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Can Caitlin Clark just play basketball?
Over 15 days in five cities, and one phone call about her garden, I tried to find out.
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What is life like for the player at the center of the women’s basketball universe?
Despite the enormous expectations that come with her role, Caitlin Clark is still just a 24-year-old trying to find peace in the chaos.
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From @TheAthletic: Everywhere Caitlin Clark goes, the spectacle follows. Seemingly every move becomes a headline. Amid the constant attention and expectations, Clark is trying to hold on to the joy that made people want to watch her in the first place. nyti.ms/3VPm7yE
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The 2026 WNBA regular season is officially in the books 🚨
Now, the real fun begins.
With the playoff field set, The Athletic’s experts break down the biggest question facing each team in the first round:
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For the first time since 2008, and with fans in the stands, both the Cubs and White Sox are headed to the MLB postseason.
How Chicago became the “baseball center of the earth” again ⤵️
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After a roller coaster regular season, the Chicago Cubs have clinched a postseason berth 🔒
“We’ve kind of been knocked down a bunch of different times ... and the guys have really kept playing,” said team president Jed Hoyer.
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Angel Reese’s defensive stats this season:
◽ 12.1 RPG (1st in WNBA)
◽ 1.8 SPG (3rd in WNBA)
◽ First in defensive win shares
◽ Fourth in defensive rating
She’s earned The Athletic’s DPOY award 🏆
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Scoring has exploded in the WNBA this season.
Heading into the final days of the regular season, the league was on pace to set records in each of the following offensive categories.
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For 23 years, the same red Jeep has made the 20-minute drive to every Connecticut Sun season.
On Thursday, it will make the trip one last time.
The Sun are leaving Connecticut for Houston. For these fans, this is what saying goodbye looks like:
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i would like to cancel the rest of the nfl season please
New York Giants quarterback Jaxson Dart is expected to undergo left knee surgery that will end his 2026 season, according to league reports.
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I am here to report @BFQuinn is extremely good at words
“Eli, God love him, would listen to him.”
Behind Duncan Robinson’s unlikely ascent to the NBA was a hidden second life — a decade spent as a quiet lifeline to his struggling brother.
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Shakira Austin and Jessica Shepard didn’t just improve individually. They made their teams improve remarkably.
The two have split our experts’ vote for this year's Most Improved Player in the WNBA.
Who gets your vote?
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The Athletic’s WNBA Coach of the Year could be the Exceeding Expectations Award.
Cheryl Reeve has the Lynx setting new standards. Natalie Nakase has the Valkyries rolling. Sydney Johnson has flipped the Mystics’ record.
Who gets your vote?
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Olivia Miles' curiosity made her The Spectacle.
She's just not necessarily built to handle one.
But if the WNBA's newest superstar does, it's because she asked herself the hardest questions already.
Free to read @TheAthletic: nytimes.com/athletic/7607754…
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Olivia Miles’ first WNBA season has altered the course the league can chart for the next decade.
◽ Started an All-Star Game
◽ In MVP conversations
◽ Met Barack Obama
The @minnesotalynx knew what they were getting into when they selected her No. 2 overall in the 2026 draft.
@_Brian_Hamilton on why “The Spectacle” is exactly what the league needs: nyti.ms/4hm4mOK
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"In my brain," Olivia Miles says, "it has to make sense."
Being a yard sign may never track. The rest? It changed the conversation about the WNBA's next generation.
On the curious Spectacle who's the league's newest superstar, free to read @TheAthletic:
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As the WNBA playoffs approach, the Golden State Valkyries have surged to the top of The Athletic’s power rankings 📈
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The WNBA’s next commissioner will be tasked not only with continuing this phase of financial growth but also navigating through a metaphorical minefield of controversies laid by bad-faith actors.
The Athletic spoke to more than a dozen WNBA stakeholders to understand why the league has become a focal point in culture wars, what they make of this divisive season and how the league can refocus the conversation back on basketball.
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Arizona State hockey players are still reeling from watching Matthew Mayich collapse during a team workout.
And almost every day, they interact with the coach who approved the training session, while their teammate remains on life support.
Read for free: nyti.ms/4AiGaFE
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