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Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese are already inextricably linked in basketball history. Now the Chicago Sky rookie is opening up about her Indiana Fever rival.

She is one of our all-time greats and now Michele Timms has become the third Aussie to be honoured in basketball's Hall of Fame - where she received a big surprise from Hollywood royalty.

Joey Chestnut and Takeru Kobayashi are to competitive eating what Larry Bird and Magic Johnson were to basketball, or Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier were to boxing. Two of their sports' best going head to head on a consistent basis of the highest stakes with few other contemporaries that can compare. The dormant hot dog-eating rivalry reignites later Monday for Netflix's live event, 'Chestnut vs. Kobayashi: Unfinished Beef'. The duo have not faced in a high-profile professional hot dog eating contest since 2009.

NIK SIMON AT BERCY ARENA: He arrived wearing gold trainers and he left wearing a gold medal. LeBron James prowled and postured with grey hairs in his 39-year-old beard as he led the USA to Olympic victory. James pumped his chest and flexed his muscles, the alpha-spirit in this team, but it was his magnificent sidekick Steph Curry who scored 24 long-range points to end the night as the most valuable player in Paris. After two weeks of celebrating rock climbers and trampolinists who shine momentarily under the Olympic flame, this felt like a transition back to reality. The sporting superstars were back on the main stage.

Caitlin Clark was watching the ESPYs on her couch, alone, when host Serena Williams fired off a joke poking fun at her being well liked by 'white people'. The Indiana Fever star responded to the tennis legend's jab, not angry with being put down while in the spotlight. 'Caitlin Clark had an amazing year and is nominated for three awards,' Williams said as part of her opening monologue. 'You are the Larry Bird in that you are an amazing player, you have ties to Indiana, and white people are really crazy about you.'

He hasn't even started college yet, but two ESPN analysts are already concerned by how Cooper Flagg will be perceived amongst his peers and in the media. Hype for Flagg has been growing in recent days after he put on a clinic and dominated in a select team practice against the US Olympic Team in Las Vegas. Flagg has been hyped as one of the biggest high school basketball recruits in the country and was recruited by big-name schools like Duke and UConn, eventually settling with Duke.

Magic Johnson and Larry Bird famously joined forces on the 1992 Dream Team, Wayne Gretzky shared a line with Mario Lemieux at the 1987 Canada Cup, and now WNBA rivals Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese will finally suit up together against the US Olympic team at the upcoming All-Star game. 'I don't think I've ever been [Reese's] teammate before, even at USA Basketball,' Clark said Tuesday night after her Indiana Fever fell to the reigning-champion Las Vegas Aces, 88-69, in front of 20,366 fans - the fifth largest crowd in league history. Reese, a power forward for the Chicago Sky, and Clark are headlining the WNBA All-Star team that will square off with the US Olympic squad on July 20 in Phoenix.

Basketball Hall-of-Famer Magic Johnson has weighed in on the rivalry between Indiana Fever star Caitlin Clark and Chicago Sky star Angel Reese. The Clark/Reese rivalry has taken on a life of its own in the WNBA - and given a whole new level to the already lively rivalry between Chicago and Indiana that was established before the stars were drafted there. In many ways, it mirrors the rivalry between Magic Johnson and Larry Bird. Both were drafted to teams that hated each other in Boston and Los Angeles and both were competitive athletes.

Stephen A. Smith thinks WNBA fans are projecting their 'fears' about America's white population 'evaporating' onto Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese amid their bitter rivalry.  The ESPN pundit offered his thoughts on whether he believes the pair, who have skyrocketed to fame over the past few months, were being weaponized as part of a 'race war.'   'I don't think so, but that's a valid question,' he began a segment on Wednesday's episode of his network show, First Take. 

The rivalry between Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese has propelled WNBA viewership to never-before-seen heights.  The Indiana Fever's 91-83 victory over the Chicago Sky on Sunday was the league's most-watched game in more than two decades, CBS announced Tuesday. The highly-anticipated matchup averaged 2.25 million viewers, a 225% increase over an average game last season. 

Stephen A. Smith didn't take issue with WNBA officials giving Angel Reese a flagrant for her foul against Caitlin Clark on Sunday in Indianapolis. But the ESPN host does think league officials have their eye on the Chicago Sky star - particularly in the presence of her fellow rookie. Clark's Indiana Fever beat Reese's Sky on Sunday to improve to 2-0 against Chicago on the season. The game was marred by several hard fouls on Clark, who absorbed similar contact from the Sky's Chennedy Carter in the form of a hip check during Indiana's win over Chicago two weeks earlier.

WNBA rookie-phenom Caitlin Clark must have known that she had it coming. Still, it was a shock seeing Chicago Sky's Chennedy Carter deliberately plant her shoulder into a defenseless Clark and send her sprawling onto the court in Saturday's game. That moment has now transcended the sports world. Everyone is talking about women's pro basketball. Did it have anything to do with Clark being one of the first white superstars in the WNBA? I believe that answer is - undeniably - yes. Racial strife in America is very real - and those tensions frequently play out on our courts and fields.

John Havlicek, ML Carr, Gerald Henderson, Larry Bird, and now Jrue Holiday. The Celtics point guard joined a list of Boston legends to secure a pivotal playoff win with a key steal after pickpocketing Indiana 's Andrew Nembhard with seconds to play in the Game 3 of the NBA's Eastern Conference Finals. Holiday would hit two free throws after being fouled to give Boston a commanding 3-0 series lead.

When asked if the 'race element' crossed her mind in her journey to the top of women's basketball at an Indiana Fever press conference, the 21-year-old Clark said ahead of her first professional game (and barely 24 hours after Wilson's claims) on Tuesday: 'I think there are opportunities for every single player in women's basketball. I think the more opportunities we can give across the board, that's what's going to elevate women's basketball.'

For a majority of the past two years, Caitlin Clark has been the centerpiece of the college basketball world. Now Clark, just like NBA Hall of Famer Larry Bird was 45 years ago, is involuntarily the focus of discussions about race and her transition to professional basketball.  Clark hasn't said anything to fuel the Black-white narrative surrounding her meteoric rise, but even before she starts her WNBA career officially, talks about a double standard are being had.

Shannon Sharpe left First Take host Stephen A. Smith stunned by his argument that family connections could play a role in determining who makes the NBA's front page star Stephen A. Smith. After LeBron James, who is in his 21st season in the league, decides to put the curtain down on his career, the ESPN panel debating who should take over the mantle. Sharpe sparked eyebrows by implying that a player's marital status should be included in the criteria, quoting Magic Johnson and Larry Bird as recent examples.

Exclusive INTERVIEW BY CHARLOTTE DALY: Roy Jones Jr has retorted that his experience with NDO Champ will damage his reputation, claiming that he will rely on his skills over the bodybuilder in their metaverse match later this evening. Jones Jr. has the'most respect' for the NDO Champ, considering that the 39-year-old has made himself'relevant enough' to be considered a worthy opponent. Jones Jr. is adamant that boxing is his 'domain.'

If it goes on sale later this month, Michael Jordan's practice jersey worn during the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona is expected to attract bids as high as $600,000. The jersey is one of a lot of more than 800 pieces of memorabilia on sale in Beverly Hills, California, which will take place between June 23-25.

With a predicted $13 billion decrease in workplace morale and three-weeks old, March Madness is America's opportunity to indulge - or in some rare cases, overdose - in college basketball. And for the uninitiated and uninterested, avoiding all 65 NCAA Tournament games is futile. Photocopiers monopolize photocopiers for office pool brackets, regular television coverage gives way to an endless supply of tip-offs, and a Cinderella team inevitably commands the national spotlight before bowing out to a traditional monarchy. It's a tradition that began in 1939 with eight men's teams, but it was actually born four decades later in Salt Lake City, Utah.

After winning the battle of the quarterbacks on Monday night, Seattle Seahawks quarterback Geno Smith capped off a spectacular show with a similarly amazing postgame interview. Russell Wilson's homecoming was spoiled in a 17-16 victory for the Seattle Seahawks, leading to a major upset over the Denver Broncos. Smith retaliated against critics who said they shouldn't have written him off, but they shouldn't have told him off.

Any of Peloton's long-awaited openings in New York and London are swiftly approaching, and the brand is celebrating in a grand way with its second-ever All For One (AFO) music festival. AFO is running from 19 to 21 Aug. This year, it includes artists such as Maggie Rogers, Maroon 5, John Mayer, Saweetie, Florence + The Machine, and Wu-Tang Clan. And (!!) For the first time since the COVID pandemic has started, students are invited to join instructors for live classes in the New York studio. Peloton's AFO case, whether you're watching live or at home, promises to be jam-packed weekend with favorites from every genre imaginable. The artists are not on display; rather, the lineup is made up of classes devoted to each individual artist, as if you were attending a festival in person.