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CAITLIN CLARK AND ANGEL REESE 

Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese have already taken the WNBA by storm this season, and they’re now formally All-Star teammates after the rosters have been introduced final night time.

Clark and Reese will each signify Staff WNBA and can tackle Staff USA (aka the U.S. Olympic workforce) over WNBA All-Star weekend, and their reputation was on full show within the fan vote. Clark obtained 80,000 extra votes than the following participant on the checklist, whereas Reese additionally discovered herself within the prime 5.

1. Caitlin Clark, Fever — 700,735 votes
2. Aliyah Boston, Fever — 618,680 votes
3. A’ja Wilson, Aces — 607,300 votes
4. Breanna Stewart, Liberty — 424,135 votes
5. Angel Reese, Sky — 381,518 votes

It was a giant night time throughout for Reese, whose Sky picked up an 85-77 win over the Dream in extending her record-setting double-double streak to 11 video games with 12 factors and 19 rebounds. After that spectacular efficiency, Reese obtained emotional when speaking about her All-Star nod.

• Reese: “I am simply so joyful. I do know the work I put in. Coming into the league, so many individuals doubted me and did not assume my sport would translate and I would not be the participant that I used to be in faculty. … I am unable to thank my teammates and my coaches sufficient for believing in me and trusting me.”

Clark’s Fever did not fare fairly as properly. The misplaced to the Aces, 88-69, however Clark did file a double-double of her personal with 13 factors and 11 assists.

Remember to try the full 2024 WNBA All-Star rosters proper right here.

👍 Honorable mentions

🎾 And never such morning for …

MARKETA VONDROUSOVA

Marketa Vondrousova got here into Wimbledon hoping to defend her title after turning into the primary unseeded lady to win the match final 12 months.

Sadly, she made some extra historical past for all of the mistaken causes this 12 months. Vondrousova misplaced to Jessica Bouzas Maneiro, 6-4, 6-2, within the first spherical. That made Vondrousova the first defending champ to lose within the first spherical since 1994.

That 12 months, Steffi Graf fell to Lori McNeil after successful the prior 12 months. At the very least Vondrousova has one thing in frequent with the Worldwide Tennis Corridor of Famer.

Maybe essentially the most disappointing a part of this loss for Vondrousova is the truth that expectations have been comparatively excessive for her on the All England Garden Tennis & Croquet Membership this 12 months. Not solely was Vondrousova the reigning champion, however she was additionally the No. 6 seed.

To make her early exit much more irritating, Vondrousa fell sufferer to self-inflicted wounds within the type of three double-faults and 28 unforced errors.

With Vondrousova out of the combo, the remainder of the ladies’s area shall be attempting to say her throne as the following Wimbledon champion. No. 2 seed Coco Gauff is off to begin in that regard after dismantling Caroline Dolehide within the first spherical.

On the boys’s facet, reigning Wimbledon champ and No. 2 seed Carlos Alcaraz defeated Mark Lajal within the first spherical, and Novak Djokovic made fast work of Vit Kopriva.

Because the match continues this weekend, preserve it locked on our up to date schedule and outcomes from Wimbledon.

👎 Not so honorable mentions

👀 Prime 10 tales to look at for the remainder of 2024

As exhausting as it might be to consider, 2024 is midway over. This 12 months has already supplied us with some nice moments in sports activities, however one of the best could be but to come back. We recognized the 10 largest storylines to trace within the second half of the 12 months.

Practically each sport has one thing to stay up for within the second half of this 12 months, however the NFL has a number of massive tales to observe. Not solely will Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs start their quest to develop into the primary workforce ever to win three straight Tremendous Bowls, however the Jets will attempt to shed their dropping methods.

CBS Sports activities’ personal Tyler Sullivan explains why the stakes are so excessive for Aaron Rodgers and the Jets this fall.

• Sullivan: “In the event that they create a wall in entrance of Rodgers, the four-time MVP has weapons in place to select aside defenses. And even when Rodgers is barely 80% of his former self, that is higher than any quarterback the Jets have had in many years. If he cannot recreate the magic, it is the most recent chapter in what has been a tragic state of affairs for the franchise on the place.”

Trying exterior the NFL, there’s loads to get enthusiastic about, together with the Rookie of the Yr race within the WNBA. Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese, who preserve going backwards and forwards atop the WNBA Rookie Rankings, shall be going backwards and forwards throughout the season.

Listed below are a couple of extra of the notable tales to look at all through the again 9 of 2024:

• Can Staff USA dominate on the 2024 Paris Olympics?
• Scottie Scheffler is attempting to equal Tiger Woods‘ iconic 2000 PGA Tour season.
• How will JJ Redick work with LeBron James (and Bronny James) and the Lakers.
• Will the Yankees finish their World Sequence drought?
• The Mike Tyson–Jake Paul bout, initially scheduled for July 20, is now Nov. 15.

🏀 Kemba Walker publicizes his retirement

Kemba Walker is driving off into the sundown after a memorable basketball profession. Between his three seasons at UConn and his 12 seasons within the NBA, Walker piled up some spectacular accolades.

Within the 2010-11 season, Walker led the Huskies to a nationwide title whereas averaging 23.5 factors, 5.4 rebounds and 4.5 assists per sport. That 12 months, Walker was the Remaining 4 Most Excellent Participant and a consensus All-American.

That summer time, Walker was chosen by the then Charlotte Bobcats with the No. 9 total choose within the NBA Draft. Walker spent the primary eight seasons of his NBA profession in Charlotte and earned three All-Star nods.

In 2019, Walker signed a giant contract with the Celtics and instantly earned third-team All-NBA honors. Accidents derailed Walker’s profession from there, and his final NBA season was with the Mavericks in 2022-23.

Walker’s dominance at UConn won’t ever be forgotten, however he should fall in need of a shot within the Naismith Memorial Basketball Corridor of Fame. Our personal Cameron Salerno explains that the voters weigh NBA accomplishments extra closely than collegiate ones.

• Salerno: “However Corridor of Fame voters not often give faculty deserves the identical recognition as NBA accomplishments. For instance, Duke’s Christian Laettner — one of the crucial embellished faculty basketball gamers within the trendy period — nonetheless lacks a person spot within the Corridor of Fame (although he’s enshrined as a member of the 1992 Olympic Dream Staff).”

📺 What we’re watching Wednesday

🎾 Wimbledon 2024, 6 a.m. on ESPN
⚾ MLB All-Star Starters Reveal Present, 8 p.m. on ESPN
🏀 Mercury at Wings, 8 p.m. on WNBA League Move