anytime.
- The Pro tier includes over 185 channels, including the NFL Network and the Big Ten Network.
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- Stream on your TV, phone, tablet and other devices.
Stream the Big Ten Women’s Basketball Tournament on Sling TV for half price
If you don’t have cable TV that includes the Big Ten Network, one of the most cost-effective ways to stream the Big Ten Women’s Basketball Tournament is through a subscription to Sling TV. The streamer also offers access to Big Ten basketball, NFL football airing on NBC, Fox and ABC (where available) and NFL Network with its Blue Tier + Sports Extra add-on. Also worth noting: Sling TV comes with 50 hours of cloud-based DVR recording space included, perfect for recording all the season’s top NFL matchups.
The Blue tier normally costs $45 per month, but the streamer is currently offering a 50% off promotion for your first month, so you’ll pay just $22.50. The Sports Extra add-on costs $11 per month. You can learn more by tapping the button below.
Top features of Sling TV Blue tier + Sports Extra add-on:
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- You can add Golf Channel, NBA TV, NHL Network, NFL RedZone, MLB Network, Tennis Channel and more sports-oriented channels (19 in total) via Sling TV’s Sports Extras add-on.
Watch the Big Ten Women’s Basketball Tournament on Hulu + Live TV
You can watch the Big Ten Women’s Basketball Tournament and many other top-tier sports, including NFL Network, with Hulu + Live TV. The bundle features access to 90 channels, including Big Ten Network. Unlimited DVR storage is also included. Watch college basketball, every NFL game on every network next season with Hulu + Live TV, plus exclusive live regular season NFL games, popular studio shows (including “NFL Total Access” and the Emmy-nominated show “Good Morning Football”) and lots more.
Hulu + Live TV comes bundled with ESPN+ and Disney+ for $77 per month.
Big Ten Women’s Basketball Tournament schedule
Below is the schedule for the 2024 Big Ten Women’s Basketball Tournament. While the first two rounds of the tournament are broadcast on Peacock, the remaining two rounds of the tournament air on Big Ten Network. The Big Ten Women’s Basketball Championship game will air on CBS.
All times Eastern.
Wednesday, March 6 – First Round
Game 1: #12 Purdue vs. #13 Northwestern, 6:30 p.m. (Peacock)
Game 2: #11 Minnesota vs. #14 Rutgers, 25 minutes following Game 1 (Peacock)
Thursday, March 7 – Second Round
Game 3: #8 Maryland vs. #9 Illinois, 12:30 p.m. (BTN)
Game 4: #5 Nebraska vs. G1 Winner, 25 minutes following Game 3 (BTN)
Game 5: #7 Penn State vs. #10 Wisconsin, 6:30 p.m.| BTN
Game 6: #6 Michigan vs. G2 Winner, 25 minutes following Game 5 (BTN)
Friday, March 8 – Quarterfinals
Game 7: #1 Ohio State vs. G3 Winner, 12:30 p.m. (BTN)
Game 8: #4 Michigan State vs. G4 Winner, 25 minutes following Game 7 (BTN)
Game 9: #2 Iowa vs. Penn State, 6:30 p.m. (BTN)
Game 10: #3 Indiana vs. G6 Winner, 25 minutes following Game 9 (BTN)
Saturday, March 9 – Semifinals
Game 11: G7 Winner vs. G8 Winner, 2:00 p.m. (BTN)
Game 12: G9 Winner vs. G10 Winner, 25 minutes following Game 11 (BTN)
Sunday, March 10 – Championship
Game 13: G11 Winner vs. G12 Winner, 12:00 p.m. (CBS)
How to watch the Big Ten Women’s Basketball Championship game
The Big Ten Women’s Championship game will be played on Sunday, March 10, 2024 at 12:00 p.m. ET (9:00 a.m. PT). The game will be broadcast live on CBS. In addition to the platforms featured above, you can stream the Big Ten Women’s Basketball Championship game on Paramount+.
Stream the 2024 Big Ten Women’s Basketball Championship game free on Paramount +
If you don’t have a cable TV package that includes CBS, one of the easiest ways to catch all live events broadcast on CBS, including Sunday’s game, is through a subscription to Paramount+. The streamer offers access to all events nationally televised on CBS with its Paramount+ with Showtime tier. In addition, you can watch top-tier soccer like the Champions League live and SEC college football games as well, plus popular shows such as “Survivor” and “NCIS.”
A subscription to Paramount+ with Showtime is $11.99 per month after a seven-day free trial
Note: CBS Essentials and Paramount+ are both subsidiaries of Paramount.
Watch the 2024 Big Ten Women’s Basketball Championship game free on Amazon Prime Video
The Big Ten Women’s Basketball Championship game is available to stream on Amazon Prime via a Paramount+ with Showtime on Prime Video add-on subscription. Amazon is offering a seven-day free trial of Paramount+ with Showtime. Tap the button below to start your trial and watch Sunday’s game for free. After the free trial period ends, a subscription to Paramount+ with Showtime tier is $11.99 per month.
Legislation to expand Social Security benefits to millions of Americans passed the U.S. Senate early Saturday and is now headed to the desk of President Joe Biden, who is expected to sign the measure into law.
Senators voted 76-20 for the Social Security Fairness Act, which would eliminate two federal policies that prevent nearly 3 million people, including police officers, firefighters, postal workers, teachers and others with a public pension, from collecting their full Social Security benefits. The legislation has been decades in the making, as the Senate held its first hearings into the policies in 2003.
“The Senate finally corrects a 50-year mistake,” proclaimed Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, a Democrat from New York, after senators approved the legislation at 12:15 a.m. Saturday.
The bill’s passage is “a monumental victory for millions of public service workers who have been denied the full benefits they’ve rightfully earned,” said Shannon Benton, executive director for the Senior Citizens League, which advocates for retirees and which has long pushed for the expansion of Social Security benefits. “This legislation finally restores fairness to the system and ensures the hard work of teachers, first responders and countless public employees is truly recognized.”
The vote came down to the wire, as the Senate looked to wrap up its current session. Senators rejected four amendments and a budgetary point of order late Friday night that would have derailed the measure, given the small window of time left to pass it.
Vice President-elect JD Vance of Ohio was among the 24 Republican senators to join 49 Democrats to advance the measure in an initial procedural vote that took place Wednesday.
“Social Security is a bedrock of our middle class. You pay into it for 40 quarters, you earned it, it should be there when you retire,” Ohio Senator Sherrod Brown, a Democrat who lost his seat in the November election, told the chamber ahead of Wednesday’s vote. “All these workers are asking for is for what they earned.”
What is the Social Security Fairness Act?
The Social Security Fairness Act would repeal two federal policies — the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and the Government Pension Offset (GPO) — that reduce Social Security payments to nearly 3 million retirees.
That includes those who also collect pensions from state and federal jobs that aren’t covered by Social Security, including teachers, police officers and U.S. postal workers. The bill would also end a second provision that reduces Social Security benefits for those workers’ surviving spouses and family members. The WEP impacts about 2 million Social Security beneficiaries and the GPO nearly 800,000 retirees.
The measure, which passed the House in November, had 62 cosponsors when it was introduced in the Senate last year. Yet the bill’s bipartisan support eroded in recent days, with some Republican lawmakers voicing doubts due to its cost. According to the Congressional Budget Office, the proposed legislation would add a projected $195 billion to federal deficits over a decade.
Without Senate approval, the bill’s fate would have ended with the current session of Congress and would have needed to be re-introduced in the next Congress.
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Saturday is the winter solstice and 2024’s shortest day. Here’s what to know about the official start of winter.
The 2024 winter solstice, the shortest day of the year, happens on Saturday, Dec. 21, in the Northern Hemisphere. The celestial event signifies the first day of winter, astronomically.
What is the winter solstice?
The winter solstice is the day each year that has the shortest period of daylight between sunrise and sunset, and therefore the longest night. It happens when the sun is directly above the Tropic of Capricorn, a line of latitude that circles the globe south of the equator, the National Weather Service explains.
The farther north you are, the shorter the day will be, and in the Arctic Circle, the sun won’t rise at all.
How is the day of the winter solstice determined?
The winter solstice occurs because of the Earth’s tilt as it rotates around the sun.
When the Northern Hemisphere tilts away from the sun, the nights last longer. The longest night happens on the solstice because the hemisphere is in its furthest position from the sun. That occurs each year on Dec. 21 or 22.
This year, it falls on Dec. 21 at 4:21 a.m ET, to be precise.
On the summer solstice, when the northern tilt is closest to the sun, we have the longest day, usually June 20 or 21.
National Weather Service
The solstices are not always exactly on the 21st every year because the earth’s rotation around the sun is 365.25 days, instead of 365 even.
Will days start getting longer after the winter solstice?
Yes. Each day after the solstice, we get one minute more of sunlight. It doesn’t sound like much, but after just two months, or around 60 days, we’ll be seeing about an hour more of sunlight.
When will winter officially be over in 2025?
The meteorological winter ends on March 20, 2025. Then, spring will last until June 20, when the summer solstice arrives.
How is the winter solstice celebrated around the world?
Nations and cultures around the world have celebrated the solstice since ancient times with varying rituals and traditions. The influence of those solstice traditions can still be seen in our celebrations of holidays like Christmas and Hanukkah, Britannica notes.
The ancient Roman Saturnalia festival celebrated the end of the planting season and has close ties with modern-day Christmas. It honored Saturn, the god of harvest and farming. The multiple-day affair had lots of food, games and celebrations. Presents were given to children and the poor, and slaves were allowed to stop working.
Gatherings are held every year at Stonehenge, a monumental circle of massive stones in England that dates back about 5,000 years. The origins of Stonehenge are shrouded in mystery, but it was built to align with the sun on solstice days.
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The Hopi, a Native American tribe in the northern Arizona area, celebrate the winter solstice with dancing, purification and sometimes gift-giving. A sacred ritual known as the Soyal Ceremony marks the annual milestone.
In Peru, people honor the return of the sun god on the winter solstice. The ancient tradition would be to hold sacrificial ceremonies, but today, people hold mock sacrifices to celebrate. Because Peru is in the Southern Hemisphere, their winter solstice happens in June, when the Northern Hemisphere is marking its summer solstice.
Scandinavia celebrates St. Lucia’s Day, a festival of lights.
The “arrival of winter,” or Dong Zhi, is a Chinese festival where family gathers to celebrate the year so far. Traditional foods include tang yuan, sweet rice balls with a black sesame filling. It’s believed to have its origins in post-harvest celebrations.
Researchers stationed in in Antarctica even have their own traditions, which may include an icy plunge into the polar waters. They celebrate “midwinter” with festive meals, movies and sometimes homemade gifts.