Ron and Cheryl Howard's love story is the stuff of Hollywood legend, from a high school meeting to Oscar-winning success and a happy family made up of the couple and their four children. But who is Cheryl beyond her movie star marriage and how did Ron win the heart of the woman who put her career first before deciding to tie the knot?
Read on to find out about Cheryl's success as an author, Hollywood mother and ongoing love for the man she met more than 50 years ago...
Cheryl Howard is a successful author and regularly cameos in Ron's projects
Born on 23 December 1953, Cheryl Howard, née Alley, is a successful author recognised for her 2005 adventure In the Face of Jinn.
She has been married to director Ron Howard for more than 50 years and is a mother of four. Cheryl is regularly spotted on the red carpet with her famous family, and on screen in most of her husband's projects.

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Before the Minnesota Lynx's road matchup against the Seattle Storm, head coach Cheryl Reeve gave Napheesa Collier a piece of advice ahead of her long-awaited return to the court.
"Cheryl (Reeve) did say ... 'It's going to take time to come back and to get settled in,'" Collier said Wednesday, July 22.
Well, it didn't take long for the five-time All-Star to get back into the swing of things. Collier recorded a 24-point, 10-rebound double-double in the Lynx's 86-76 win over the Storm, marking her first game since Sept. 26, 2025.
"I was just so excited. I felt like a kid in a candy store. I couldn't wait to get on the court to get with these guys," Collier said. "I was just really just happy to be here. ... It's just a year of pent-up excitement."
Collier underwent surgeries to both ankles this offseason after suffering multiple ankle injuries during the 2025 WNBA season. She injured her ankle during a 111-58 win over the Las Vegas Aces in August 2025 and missed 11 games. During Game 3 of the WNBA semifinals against the Phoenix Mercury, Collier suffered a Grade 2 tear of three ankle ligaments and her shin muscle after a collision with Alyssa Thomas.

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The WNBA's best team is getting a massive boost ahead of the All-Star Game. Napheesa Collier, a four-time All-WNBA selection who led Minnesota to the Finals in 2024, is listed as probable for Wednesday's game against the Seattle Storm.
Minnesota has thrived without Collier, going 21-6 including an impressive 11-2 on the road. Olivia Miles has been the driving force. The Rookie of the Year favorite is averaging 19.6 points, six ***** ists and 4.8 ***** ists. Natasha Howard has also been stellar with averages of 16.1 points, 8.1 rebounds and 1.8 steals.
Collier underwent surgeries on both of her ankles during the offseason. She had a right ankle procedure on New Year's Day then got her left ankle repaired in March. Collier returned to team activities on July 1, so she's had three weeks to ramp up her conditioning.
For her career, Collier averages 18.4 points, 7.8 rebounds, 1.7 steals and 1.2 blocks. Her return makes Minnesota the runaway ***** le favorite.
Collier is expected to suit up against Seattle. Lynx coach Cheryl Reeve told reporters earlier his month to not expect much of a minutes restriction upon Collier's return.

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He also said that his brother had tried to reconcile, but that Ryan's words were "all fake." According to Rhodri, "He expects me to just forget it and act like things are normal, but no, I went to the papers, and from that day they never spoke to me."
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Cheryl officially filed for divorce in May 2010, citing the "unreasonable behavior" of her husband as the reason for their separation. Their four-year marriage was legally dissolved in September 2010 in an uncontested divorce proceeding.

Editor's note: Cheryl Smith attributes all reporting in this series to exhaustive research on newspapers.com, archives.com, fold3.com; Indian River County records; historical societies, museums and Facebook groups in Sebastian, St. Lucie County and Wisconsin; Green Bay Packers team historian Cliff Christl; Sebastian resident Judith Swingle; and Vero Beach attorney Eugene J. O'Neill's book, "Raising the Bar: In and Before Indian River County — A History." Contact her at cheryl.smithtcpalm.com if you have any photos, records or information that corrects or adds to this account.
Samuel Richard Powers Sr. was the first tackle and guard on the inaugural Green Bay Packers football team, playing alongside founder Capt. Earl "Curly" Lambeau for three seasons, from 1919-21.
"Sammy" — a 5-foot-10, 130-pound, blue-eyed, blond-haired Irish scrapper — launched his football career playing for the Marinette (Wisconsin) High School Marines from 1916-18, which were his freshman through junior years.
With WWI disrupting life in 1918, he took over coaching midseason, then quit high school before his 1919 senior year.
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It's time for the ladies to take over the basketball spotlight in primetime.
The WNBA will make its NBC primetime debut this weekend as the network embarks on a summer of intriguing matchups before broadcasting the WNBA Finals in October, concluding the league's 30th season.
As their male counterparts did in February, the WNBA on NBC will kick off "Sunday Night Basketball" on Sunday, July 12, when the defending-champion Las Vegas Aces face the league's top television attraction, the Indiana Fever. (9 p.m. ET, NBC/Peacock).
The star power is loaded for both teams, with league MVP A'ja Wilson and All-WNBA performer Jackie Young for Las Vegas, and Caitlin Clark, Aliyah Boston and Kelsey Mitchell headlining the Fever.
The contest will be the first WNBA regular-season game on a Sunday in primetime on an over-the-air broadcast network. Zora Stephenson will handle play-by-play alongside ***** yst Sarah Kustok, with Ashley ShahAhmadi as the courtside reporter. Host Maria Taylor and Hall of Famers Cheryl Miller and Sue Bird will be on-site providing studio ***** ysis, instead of their usual perch at NBC Sports headquarters in Stamford, Connecticut.

NEW YORK — Cheryl Reeve knows how to win better than anybody in the WNBA.
She proved as much Wednesday night as the Minnesota Lynx beat the Connecticut Sun on the road 86-80, making her the winningest coach in WNBA history. Reeve, who already owns the WNBA's playoff wins record, tied Mike Thibault (379-289) for the WNBA's record for most regular-season wins with the Lynx's win over the Dallas Wings on June 28.
Her 380th victory isolates her atop the mountain.
"I'm so glad this is over," Reeve said on the postgame broadcast.
"I learned a lot from Mike through the years," she added. "Tremendous coach. So much respect that we've had for each other through the years. I know he's happy for me. And somebody's going to pass me and I'll be happy for them, too."

NEW YORK (AP) — The **** ociated Press honored Breanna Stewart before the New York Liberty's game Tuesday night for being one of the greatest women's college basketball players during the Top 25 poll era.
The AP celebrated the 50th anniversary of the women's basketball poll last season. As part of it, a 13-member panel voted for the greatest college players of the past five decades. Stewart and Cheryl Miller were selected as the top players over the past 50 years.
The UConn great won four straight national championships and was selected as the Most Outstanding Player of the Final Four each time. She was presented with her trophy at center court by AP Global Sports Editor Josh Hoffner a few minutes before tipoff of the Liberty's game against the Dallas Wings.
Miller accepted her trophy at the Final Four in Phoenix last April at the "The AP Top 25 Fan Poll Experience," which was held at Arizona State's First Amendment Forum in the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication. Stewart couldn't make that ceremony.

Cheryl Reeve made history on Wednesday night in Connecticut.
The Minnesota Lynx coach, with their 86-80 win over the Sun, picked up the 380th victory of her coaching career. That officially made her the winningest head coach in WNBA history.
The win broke a tie with Mike Thibault, who was the previous regular-season wins leader in league history. Reeve, who led the Lynx to multiple ******* les earlier in her coaching career, is already the WNBA's all-time winningest postseason coach, too.
Reeve has spent her entire head coaching career with the Lynx, who hired her in 2010 after nearly a decade as an ******* istant elsewhere in the league. Reeve, with star Maya Moore on hand, guided the Lynx to four WNBA ******* les in her first eight seasons at the helm in Minneapolis. They reached the WNBA Finals six times in a seven-year span, too. The Lynx last reached the WNBA Finals in 2024 after a bit of a lull following the dynasty era, but fell to the New York Liberty.
Reeve is a four-time WNBA coach of the year, and was inducted into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame last month, too. She was also the head coach of the Team USA women's basketball roster that won gold in the Olympics in 2024. That marked the United States' eighth straight gold medal.

UNCASVILLE, CT — Cheryl Reeve stands alone at the top of the list for most regular-season wins as a WNBA head coach.
On Wednesday, July 8, Reeve set the league record with her 380th victory when her Minnesota Lynx defeated the Connecticut Sun, 86-80, at Mohegan Sun Arena. Reeve surpassed longtime Sun coach Mike Thibault's record of 379. It has stood since 2022.
Reeve's latest milestone comes after she tallied her 414th victory (regular-season and postseason) on Sept. 14, 2025, becoming the all-time winningest WNBA coach for combined wins, surpassing Thibault (413).
It also comes after she was inducted into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame on June 27 in Knoxville, Tennessee. Reeve is the second WNBA coach to be inducted, joining former Houston Comets coach Van Chancellor, inducted in 2001.
"(I appreciate) the magnitude of this recognition of the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame and the great work that has gone into this institution," Reeve said during her induction ceremony. "To walk around and see the history of how much has been done years before I could ever have this opportunity to coach."

NEW YORK (AP) — The ****** ociated Press honored Breanna Stewart before the New York Liberty's game Tuesday night for being one of the greatest women's college basketball players during the Top 25 poll era.
The AP celebrated the 50th anniversary of the women's basketball poll last season. As part of it, a 13-member panel voted for the greatest college players of the past five decades. Stewart and Cheryl Miller were selected as the top players over the past 50 years.
The UConn great won four straight national championships and was selected as the Most Outstanding Player of the Final Four each time. She was presented with her trophy at center court by AP Global Sports Editor Josh Hoffner a few minutes before tipoff of the Liberty’s game against the Dallas Wings.
Miller accepted her trophy at the Final Four in Phoenix last April at the “The AP Top 25 Fan Poll Experience,” which was held at Arizona State’s First Amendment Forum in the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication. Stewart couldn't make that ceremony.
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Minnesota Lynx guard Olivia Miles is the frontrunner for the 2026 WNBA 'Rookie of the Year' award. Throughout the current season, Miles has yet to miss a game while averaging outstanding numbers of 18.5 points, 4.8 rebounds, 5.7 **** ists, and 1.4 steals in around 30.6 minutes per contest. While the race for the award remains competitive with players such as Dallas Wings rookie Azzi Fudd stacking her case up, Miles remains in front to win it.
Unfortunately for the former TCU Horned Frogs star, she is dealing with a minor setback. Miles is set to miss her first-ever game due to a right calf injury in the WNBA on Monday, July 6. In a report by WNBA insider Cassidy Hettesheimer on X, Minnesota coach Cheryl Reeve explained the decision behind sitting Miles out. According to the tenured tactician, Reeve and her staff are making sure that Miles' injury does not worsen.
"Those that were in tune to the last game, you know, she mentioned feeling some cramping, and you know, I think ultimately it wasn't a cramp, and so we're kind of taking the next step of imaging and that sort of thing, and trying to get a final answer, exactly what we're dealing with," Reeve was quoted as saying.
The Lynx are taking on coach Rachid Meziane's Connecticut Sun on their home floor without Miles. Coach Reeve and company will have to rely on veterans such as forward Natasha Howard and guard Courtney Williams for now, especially since Miles is leading the team in scoring in her first year. Minnesota currently has an overall record of 15-5, good for the first seed in the Western Conference.
Prior to the Minnesota Lynx taking on the Connecticut Sun, they lost to the New York Liberty on Friday by 13 points, 99-86, in away territory. There were many onlookers for the game, since it was a rematch of the 2024 WNBA Finals. Despite the loss, Olivia Miles still put up 14 points, five rebounds, five **** ists, and a steal in 26 minutes of playing time. On the flip side, Liberty forward Breanna Stewart put up a game-high 36 points.

There was never much doubt that Candace Parker would one day find herself in the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame. The only question was when.
On Saturday night in Knoxville, Tennessee, that moment finally arrived as Parker was officially inducted into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame as part of the Class of 2026, joining fellow basketball greats Elena Delle Donne, Cheryl Reeve, and several others in a class that celebrates some of the sport's most influential figures.
For Parker, the ceremony marked another milestone in a career that redefined what was possible for women's basketball.
Her journey began at the University of Tennessee, where she became one of the most decorated players in program history under legendary head coach Pat Summitt. Parker led the Lady Vols to back-to-back NCAA championships in 2007 and 2008 while earning Most Outstanding Player honors in both tournaments. Her dominance at Tennessee transformed her into one of the biggest stars the women's game had ever seen and helped elevate the sport to a broader national audience.
That success carried seamlessly into the WNBA.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Natasha Howard had 21 points and a season-high 15 rebounds, Olivia Miles scored 10 of her 21 points in the fourth quarter, and the Minnesota Lynx rallied from a 12-point deficit Wednesday night to beat the Washington Mystics 78-76.
Kayla McBride made five 3-pointers and finished with 19 points for the Lynx (14-4).
Miles hit a step-back jumper that cut Minnesota’s deficit to a point with 3:32 to play. After a Mystics timeout, the Lynx forced a shot-clock violation before Miles fed Howard for a wide-open layup that made it 72-71 — Minnesota’s first lead since 17-16 — and hit a 3 with 1:07 remaining that made it 78-74.
McBride hit the last of her four first-half 3-pointers with 1.1 seconds left in the second quarter to make it 40-all at halftime, but the Lynx made just 3 of 16 (19%) from the field in the third and trailed 65-53 with seven minutes to play.
Minnesota coach Cheryl Reeve has 378 career wins, one behind Mike Thibault for most in WNBA history.

Scottish soccer fans are planning a tribute at an upcoming match in Foxboro for a 76-year-old fellow supporter who died while visiting Boston for the FIFA World Cup.
Donny Strathie, of Grangemouth, Scotland, died suddenly on Sunday, June 14, according to the Tartan Army, the official Scotland fan group. He had planned to attend the Scotland vs. Morocco match at Boston Stadium on Friday, June 19, the group said.
"He had a ticket for the Morocco game, but never got the chance to realize his World Cup dream," the Tartan Army said in a statement on X.
His daughter, Cheryl Strathie, reached out to the group to organize a minute of applause for her father at Friday's match, the Tartan Army told the USA Today Network.
Strathie belonged to the Falkirk District Tartan Army, which was established in 2016, according to the group.

Nate Bargatze is receiving pushback over his attendance at the White House-hosted UFC Freedom 250 fight.
The comedian, who has purposely presented a style of comedy that is non-political and family-friendly, appeared in Cheryl Hines' Instagram story on Sunday, June 14, in which the "Curb Your Enthusiasm" actress and her husband, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., posed with Bargatze inside the White House. JD Vance was also seen in the background of the photo, which has since expired.
In other social media photos circulating, the Nashville-based comic also posed for photos with former White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders and Joe Rogan, as well as Luke Bryan and Speaker of the House Mike Johnson.
USA TODAY has reached out to Bargatze's rep for comment.
Reactions to Bargatze, who did not publicize that he was at the event, have been swift.

TORONTO (AP) — Angel Reese had 15 points and 17 rebounds — which included a career-high 11 offensive, one short of tying the WNBA single-game record — and the Atlanta Dream beat the Toronto Tempo 102-77 on Sunday.
Reese, who came in averaging 14.6 points and a league-leading 11.9 rebounds, has nine double-doubles this season and 59 in her career, the most in WNBA history through 76 games. Reese, acquired April 6 from Chicago in a trade for two first-round picks, has 17 rebounds in three of the past four games.
Reese's 11 offensive rebounds were one shy of the franchise mark set by Sancho Lyttle, who shares the WNBA’s single-game record with Glory Johnson, Nneka Ogwumike and Cheryl Ford.
Allisha Gray added 26 points and seven **** ists for the Dream (9-4) and Rhyne Howard had 24 points and three blocks. Rookie second-round pick Isobel Borlase shot 5 of 6 from the field and scored a career-high 17 points.
Gray made five 3-pointers and moved past Angel McCoughtry (233) into third place in franchise history with 235 career 3s. Howard, who made four from behind the arc, has a franchise-record 408 career 3-pointers.