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The Pacers’ trade in NBA Finals suddenly looks genius after Tyrese Haliburton’s injury
It’s not often a team makes a trade while they’re playing in the NBA Finals, but the Indiana Pacers pulled it off last week. As Indiana was locked in an intense battle with the Oklahoma City Thunder, the front office completed a trade with the New Orleans Pelicans that suddenly looks like a stroke of…
Los Angeles Sparks waive newly-signed guard after three days
Players on the fringe of making it in the WNBA are often waived multiple times a season, and Grace Berger is the latest such example. Berger signed with the Los Angeles Sparks on a hardship contract on Tuesday and was subsequently waived on Friday, with Kelsey Plum returning to the lineup. She’s one of dozens…
Fever coach eviscerates WNBA refs again after foul on Caitlin Clark, multiple ejections
While the Indiana Fever advanced to the Commissioner’s Cup title game on Tuesday with a win over the Connecticut Sun, the talking point from the game had little to do with their impending title matchup with the Minnesota Lynx. Multiple scuffles between the Fever and Sun, with the first involving Caitlin Clark, culminated in a…
Los Angeles Sparks sign former Fever guard after losing another star to injury
Grace Berger has a new home in the WNBA. The former Indiana University stadnout, who was drafted by the Fever seventh overall in 2023, has signed a hardship contract with the Los Angeles Sparks, the team announced on Tuesday. Berger, a 26-year-old guard, has averaged 3.9 points, 1.5 rebounds and 1.6 assists per game in…
After Taylor Pannell, these are the best softball players in NCAA transfer portal
The past two weeks have been a whirlwind for the transfer portal in college softball. We saw multiple star players from teams that were in the Women’s College World Series announce their intent to transfer, and a few of them have already found a new home in Lubbock, Texas, with the Texas Tech Red Raiders,…
F1 news: George Russell’s win in Canadian Grand Prix will stand after Red Bull protests
George Russell captured pole position on Saturday at the Canadian Grand Prix, and took the checkered flag under a Safety Car to secure his first win of the 2025 Formula 1 season. And that win will stand, despite protests filed by Red Bull. In the closing stages of Sunday’s Canadian Grand Prix, contact between McLaren…
F1 news: What’s next for McLaren after Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri scrap at the Canadian Grand Prix?
Since the beginning of the Formula 1 season, this moment was coming. Sunday in Montreal, it arrived. In the closing laps of the Canadian Grand Prix, McLaren teammates Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris were battling for fourth place, with hopes of a fight further up the grid on the table for the McLaren driver who…
F1 news: George Russell jabs Max Verstappen’s penalty status after qualifying at Canadian GP
Last year nothing separated George Russell and Max Verstappen in qualifying for the Canadian Grand Prix, as the two drivers posted identical times in Q3 at the front of the field. Only the rules, which state that the driver who posts the time first, put Russell into pole position ahead of Verstappen. Not much separated…
Aces star to miss Wings game after suffering a head injury
Las Vegas Aces star A’ja Wilson will miss Friday’s game against the Dallas Wings as she’s in concussion protocol, the team announced. Wilson was struck in the face late in the third quarter of Wednesday’s Aces loss to the Los Angeles Sparks. “She was bleeding,” Aces coach Becky Hammon said after the game, per ESPN….
F1 news: Mercedes hoping to reset at the Canadian Grand Prix after ‘challenging’ triple-header
Formula 1’s triple-header, which brought the grid from Italy to Monaco and finally Barcelona, was not kind to Mercedes. They entered the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix sitting second in the F1 Constructors’ Championship standings, behind only McLaren, thanks to a strong start to the season from George Russell and a promising beginning to Kimi Antonelli’s…