The USA Basketball staff knew what kind of backlash they would get if they had not included Caitlin Clark on the Olympic roster. Well, they made the decision to leave the No. 1 overall pick off, and the noise has been loud. Clark herself said that “they woke a monster,” and it remains a debate on whether she was snubbed …
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The hard foul delivered from Chicago Sky guard Chennedy Carter to Indiana Fever rookie Caitlin Clark garnered a lot of attention across the sports world last week. So much so, ESPN’s “First Take” led with it. Stephen A. Smith, Shannon Sharpe and Monica McNutt all had something to say about the incident. McNutt wondered at the time why the first …
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Xander Schauffele has eight PGA Tour victories, an Olympic gold medal and a major championship under his belt, but he admitted he fell to the competitive nature of Michael Jordan. Jordan’s prowess on the golf course has been well documented. He was seen regularly on the golf course during his career with the Chicago Bulls and Washington Wizards and is …
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Russia and its ally Belarus on Tuesday launched a second stage of drills intended to train their troops in tactical nuclear weapons, part of the Kremlin’s efforts to discourage the West from ramping up support for Ukraine. In announcing the nuclear maneuvers last month, the Russian Defense Ministry said they were in response to “provocative statements and threats of certain …
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Sports influencer Rachel DeMita said she thinks Caitlin Clark being left off of the U.S. Olympic women’s national basketball team roster was a mistake. Clark wasn’t one of the 12 players picked to represent the red, white and blue as they get ready to head to Paris next month to compete for another gold medal on the global stage. CLICK …
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Will Smith and Martin Lawrence were back on top of the movie world over the weekend as “Bad Boys: Ride or Die” opened with an estimated $56 million. It was one of Smith’s biggest hits since he slapped Chris Rock at the Academy Awards in 2022. It is also the fourth installment of the franchise, which debuted in 1995. CLICK …
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy appealed for short-term help in repairing his country’s electricity network and long-term investment in its energy system as a conference to gather support for Ukraine’s recovery from the destruction wreaked by Russia’s war opened Tuesday. Starting a week of intense diplomacy that will also see him travel to the Group of Seven summit of Ukraine’s leading …
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After tying a career-high with 30 points on Friday night, Caitlin Clark didn’t exactly keep the momentum. Clark drilled seven three-pointers in that effort, but on Monday against the Connecticut Sun, she was held to just eight field goal attempts. In the end, the Sun earned an 89-72 win in a rematch from Clark’s WNBA debut, but this time, she …
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Usain Bolt suffered a serious injury at a charity soccer match in London over the weekend and needed to be stretchered off of the field. Bolt, 37, revealed Sunday he suffered a ruptured Achilles during the Soccer Aid charity game. Photos showed the track legend competing in the match and then being taken off of the pitch. CLICK HERE FOR …
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Al Qaeda’s leader in Afghanistan, Saif al-Adl, issued a call to foreign fighters around the world to migrate to Afghanistan and join the ranks of the jihadi terror group. A new report in the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies’ Long War Journal highlights the call from al-Adl and is so far the clearest indication from al Qaeda for foreigners …
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