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Jun 20, 2026; Atlanta, Georgia, USA; Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark (22) yells at the referee after a call during the game against the Atlanta Dream during the fourth quarter at State Farm Arena. Mandatory Credit: Jordan Godfree-Imagn Images
This week, the rivalry between Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese was renewed as Clark’s Indiana Fever took on Reese and the Atlanta Dream twice in three days. Unfortunately for Clark, however, she went 0-2 in those games as she struggled to protect the ball, especially in Saturday’s game.
While Clark got off to a hot start in Saturday’s game, she quickly cooled off and finished with a season-high in turnovers in what turned out to be a blowout loss to the Dream. As a result of her struggles, Clark received some heavy criticism from fans.
Clark’s Turnover Issues
Ever since she entered the league, Clark has led the league in turnovers, averaging a league-high 5.6 turnovers per game during her rookie season in 2024 and 5.2 turnovers per game in 2025. This season, Clark is once again leading the league in turnovers, averaging 4.8 turnovers per contest.
She once again struggled on Saturday night.
Clark started off strong in Saturday’s showdown with the Dream, scoring 13 points in the first quarter with no turnovers. However, she cooled down significantly the rest of the game, scoring just 13 points over the next three quarters combined. However, scoring wasn’t Clark’s biggest issue in the loss.
While Clark finished the first quarter without a single turnover, she turned the ball over a season-high seven times through the rest of the game as the Fever blew an 11-point lead to eventually lose in a blowout, 113-96.
Criticism Mounts for Caitlin Clark
After the game, Clark received a heavy dose of criticism on social media as a result of her turnover struggles on Saturday night.
“5 turnovers in 5 minutes for Caitlin Clark but her fans will act like it’s a war crime when GMs don’t name her the best PG in the league,” one fan wrote in a post on X.
“This game isn’t on Stephanie white, this game is on Caitlin’s lack of leadership and turnovers,” someone else added.
“She is a massive net negative if she goes cold, because she is the least versatile and most one-way player in the W. If she’s not hitting her shot, she’s a boat anchor,” another fan wrote in a post.
“This is her issue. It’s hard for her to put together a complete game. From start to finish. It’s either one half or the other. Or one insane quarter,” someone else added.
“She’s not having a good season. That’s the bottom line,” another fan wrote.
“Clark is a cancer. Those turnovers in the second half ruined the Fever’s lead. You cultists can keep blaming the coach and the teammates, but the team was better off without her,” someone else added.
Clark is obviously a prolific scorer and playmaker, ranking fourth in the league in scoring with 20.8 points per game and second in assists per game with 8.2. However, her turnovers continue to be an issue, and that was once again the case on Saturday.
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On Thursday night, the high-profile rivalry between Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese was renewed as Clark and the Indiana Fever took on Reese and the Atlanta Dream. This time, it was Reese and the Dream who came out on top, topping Clark and the Fever by a final score of 108-101.
The games between the two superstars usually produce a viral moment or two, going back to their NCAA title game matchup when Reese taunted Clark by pointing to her ring finger. Thursday’s game was no different as Reese had a little fun at Clark’s expense, mocking the Fever superstar after a foul call during the second quarter.
Reese Mocks Caitlin Clark
At the beginning of the second quarter of Thursday night’s game, Clark was trying to move through the court when she ran into Reese at the top of the key. When Clark made contact with Reese, she flailed her arms in the air, drawing a foul call on Reese.
Needless to say, Reese was not at all happy with the call, immediately throwing her hands up in frustration.
When a camera zoomed in on Reese after the play, it caught the Dream star mocking her rival by flailing her arms with a smile on her face, implying Clark flopped and exaggerated the contact to draw the foul.
Fans React to Reese’s Antics
As is usually the case with any interaction between Clark and Reese, the video of Reese mocking Clark quickly went viral on social media, racking up more than 600,000 views on the platform in under four hours.
The incident elicited a lot of reactions from fans, too.
As for the game itself, Reese led the Dream with 21 points and 11 rebounds as they topped Clark and the Fever. Clark, meanwhile, led her team with 26 points and seve assists in the losing effort.
The good news for fans is that they won’t have to wait long for a rematch as the two teams are slated to face off again on Saturday.
Aug 8, 2025; Charlotte, North Carolina, USA; Cleveland Browns quarterback Shedeur Sanders (12) takes the field in the second quarter against the Carolina Panthers at Bank of America Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Jim Dedmon-Imagn Images
Cleveland Browns quarterback Shedeur Sanders had a rough rookie season, putting up some of the worst numbers in the league in terms of turnovers and sacks. However, his Hall of Famer father seems to think that his struggles weren’t just on him.
During a recent interview, Deion Sanders opened up about his son’s struggles during his first season in the NFL. Deion admitted that he would have liked to see Shedeur play a bit better, but he said that he “needs help” from his team and coaches to be successful.
Shedeur’s Struggles
After a high-profile slide down the draft boards last spring, Shedeur Sanders ultimately ended up with the Cleveland Browns, who selected him in the fifth round of the 2025 NFL Draft. Shedeur got a chance to prove himself during his rookie season, but it did not exactly go well.
The young quarterback took 23 sacks in just eight games, marking the highest sack percentage in the NFL among players who started multiple games, even if he didn’t play enough games to technically qualify for the leaderboards.
Sanders also struggled to protect the ball, throwing 10 interceptions in just eight games to just seven touchdown passes. The young quarterback threw an interception on 4.7% of his passing attempts, which was the second-worst in the league last year behind only Minnesota Vikings first-year starter J.J. McCarthy.
Needless to say, it was certainly not a dominant rookie season for Shedeur, giving him a lot to work on.
‘A Quarterback Needs Help’
While he didn’t completely dismiss Shedeur’s struggles on an individual level, Deion Sanders recently said that Shedeur’s rough debut season was a result of team issues rather than just purely individual issues.
During an interview with D.J. Siddiqi of Covers.com, Sanders acknowledged his son’s struggles, but said that he also needs help from his team to succeed.
“I would have wanted him to perform a little better, but that’s not just an individual thing, that’s a team thing,” Deion Sanders said during the interview. “A quarterback needs help tremendously from the offensive line, from the receivers, from the running game, from the coordinators as well.”
Deion contrasted playing quarterback to his own position, defensive back. He claims that “several things” need to go right for a quarterback to be successful while playing defensive back relies more on simple individual talent.
“It’s not just a singular thing, like a defensive back,” Deion said. “I don’t care what the pass rush is, [the DB] has got to do his job. It’s a little different with a quarterback. He needs several things to go right for him to be successful.”
We’ll have to see whether or not Shedeur receives the help that Deion thinks he needs from his team this upcoming season if he is ultimately named the team’s starting quarterback.
During Thursday’s celebration event for the New York Knicks’ recent NBA Championship, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani delivered a passionate speech in which he recounted the history of the Knicks since their last championship 53 years ago while connecting the team’s historic NBA title run to the spirit of the city itself. However, not everyone seems to have enjoyed the speech.
As Mamdani began to receive some high praise for his speech on Thursday, Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy took to social media to call out the New York City mayor for “hogging the spotlight,” calling him “inauthentic” and those praising the speech “dumb.”
Mamdani’s Speech Receives Praise
During Thursday’s celebration, Mamdani addressed the thousands of fans in attendance at the event, giving a speech that was widely praised for its passion for both the team and the city.
Mamdani praised dozens of players throughout Knicks history as he connected the team’s historic 29-point comeback in Game 4, where the odds gave them just a 0.4% chance of winning the game at that point, to the overall spirit and culture of New York City as a whole.
“There is one thing that the pundits just don’t get about this team, what they don’t get about this city: it is in that 0.4% that we go to work,” Mamdani said.
“The Knicks did not just win for New York City, they won like New York City,” Mamdani said later in his speech. “What is New York without your back against the wall? A dream that feels just out of reach? A rent payment you don’t know how you’ll ever make? What is New York if not 99.6% of the world stacked against you? And who are New Yorkers who hear those odds, and smile?
“This is our city. This is our team. For 53 years we’ve watched. For 53 years we’ve waited. Now, we’ve won.”
The speech was highly praised, but not everyone was a fan. Knicks owner James Dolan took an apparent swipe at Mamdani’s speech in his own address to the crowd, and Pornoy took to social media to criticize Mamdani as well as anyone praising the speech.
‘Hogging the spotlight’
In a post on X, Portnoy took Mamdani to task, calling him “inauthentic” and “a professional actor.”
“I don’t get why people are impressed by a guy who is good at reading other people’s speeches,” Portnoy wrote in a post on X. “He’s a professional actor.”
“People slobbering all over Mandami,” Portnoy continued, spelling Mamdani’s name wrong. “I get that politicians always try to make sports about them and use it to their advantage so I guess you can’t blame Mandami for hogging the spotlight. But dude couldn’t name 1 player besides Brunson when asked during a debate last year. Now he’s a super fan?”
Portnoy shared a link to an article recounting a New York City Mayorial debate last year when Mamdani and the other candidates were asked to name a current Knick besides Jalen Brunson. Mamdani said “Thibs,” referring to then-head coach Tom Thibodeau.
“I think it speaks to how inauthentic he is and how dumb people are who slurp it up. That’s just me though,” Portnoy said.
Intel has hired Seok-Hee Lee as EVP of its Foundry's Advanced Packaging & Back-End Technology, bringing years of experience from SK Hynix, where he served as President and CEO. Intel Foundry Gets SK Hynix's Ex-CEO, Seok-Hee Lee, Bringing Years of Experience In The Advanced Packaging & Back-End Technology Segment Press Release: Intel Corporation today announced the appointment of Seok-Hee Lee as executive vice president of Intel Foundry, reporting directly to CEO Lip-Bu Tan. In this role, Lee will lead all advanced packaging, system integration, back-end technology development, and back-end manufacturing, strengthening Intel’s ability to deliver differentiated, system-level innovation for customers. […]
CuspAI, a UK startup using artificial intelligence to discover new materials, is reportedly raising $400 million in funding at a $2.6 billion valuation, according to the Financial Times. The round includes participation from Jeff Bezos’ family office, Bezos Expeditions, and […]
What happens when a struggling shoe company decides it wants to become an AI infrastructure business? Investors are about to find out. Just two months after abandoning its footwear identity in favor of artificial intelligence, Allbirds announced Wednesday that it […]
Text is no longer the dominant language of the internet. Memes, GIFs, stickers, and short video clips have become a primary way people communicate online, especially among younger users. AI is pouring fuel on that trend, turning millions of consumers […]
Odyssey, a startup building what researchers call “world models,” announced Wednesday that it has raised $310 million in Series B funding at a $1.45 billion valuation. The round was led by Natural Capital and included participation from Amazon, AMD Ventures, […]
It’s Wednesday, June 17, 2026, and today’s biggest tech moves show that shift in real time: Washington is funding AI-driven chip materials, Europe is racing to build sovereign AI, G7 leaders are sitting down with frontier model CEOs, and companies from […]
As AI data centers, factories, airlines, and heavy industries consume more energy, one question keeps resurfacing: How will the world remove billions of tons of carbon dioxide already in the atmosphere? A coalition backed by some of the biggest names […]
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