Local heroine Kelsey Mitchell will jump into the WNBA All-Star Game’s starting lineup alongside Jackie Young of the Las Vegas Aces. Injuries couldn’t fully flush the Indiana Fever out of the WNBA All-Star Game’s starting lineup. With Caitlin Clark (Indiana) and Satou Sabally (Phoenix) each forced to sit due to injury, head coach Sandy Brondello...
Lexie Hull will step in for injured Indiana Fever teammate Caitlin Clark at Friday’s 3-Point Contest at home. Despite Caitlin Clark’s absence, the WNBA’s 3-Point Contest isn’t fully vaccinated from the hosting Indiana Fever. Photo Credit: Jineen Williams | Ballislife Just about 12 hours before the long-distance shootout tips off, the WNBA announced that Lexie...
Clearly there is some synergy here: Dominique Thorne is a genius playing a genius. The actress is suited up, once again, as Riri Williams, aka Ironheart, a character we first met in “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.” That character is important in the Marvel Cinematic Universe: She’s a young, super smart star at a top tier...
LAS VEGAS — When listening to J.J. Outlaw speak, you’re reminded of an NFL coach. He speaks clearly and directly, rarely wasting syllables when answering a question. The 41-year-old, who is short and stocky, stands with a straight posture with his arms folded across his chest, one hand resting gently atop the other. When he’s...
INDIANAPOLIS — Shortly after the Indiana Fever selected Tamika Catchings as the No. 3 overall pick in the 2001 WNBA draft, she remembers having a microphone thrust in her face and being asked, “What do you know about Indiana?” Catchings, not knowing much about the state where she would soon be moving to, replied, “They...
Damian Lillard will return to the Pacific Northwest as a member of the Portland Trail Blazers after two seasons in Milwaukee. Damian Lillard‘s trail has blazed its way back to a familiar place. Per Shams Charania of ESPN, Lillard is set to sign a three-year, $42 million deal to return to the Portland Trail Blazers,...
CLEVELAND – With little resistance, small children and young teens easily squeezed through the loose cluster of security and video crew members to snap quick selfies with Cleveland Browns rookie quarterback Shedeur Sanders. Over the course of four hours on Wednesday evening, nearly 1,000 residents of the Garden Valley Apartments on the southeast side of Cleveland gathered...
Golden State Valkyries forward Kayla Thornton calls the period between 2014 and 2016 the hardest years of her career. After ending her college career as the best women’s basketball player in the history of the University of Texas at El Paso and earning Associated Press honorable mention All-America honors her senior season, Thornton declared for...
The 2025 WNBA All-Star Game will feature a series of experimental rule changes aimed at increasing pace and fan engagement, including the debut of a 4-point shot and three other modifications that will only be in effect during the exhibition event. The game, which features Team Caitlin Clark vs. Team Napheesa Collier, will be played...
ATLANTA — In the parlance of the internet, this is not a real place. There are certain cities in America where the sheer size, scope and variety of absurdity that goes on every day often makes the concept of everyday life feel like it’s happening in some combination of a fever dream and simulation that...