Basketball

7/23/2025 |  Sky's Angel Reese makes more double-double history, but reaches technical foul limit in ugly loss to Lyn (CBS Sports) Angel Reese entered the All-Star break playing the best basketball of her young career, but was unable to pick up where she left off in the Chicago Sky's first game back on Tuesday, a 91-68 loss to the league-leading Minnesota Lynx. 

7/23/2025 |  Not all retention is equal in college basketball: The two positions where having returning players is key (CBS Sports) Returning production — whether that's points, minutes or starts — is bantered about heavily during the summer months, both in basketball and football circles. Fair or not, it has a way of shaping the preseason outlook. With player movement eclipsing all-time highs in college basketball — over 2,500 players entered the transfer portal in the spring —  keeping your lynchpins is more paramount than ever in the chase to build sustainable winners.  

7/23/2025 |  Caitlin Clark surprises Iowa Hawkeyes with player edition Nike Kobe V (ESPN) WNBA star Caitlin Clark still shows love for her alma mater.
On Tuesday, the Indiana Fever guard surprised the Iowa Hawkeyes men's and women's basketball teams with pairs of her own player-exclusive colorway of the Nike Kobe 5 Protro shoe.

7/23/2025 |  Western Conference Summer League Notes (Spotrac News) NBA Summer League is ostensibly a basketball event. There is basketball being played on the court, but there are just as many games being played in quiet corners of the arenas, the concourse and hotel lobbies.

7/23/2025 |  WNBA All-Star Game ratings paint a troubling picture (Yardbarker) WNBA players sent a message to the league with T-shirts they wore ahead of the All-Star Game on Saturday night, but the ratings for the game did not exactly strengthen their stance.
Prior to the All-Star Game at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Ind., Caitlin Clark and other players warmed up in shirts that said “Pay us what you owe us” across the front. The message had to do with the current state of collective bargaining agreement negotiations between the WNBA and WNBA Player’s Association.