Lynx injury report is out and Napheesa Collier is OUT for tomorrow's game four.

If Minnesota can win game 4 without Cheryl Reeve or Napheesa Collier while on the road, then I think the Lynx would win the whole dang thing.

The WNBA suspending Cheryl Reeve for Game 4 of the semifinals sure looks like retaliation for her speaking truth about the league’s trash officiating and its indifference to player safety.

Damn. W suspends Cheryl Reeve for tomorrow’s game, when Minnesota is facing elimination

ICYMI (And why wouldn’t you have, since it was posted in the middle of the night)

Players and coaches have said, repeatedly, that the game has gotten too physical and the refs need to do a better job. Now that Napheesa Collier has been injured, maybe the league will finally listen.

Cheryl Reeve did not hold back when talking about the officials in her postgame press conference after Napheesa Collier left the game with an injury.

My feature from two years ago at this time... Still relevant now Does the WNBA have an officiating problem? Coaches cite high turnover, inconsistency www.nytimes.com/athletic/495...

Aces are a game away from the Finals after an 84-72 win over the Fever.

Lexie Hull fouls out with 48.8 seconds left. Monster effort for the Fever. 16 points, 10 boards, four assists, two blocks and a steal

This is going to be something to watch: Lexie Hull just picked up her fourth foul, with 4:47 left in third. She's been Indiana's driving force. They cannot afford to not have her on the floor.

Fever have almost as many offensive boards (15) as Las Vegas does total rebounds (18)

That’s 700 saves for Alyssa Naeher. One of one.

Hezly Rivera said on Instagram that she will miss the gymnastics world championships after rolling her ankle.

A'ja up to four blocks.

In his pregame press conference, Nate Tibbetts said he hopes everyone is safe getting here (there's been flash flooding in PHX) today and that everyone drinks a lot of beer and gets really loud.

Brilliant thing to say two days before facing him.

👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻 When you back down to bullies, you’re doing their work for them. Channel your inner John Oliver, and they fold like the cowards they are.

Holy bejeezus. We're just a little over halfway through the first quarter and A'ja already has two blocks.

"Yet, for all the frenzy of the coverage surrounding his conviction, little has been said or written about Pistorius since his release in 2024." No shit. No. shit.

Ian Roberts, who grew up in Brooklyn, NY, and competed in the 2000 Sydney Olympics 800 meters for Guyana, has been arrested by ICE. Roberts is the *Des Moines (Ia.) Public Schools Superintendent.* www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/e...

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

London City Lionesses announced it has secured approval to develop a performance campus that will "rival that of a men's Premier League team." Owner Michele Kang, who also owns Washington Spirit + Lyonnes, previously announced renovation plans in Lyon and has also been searching for land around D.C.

🗣️🗣️🗣️

Senior George Carlson brought his pet in during preseason camp after a teammate’s injury left spirits sagging. Now, Bowling Green's Pudge the Cat has napped, noshed and nuzzled his way into college football fans' hearts: http://dlvr.it/TNJXzf

Olympic gold medalist and current U.S. champion Hezly Rivera announces she’s out for worlds.

Good.

If they had the capacity to do this, it would be really bad. And they probably will try to do a couple of high profile examples to make you think they *do* have the capacity. But like a lot of stuff, this is a memo designed to get you to voluntarily stop doing stuff they don’t like.

New York Liberty GM Jonathan Kolb explained the decision to move on from coach Sandy Brondello one year after leading the team to a WNBA championship.

The Golden Knights asked me to leave their practice facility and revoked my credential because I asked one of their players about the Hockey Canada 5. Their sensitivity underscores the dicey nature of the decision VGK and Carolina are facing. My story: www.nytimes.com/athletic/665...

I’m sorry, what?

abcnews.go.com/US/health-se... The attack on women continues.

NEW WIRED led the way in reporting on Elon Musk's efforts to dismantle the US government. My colleagues and I spoke to 100s of employees at dozens of agencies to understand what happened. This is the definitive story of DOGE as told by those who experienced it www.wired.com/story/oral-h...

Another win for "Fuck you. Make me."

The richest man on earth owns X. The second richest man on earth is about to be a major owner of TikTok. The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post. See the problem here?

Skiing's governing body has approved a gene testing policy for gender eligibility in women's events.

"I don't think he had ketchup on it. ... He ended up going into his cage and passing out." --Caleb Williams on his dog having a hot dog at The Wiener's Circle

SCOOP: The IOC’s panel that will determine policy on transgender participation appears to have excluded researchers whose work casts doubt on the need for bans

We only rate dogs. This is very clearly a red panda. We've had just about enough of your tomfoolery. Please only send dogs. Thank you… 12/10 (IG: __joyjoa)

You cannot trust information coming from Kash Patel's FBI. You cannot trust information coming from ICE. You cannot trust information coming the Trump administration. You cannot trust information coming from Republicans.

SIGH

Bookmark this, screenshot it, print it out.

Whatever else you think of him, I don't think he is insincere about this stuff, and it should be recognized as extraordinary that he, Pritzker, and other governors are talking about the federal government in these terms. It's not normal political rhetoric, it's the language of existential emergency.

Local news is doing an excellent job on the ICE campaign in our city. This from the @chicago.suntimes.com is an especially detailed status report that says: -ICE is becoming more aggressive -The govt is NOT mostly arresting known criminals -Inhumane conditions at Broadview immigration lockup

SCOOP: The IOC’s panel that will determine policy on transgender participation appears to have excluded researchers whose work casts doubt on the need for bans

Kimmel is up on YouTube