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First Take host Stephen A. Smith slammed Team USA women’s basketball this week for leaving Indiana Fever rookie Caitlin Clark off the Summer Olympics roster for Paris 2024. Despite, Clark’s rookie status, Smith argued that Team USA has to promote women’s basketball to the best of its abilities, which, at the moment, would mean including the first-year pro on the team whether she’s earned a spot or not. “This is about what I will personally label ‘The Idiocy of Team USA Women’s Basketball.’ How dare you make this decision,” Smith said. “It’s stupid. I want all the ladies on this squad to know e...
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Hailee Swain is ranked as the No. 10 recruit in the class of 2025. The 5-foot-10 point guard attends Holy Innocents Episcopal School and committed to Stanford shortly after her freshman year, but things have changed since Swain pledged to the Cardinal. Legendary coach Tara VanDerveer retired this offseason after 38 seasons at the helm of the program. The staff remained largely the same, as associate head coach Kate Paye was promoted to head coach and the current assistant coaches stayed on staff. Despite the change in leadership, Swain had no doubts she still wanted to be a Cardinal. It was he...
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Sonoma Raceway is hosting the 14th race of the NASCAR Xfinity Series on Saturday. Shane van Gisbergen was the quickest driver during qualifying, getting to lead the way with Ty Gibbs not too far behind. But before getting things started, one of the WNBA’s biggest stars had to give the command. Kelsey Plum of the Las Vegas Aces was there in California to kick things off. She wound up delivering an electric command and brought a lot of energy to the moment. Plum has spent the majority of her basketball career on the West Coast. Not just growing up in California but playing college ball for the W...
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Despite being one of the biggest names in the WNBA right now, Caitlin Clark of the Indiana Fever is expected to be left off of the 12-player Team USA women’s basketball roster for the upcoming Summer Olympics, according to Shams Charania of The Athletic. While the roster has not been finalized officially, Charania reports that veteran selections of A’ja Wilson, Breanna Stewart, Diana Taurasi, Brittney Griner, Alyssa Thomas, Napheesa Collier, Jewell Loyd, Kelsey Plum, Jackie Young, Sabrina Ionescu, Chelsea Gray and Kahleah Copper are expected to be on the roster for Team USA. Clark was the No. ...
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Women’s basketball fans simply can’t get enough of Caitlin Clark. That’s been the case for the past two years. And the former Iowa superstar has continued to smash attendance records all across the WNBA in her rookie campaign. Ahead of the Fever’s matchup with the Washington Mystics in Washington, DC, the game was moved to Capital One Arena, which has 16,000 more seats than their normal 4,200 arena. The game was still sold out and tickets were snapped up in a matter of 30 minutes. Here’s a look at the sold-out Capital One Arena on Friday evening. Clark did not disappoint the crowd in attendanc...
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Chennedy Carter’s flagrant foul on Caitlin Carter was one of the most heavily discussed topics in sports for the past few weeks. It drew national headlines, caught the attention of plenty of sports talk radio shows, and dominated the television airwaves. On Friday night, Clark addressed whether or not she’s heard from Chennedy Carter. And quite frankly, she doesn’t sound too worried about it. Plenty of people across the sports landscape decided to serve up their opinions on the Carter-Clark controversy and former WNBA star/coach Nancy Lieberman didn’t hold anything back when she offered her ta...
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Everyone seems to have an opinion about Caitlin Clark and the way she is being treated as a rookie in the WNBA. After Chennedy Carter knocked Clark down with a hard foul last weekend, some expressed the opinion that Clark is being unfairly targeted by veterans in the league. On the other hand, others argued that this is all part of being a highly-regarded rookie in the W. Caitlin Clark was asked on Friday how much she pays attention to all of the narratives and opinions that are out there about the way she is being treated in the WNBA. It’s something she tries to avoid but can’t. “Yea, I mean ...
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The NASCAR Xfinity Series and Sonoma Raceway have made a last-minute addition with Kelsey Plum as Grand Marshal. The Las Vegas Aces star will also help give the command for the Zip Buy Now, Pay Later 250. WNBA news and views online and especially on television have gone way up. Stars like Kelsey Plum were paving the way for the Caitlin Clark/Angel Reese boom that we are seeing currently. The two-time WNBA Champion is going to be at Sonoma Raceway on Saturday to help get the Xfinity Series going. This is a great grab for NASCAR and a lot of fans will love to see this addition for race day. Kels...
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Iowa sophomore forward Ava Jones has been forced to medically retire from basketball, Iowa announced on Friday. Jones is taking a medical disqualification after consulting with team doctors and athletic trainers, Iowa head coach Jan Jensen announced in a statement. Ava Jones was not cleared to play last season and now her career has come to an end. She will remain on scholarship and will continue to attend Iowa. “We wish Ava the best on the road to recovery and fully support the decision she made to step away from the game,” Jan Jensen said in a statement. “She worked tirelessly to get to this...
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On3’s Talia Goodman is showcasing women’s college basketball coaches taking over at new schools. This is the fourth edition of the series – in which we’ll take a deeper look at some of the 50-plus coaches who took over new programs during a turbulent offseason. Dawn Thornton bioBORN: Jackson, Mississippi EXPERIENCE: 2007-10: Tougaloo College, 2010-14: Prairie ViewA&M, 2014-16: Prairie View (head coach), 2017-19: Shorter University (head coach), 2019-24: Arkansas Pine-Bluff (head coach) PLAYED: Jackson State Why Alabama A&M?Dawn Thornton has spent the entirety of her Division I head coaching ca...
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