Author: Black Dog
With the 2024 Paris Olympics in the books, many are already looking forward to the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. That includes at ESPN, where senior WNBA writer Michael Voepel commemorated the United States women’s national team’s gold medal victory over France on Sunday by immediately speculating about which players would comprise Team USA’s roster four years from now. Yet despite her inclusion on Voepel’s list, Angel Reese wasn’t a fan of the exercise. Taking to X, the Chicago Sky star rookie forward expressed her belief that all of the focus should still be on what the 2024…
Indiana Fever basketball star Caitlin Clark has broken her silence on the thought of joining Angel Reese in the new women’s basketball league, Unrivaled. To give WNBA players the chance to make enough money in the offseason to not have to play in overseas leagues, 30 basketball players will partake in Unrivaled, a 3×3 league with six teams. All teams will be based in Miami and some of the biggest league stars will participate including Reese, Kelsey Plum, and Jewell Lloyd. The league even reached an NIL deal with UConn’s Paige Bueckers to participate. Clark did not deny…
Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese will return to the court on Friday when the WNBA returns from a lengthy break for the Olympics. Both the Chicago Sky and Indiana Fever are currently inside the playoff cut line as the No. 7 and No. 8 seeds, respectively. However, there is another underlying competition between the two teams. Either Reese or Clark is going to win Rookie of the Year. It is a two-woman race — even though it shouldn’t be. The latter has a far more compelling case. Clark is averaging 17.1 points per game on 40.5% shooting with…
Former LSU star and 2023 national champion Angel Reese has always been unapologetic, both on and off the court. Now, the Chicago Sky rookie is using her boldness as the source of inspiration for her new collection with Reebok. “I wanted to create a collection that allowed women and girls everywhere to embrace their femininity and power in whatever they’re doing,” Reese said. Reese said she wants the collection to make wearers feel “stylish and fierce on all occasions.” The Baltimore-native’s collection will feature three shoe styles and seven pieces of clothing. The featured colors are silver…
Angel Reese slammed the media for focusing on the next Olympic squad right after the U.S. Women’s Basketball team won gold in Paris. The critique came after the WNBA rookie spotted an ESPN article on prospects for Los Angeles’ 2028 summer games. Considering the piece dropped the same day as Team USA’s historic win, Reese quickly shut down any conversation on X. “Let’s just congratulate these women & let them enjoy this moment,” expressed the Chicago Sky star. “Leave me out of this until my time comes!” Though Reese would rather her name be kept out of the media’s…
Rangers have NOT made any contact with Bayer Leverkusen over Gustavo Puerta in this transfer window. The 21-year-old midfielder was previously on the Ibrox club’s radar with Philippe Clement keen to bolster his engine room options in January, but he ended up signing Mohamed Diomande. Puerta played 10 times last term for Xabi Alonso’s Invincibles last season and is considered a prospect moving forward but Football Scotland understands Gers have not been back in touch since their initial interest. Clement has instructed his chief of recruitment, Nils Koppen, to scour the globe for new signings and the Colombian playmaker…
With the frustration of missing out on Real Sociedad midfielder Martin Zubimendi another transfer blow for Liverpool fans, there’s one midfielder who they should be campaigning for to sign. After the player rejected a potential £51m move from Spain, Liverpool experienced a similar feeling. Over the past few years we’ve seen multiple midfielders opt for another destination which has been hugely disappointing for the club and the fans. Whereas deals for the likes of Alexis Mac Allister and Dominik Szoboszlai went through without a hitch, nobody needs reminding of the ones who got away. In this case, it simply…
Baltimore right-hander Grayson Rodriguez will be sidelined from pitching for at least 10 days due to a mild strain in his right shoulder. Despite this, Orioles general manager Mike Elias is hopeful that Rodriguez will be back before the end of the regular season. The Orioles placed the 24-year-old on the 15-day injured list on Wednesday, a day after he was scratched from a start in Toronto and returned to Baltimore for tests. Elias mentioned before Saturday night’s game at Tampa Bay, “We’re optimistic the strain is relatively mild. We’re also hopeful that we will be able to get…
It seems like the Baltimore Orioles are beginning to develop an obsession for Philadelphia Phillies players in recent times. After acquiring two of the Phillies’ mainstay relievers, Seranthony Domínguez and Gregory Soto, at the trade deadline, the Orioles have now recruited another former Phillie to join their organization. On Aug. 9, Baltimore announced that they had signed veteran infielder Jean Segura to a minor league deal. This was certainly a surprising signing because Segura had been out of baseball for almost a year after his release by the Cleveland Guardians in August of 2023. In addition, it isn’t like…
The New York Giants can breathe a little easier after getting some positive injury news regarding Tyrone Tracy. Tracy had his leg placed in an air cast and was taken off the Giants’ practice field in a cart on Tuesday after suffering a leg injury during a kickoff return. Despite the initial scare, the good news is Tracy has a low ankle sprain and is considered week-to-week. Tracy was also already back in team meetings later in the day on Tuesday. Tracy was a 5th-round pick by…