He walked into the ESPN studio slowly, cane in one hand, a folded notecard in the other. Bob Cousy — 95 years old, a Celtics legend, a Hall of Famer from a different era — wasn’t supposed to be the headline that morning. The segment was meant to be about Celtics history, about the anniversary of Bill Russell’s final championship run. A warm tribute. Nostalgia. Nothing more. But the moment Cousy sat down, the air ... Read more
Sophie Cunningham just exposed the WNBA’s biggest flaws and the league is scrambling to respond.BT
arrow_forward_ios Read more 00:00 00:03 01:31 The air inside the studio wasn’t quiet — it was charged. A camera lens clicked. A coffee cup landed on the table. And Sophie Cunningham leaned into the mic. No script. No warmup. Just thirty minutes ahead of her — and a decision that would change the conversation in women’s basketball. This wasn’t just another recording of Show Me Something, the fast-rising ... Read more
Odyssey Sims broke her silence on Caitlin Clark with six chilling words that froze the Fever locker room.BT
The room had been buzzing, cameras clicking, voices overlapping, a steady hum of anticipation. Then, in a single moment, it all contracted like a rope pulled tight. The shift was so sudden you could almost hear it. And it happened the instant the name Caitlin Clark left a reporter’s lips. Odyssey Sims looked up, her smile narrowing into a fine pencil line. Four words — clipped, measured, deliberate — dropped into ... Read more
Caitlin Clark’s record-setting $317,000 rookie card sale came with a twist that no one in the auction room was ready for.BT
The room wasn’t quiet. It was compressed. A dozen conversations were happening at once, the kind that only take place when money, reputation, and timing collide. Glasses clinked. Catalog pages rustled. Phones were pulled close to faces, not for show — but for cover. And then came the pause. Seven seconds. Seven seconds of absolute stillness in the back corner of the Platinum Vault Auction Room in Chicago. Seven ... Read more
Sabrina Ionescu and Kelsey Plum’s heated exchange over Caitlin Clark’s Team Clark management was caught on mic and it went further than anyone expected.BT
She said just one sentence. Serious. No smile. The room went silent. It wasn’t meant to be public. It wasn’t meant to leave the curtained-off media room where a handful of All-Star players gathered before the biggest night of the WNBA’s summer. But that’s how it always starts. One casual comment. One microphone that doesn’t forget. And one name that sends the entire league into a familiar spiral. Kelsey Plum didn’t mean ... Read more