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Lopez (hamstring) won't play in Friday's Las Vegas Summer League game versus the Bulls, Damichael Cole of The Memphis Commercial Appeal reports. Visit RotoWire.com for more analysis on this update.
The 13-9 Dream will try to extinguish the 9-13 Fire when two teams meet Saturday afternoon on CBS and Paramount+
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After having season-ending surgery in March to address a Lisfranc injury in his right foot, Clippers big man Yanic Konan Niederhauser has since undergone a follow-up procedure this offseason, reports Law Murray of The Athletic (Twitter link). As Murray explains, the most recent procedure removed “hardware” from the initial surgery and is considered a normal […]
Sophie Cunningham explains her back spasms and gets ready for a tension-filled Fever-Mercury rematch.
The Indiana Fever responded well after suffering a brutal loss to the Los Angeles Sparks on the first night of a back-to-back on Wednesday night. Indiana defeated the Phoenix Mercury 92-89 on Thursday. Impressively, the Fever pulled off the victory without the services of All-World point guard Caitlin Clark, who missed the game as part…
Indiana has to face an uncomfortable truth.
There is going to be a lot less excitement for the Fever-Mercury matchup on Thursday night thanks to Caitlin Clark's status.
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Both the Indiana Fever and Phoenix Mercury may be without multiple key players in Thursday night’s matchup.
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Conversations about whether Caitlin Clark is getting officiated fairly in the WNBA can be polarizing as fans, players, coaches, pundits and even lawmakers have opinions about whether the league needs to take some action about the physical play. “Millions of casual fans now tune in to watch her play,” 11 members of the House Republican Study Committee wrote in a letter sent to WNBA Commissioner Cathy Englebert. Clark has been hip-checked, poked in the eye and struck in the throat during games.
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Two months into the ongoing WNBA season, there has barely been an Indiana Fever game where the discourse around Caitlin Clark hasn’t taken over the conversation. So when the Fever faced the Phoenix Mercury — a rematch still fresh from the June 24 controversy — and pulled out a 92-89 comeback win without their injured superstar, Amber Cox’s postgame message reignited the familiar narrative that the franchise is anti-Clark.
Both the Los Angeles Sparks and Chicago Sky may be without multiple key players in Friday night’s matchup.
The Los Angeles Sparks set a franchise home scoring record with 106 points, beating the Indiana Fever 106-92 and spoiling Caitlin Clark's return from injury.
The WNBA is now dealing with pressure from Congress regarding the recent stories about Caitlin Clark getting played with physical defense. A group of Republican politicians oworked together to write a letter to WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert demanding that the league takes greater accountability to protect the Indiana Fever superstar from taking physical hits. The […] The post Politicians Threaten WNBA Over Recent Caitlin Clark “Attacks” appeared first on HEAVY.
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