Caitlin Clark calls out the WNBA discourse in first comments since being hit in throat

It’s not just the recent jab to her throat by Alyssa Thomas that Caitlin Clark thinks was a flagrant foul.  An admittedly frustrated Clark also thinks that the way the media and fans harp on every minuscule thing about her and the Fever is getting to be too much, even though she tries to avoid reading social-media and news headlines. “I don’t remember who wrote this … and it was like, the headline read like, ‘This season has been everything but fun and just full of frustration for Clark and the Fever,’” Clark told reporters at Friday’s shootaround during a…

8 common sunscreen mistakes upping your risk of deadly melanoma

Fun in the sun can have a dark side. Across the country, more than 88 million Americans get at least one sunburn every year — and while peeling skin might seem like a temporary annoyance, the damage can last a lifetime. Research shows that suffering five or more sunburns doubles…

10 truly groundbreaking sports ‘firsts’ that shaped America — and beyond

Long before they became institutions, America’s favorite games were experiments — new leagues, new tournaments, new ideas. These 10 firsts laid the foundation for the sports that drive us to eat, sleep and breathe our fandom. The First Major League Baseball Game (1876) Baseball was America’s most popular professional team…

General Motors to pay out .75M after selling California driver data

Are you a California driver who’s owned a General Motors vehicle — Chevrolet, GMC, Buick, Cadillac — in the last few years? Did you know your private driving habits might have been sold without your knowledge? Owing to this breach of privacy, California just hit General Motors with a record…

Cindy Burbank — who plans to drop out of general election — defeats alleged GOP ‘plant’ in bizarre Nebraska Democratic Senate primary 

Pharmacy technician Cindy Burbank emerged victorious Tuesday in an unusual Nebraska Democratic Senate primary where the top two candidates accused each other of political trickery.  Burbank defeated pastor William Forbes by a 90%- 9% margin — but she won’t take on incumbent Sen. Pete Ricketts (R-Neb.) in the general election,…

Pro-Iran hacking group targets California tech company in flurry of attacks

San Jose-based eBay was hammered by a massive cyberattack allegedly carried out by a pro-Iran hacking group that’s now threatening some of world’s biggest tech companies. The shadowy “Islamic Cyber Resistance in Iraq – 313 Team” claimed responsibility for the assault on eBay, which reportedly triggered widespread outages and left…

New lawsuit claims Facebook profits by ‘actively’ scamming Californians

Facebook parent company Meta got hit with a lawsuit from Santa Clara County accusing the tech giant of “knowingly” and “actively” facilitating and profiting from billions of scam advertisements. The county cited a 2025 Reuters investigation that found internal Meta documents detailing how the company earned $7 billion from showing Facebook…

What is Kratom? The drug Brandon Clarke was arrested for possessing

Just weeks prior to his death, Brandon Clarke was arrested for possession of kratom. The NBA player allegedly had nearly half a pound of it. But what exactly is it? According to Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who’s launching a federal crackdown on 7-OH — the…

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