The Washington PostNowWNBA All-Star Game live updates: Caitlin Clark, Angel Reese face U.S. Olympic teamThe Washington PostThe WNBA All-Star Game arrives with some additional flair Saturday night, when superstar rookies Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese will headline a team of WNBA all-stars against Team USA, the squad that will represent the United States at the Paris Olympics. Clark’s omission from the veteran-laden …
The Washington Post2 hours agoU.S. basketball barely avoids shocking upset against South SudanThe Washington Post - Ben GolliverThough South Sudan has never competed in the Olympics in men’s basketball and its roster lacks a current NBA player, the African nation of about 11 million nearly turned in one of the biggest upsets in international basketball history Saturday against the United States. With the Paris Olympics just …
The Washington Post1 hour agoBritish Open devolves into ‘absolute survival test’ after weather turns sourThe Washington Post - Chuck CulpepperTROON, Scotland — All that futuristic golf equipment, the pariah of those concerned about its capacity to ruin the sport, has looked like a patsy here against a force even much more capable of oomph: Mother Nature. You take your fancy-schmancy clubs, she has seemed to say at this 152nd British Open, …
The Washington Post3 hours agoSaturday’s hottest runway isn’t in Paris. It’s the WNBA All Star ‘tunnel.’The Washington Post - Kelsey BakerSaturday’s WNBA All-Star Game will put rival rookie sensations Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese on the same team, a marquee pairing for a league whose popularity is skyrocketing. But some of the attention will come before the game, in a “tunnel” at the Phoenix Convention Center, where the country’s …
The Washington Post12 hours agoCaitlin Clark and Angel Reese aren’t the only WNBA rookies making an impactThe Washington Post - Glynn A. HillA standout 2024 WNBA draft class has already made its mark three months into the season. At the midway point, ahead of Saturday’s All-Star Game, its two biggest stars have set records. The All-Star Game in Phoenix precedes the Paris Olympics this summer, and signals the start of a month-long league …
The Washington Post22 hours agoHectic day leads to (almost) leisurely night for NationalsThe Washington Post - Andrew GoldenThe all-star break is a time for players, staff and coaches to get away from the nonstop pace of professional baseball. But it is no coincidence that the break falls during July, in some ways the busiest month in the sport. There’s the MLB draft, a three-day event that starts the day before the …
