“We were just like, ‘If (Thompson is) near the ball, throw it to someone else.’ I’ve never experienced that in the NBA,” Atkinson said during a May postgame news conference. “‘Even if you have a great player with the ball and (Thompson) is on it, pass it to someone else.'” Thompson’s defensive effort against the Cavaliers was so profound that Atkinson — who won an NBA championship as an assistant coach with the Golden State Warriors in 2022 and the NBA Coach of the Year award three years late...
The WNBA’s debate over eligibility isn’t going away. Olympic gold medalist Nancy Hogshead-Makar is pushing the league to establish a more specific policy governing who can compete in the WNBA, months after Indiana Fever guard Sophie Cunningham sparked a national conversation about transgender athletes in women’s sports. Hogshead-Makar, a three-time Olympic swimming gold medalist and […]
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