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On Tuesday, OutKick’s Grayson Weir reported on the WNBA suspending Las Vegas Aces head coach Becky Hammon. The league says Hammon violated their “Respect in the Workplace” policy with regard to Dearica Hamby. The team traded Hamby, who claimed her pregnancy was the reason why.
From Weir’s story: “Hamby claimed that the forthcoming birth of her second child was a direct factor into the team’s decision to trade her to the Sparks. She also said that the team held her pregnancy against her and called the treatment ‘traumatizing.’

I was asked if I planned my pregnancy.

Did Ja Morant’s apology over his second gun-video sound robotic?
It sounded as such to Undisputed co-host Shannon Sharpe, who put on his tinfoil cap and speculated that Morant’s apology was generated by the AI-takeover, Doomsday tool known as ChatGPT.
Shortly after NBA Commissioner Adam Silver went on ESPN with Malika Andrews and rebuked Morant’s behavior after appearing on IG Live with a handgun, Morant’s team issued an apology.

The Coyotes’ proposed plans for to build an arena in Tempe, Ariz. as part of a new entertainment district in the area were voted down on Tuesday night. The project would have cost around $2.1 billion had it been approved, including $1.9 billion in private funding.
With Arizona’s hockey team facing an uncertain future, the organization said that it will still continue with its plan to play in Tempe next season.
Team president and CEO Xavier A. Gutierrez told ESPN on Wednesday that the team intends to play next season at Mullett Arena, an arena on the campus of Arizona State University.

University of Houston basketball coach Kelvin Sampson has interviewed for the Bucks’ head coach vacancy, according to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski.
Sampson, who recently completed his ninth season at Houston, spent six seasons in the NBA as an assistant coach with the Bucks and Rockets before building the Cougars into an elite program within the college basketball landscape. In Milwaukee, Sampson was an assistant on Scott Skiles’s coaching staff from 2008 to ’11.

On Wednesday, Pat McAfee took time to address the reaction to his recently announced deal with ESPN.
McAfee is one of the biggest names in sports media, and on Tuesday it was announced that he had inked a deal with ESPN that would see him earning a reported $10 million. The move means that The Pat McAfee Show will appear on ESPN, ESPN+, as well as the company’s YouTube channel.
However, this left some fans concerned that ESPN would assume some degree of creative control over McAfee’s show. His irreverent style doesn’t seem like it would mesh with the current state of ESPN.

Fantasy baseball analyst Dalton Del Don exposes four key misleading numbers as we head through Week 7.

The Cowboys have four star players who are expected to seek significant contract extensions, which potentially could lead to a salary cap dilemma.
The players include quarterback Dak Prescott, wide receiver CeeDee Lamb, cornerback Trevon Diggs and linebacker Micah Parsons, although Parsons isn’t eligible to sign an extension until after the 2023 season.
Cowboys executive vice president Stephen Jones spoke about the matter Wednesday, and he seems unbothered by the prospect of a salary cap logjam.

Two familiar opponents meet in a rematch of last year’s Eastern Conference finals.

Florida State head basketball coach Leonard Hamilton wouldn’t mind seeing March Madness get even more mad. He wants to see the NCAA Tournament field expanded, big time.
The NCAA Tournament’s current field size is 68 teams, and while there have been discussions and rumors about that number increasing in the near future, Hamilton doesn’t want to the NCAA add another dozen or so teams, he wants to double the bracket size.

After substantial public outcry, the Los Angeles Dodgers will follow common sense on giving an award to an anti-Catholic drag group.
The drag group, called The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, was set to receive an award from the team as part of their Pride Night celebration.
The “sisters” use “go and sin some more” as their motto, and frequently dress as Jesus and Mary.
Senator Marco Rubio helped bring the Dodgers’ absurd plans to light in a letter earlier this week. Rubio sent the letter directly to Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred expressing his concerns.