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The second half of the 2024 WNBA season is right around the corner, with teams set to hit the floor this week following the league-mandated hiatus for the Olympics.  Before the season resumes, ESPN writer Kevin Pelton shared a few potential trades that could bolster a few lineups. The Indiana ...

ESPN Proposes Major Indiana Fever Trade That Would Benefit Caitlin Clark

Sporting News

Here are some of the biggest storylines to keep an eye on for the final stretch of the WNBA season.

Caitlin Clark vs. Angel Reese Rookie of the Year race among biggest WNBA storylines to watch post-Olympics

Baton Rouge, LA

FanSided

It's been an incredible year for College Sports fans on the video game front with the resurrection of EA College Football. Every year, College fans have waited until their favorite players landed in the professional leagues before they were able to use them in video games. This week Tigers fans got to use LSU's rookies in Madden and more great news is on the way.

Former LSU Basketball star Angel Reese set to appear in NBA 2K25

Indianapolis, IN

New York Post

Caitlin Clark will have home-city advantage if she makes the WNBA All-Star Game in 2025, with Indianapolis — where Clark’s Fever play their home games — set to host the league’s mid-season festivities, according to ESPN.

The city hasn’t hosted the All-Star Game before, but Gainbridge Fieldhouse was the site of the NBA All-Star Game in 2024.

Clark made the 2024 All-Star Game in Phoenix last month, and she helped Team WNBA topple Team USA — which went on to win an eighth consecutive gold medal at the Olympics — by collecting four points and 10 assists, with the latter total just...

WNBA All-Star Game heading to Indianapolis in 2025 as Caitlin Clark-led popularity surges

Boston, MA

The Boston Red Sox (63-55) hope to complete a three-game sweep of the Texas Rangers (55-65) when the teams meet at 6:10 PM ET Wednesday. The Red Sox are -145 favorites to keep the Rangers out of the win column in the series. Tanner Houck will get the ball for Boston while Texas will counter with Dane Dunning.

Red Sox vs. Rangers Prediction: Odds, Line & Insights for August 14

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Colleton County, SC

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Some beachgoers were in for a surprise this week when a bizarre looking prehistoric fish washed ashore in Colleton County along Edisto Beach at Edisto Beach State Park. It turned out to be an atlantic sturgeon.

Rare Atlantic sturgeon washes ashore on South Carolina beach

Chicago, IL

Fresh off of winning the gold medal with Team USA at the 2024 Paris Olympics, Phoenix Mercury star Kahleah Copper is returning to Chicago to face the Sky for the first time since being traded in the offseason. Thank you for reading this post, don't forget to subscribe!. After being...

Mercury star Kahleah Copper ‘excited’ for first game back in Chicago since being traded by Sky

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The Lantern

On Tuesday, licensed Ohio dispensaries began legally selling non-medical marijuana to consumers; however, the drug’s possession, growth and/or usage are still prohibited on Ohio State’s campus. Credit: Jefferee Woo/Tampa Bay Times/TNS [Original caption: Four citizen-led petitions with proposals to update Dallas’ charter hit the 20,000 valid signature threshold to make it on the Nov. 5 election ballot, including one that would ban police officers from arresting or citing people carrying less than four ounces of marijuana.] As of Tuesday, students 21 and older can now legally purchase marijuana in Ohio.

Dispensary sales of recreational marijuana began Tuesday; possession and usage still prohibited on Ohio State’s campus

Los Angeles County, CA

Herbie J Pilato

It's been 33 years since the handsome actor and Emmy award-winning TV game show host Bert Convy died of a brain tumor at 57 in 1991. This is his story. Bert Convy was born July 23, 1933, in St. Louis, Missouri. His father was in the shoe business, while his parents separated when he was just seven years old. His mother moved the family to California in the San Fernando Valley, where Convy attended North Hollywood High and was named the "class clown."

In Memory of Actor/Game Show Host Bert Convy: 33 Years After His Tragic Death From Brain Cancer

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Jacksonville, FL

Jacksonville Today

Three men and a woman have been arrested on murder charges in connection with the fatal shooting of Charles Jones , a Jacksonville rapper known as Julio Foolio,” outside a hotel in Tampa.

4 arrested in slaying of Jacksonville rapper Julio Foolio

Jim Harbaugh revealed in an interview with USA Today that he reached out to Colin Kaepernick about joining the Los Angeles Chargers' coaching staff earlier this year. Months later, however, there hasn't been any movement in the former quarterback joining his former coach. "Yeah, we talked a little bit about...

Jim Harbaugh Offered Colin Kaepernick Job With Chargers

UCLA Bruins On SI

Former UCLA men's basketball standout signs new four-year NBA contract.

UCLA Basketball: Former Bruins Star Signs New 4-Year NBA Deal

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National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) helps to locate missing children. Since July 1, 2024, according to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC), 174 children have been reported missing in the U.S. Since January 1, 2024, there was a total of 1,445 reported missing in the country.

Missing Missouri children as of July 17, 2024, according to the NCMEC

Georgia State

Daily Coffee Press

The chances for the tropical wave in the Atlantic developing have now risen to 80% over the next seven days. The National Hurricane Center (NHC) has advised that this disturbance could become the next tropical storm or hurricane within the coming days, potentially targeting the U.S. East Coast.

Tropical Wave That Could Impact Georgia Now Has 80% Chance of Development

Phoenix, AZ

USA TODAY

The Indiana Fever and rookie Caitlin Clark take on the Phoenix Mercury in their first game after the Olympic break on Friday.

Caitlin Clark returns to action after Olympic break: How to watch Fever vs. Mercury

Denver, CO

David Heitz

In addition to collecting more than 8,000 used needles in the past year from Denver drug users, the Harm Reduction Action Center passed out 10,000 meth pipes and “snort kits,” according to a newsletter sent to its supporters Thursday. They also connected about 1,700 people to medical, mental health and substance abuse treatment.

Denver group hands out 10K meth pipes, ‘snort kits,’ connects 1,700 to treatment annually

The Lens

This year’s area of low oxygen in the Gulf of Mexico is larger than average, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announced on Thursday. The “dead zone” is approximately 6,705 square miles , as measured last week. Within NOAA’s 38 years of measuring the dead zone, this year’s assessment marks the 12th-largest area of low to no oxygen, which can kill fish and marine life.

Gulf ‘dead zone’ larger than average, larger than expected for 2024, scientists announce

More dangerous substances are entering the Denver drug supply, Harm Reduction Action Center warned in a newsletter this week. “The Iron Law of Prohibition posits that as law enforcement becomes more intense, the potency of prohibited substances increases,” HRAC Executive Director Lisa Raville wrote in the newsletter. That is exactly what is happening, she said.

Dangerous substances entering Denver drug supply

Sacramento, CA

Skal Labissiere will be rejoining the Sacramento Kings organization. The Kings and Labissiere have agreed to an Exhibit 10 contract, which will see the big man join the Stockton Kings of the G League after the preseason. Labissiere played in 40 games for Stockton last season. The 28-year-old center averaged...

Kings, Skal Labissiere Agree To Camp Deal

Key Prop Bets and Predictions for Mercury vs Fever. In our Mercury vs Fever preview, we look at the odds and some WNBA prop bets to see the best WNBA picks today. The Phoenix Mercury are +3.5 underdogs on the road. They are +120 to win straight up while the Indiana Fever are -155. The total for the game is set at 175.5.

Mercury vs Fever Preview: Phoenix Looks For Revenge

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Liberty vs. Sparks Prediction & Picks: Line, Spread, Over/Under - August 15

Sabrina Ionescu will lead the New York Liberty (21-4) into a matchup against the Los Angeles Sparks (6-18) one game after scoring 30 points in an...

Liberty vs. Sparks Prediction & Picks: Line, Spread, Over/Under - August 15

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