Clark is the lure every time she take the floor in the WNBA artifice this campaign. It’s a league that still plays out of season, gimmickry that is drawing the attention of mainstream folks who would have been hard-pressed to spell WNBA two months ago.
TOSS IN SKY COACH TERESA WEATHERSPOON, clearly uptight at the news conference about what might be asked and how questions might be answered, and it was a bad community play scarring a lowercase W-N-B-A.
All apologies and other tries at contextualization by Weatherspoon and troops two days later were wasted words.
One critical component of the professional athlete is the ability — in good times and bad — to competently handle media channeling.
It’s really not that hard. And even in the worst of circumstance, answering difficult questions is still preferable to being greeted by empty pressroom chairs or the sounds of media silence.
THAT THE CURRENT CHICAGO SKY needs schooling is without question. The petulance of Saturday, following the competitive 71-70 loss to Clark and host Indiana, was thoroughly self-diminishing.
As Tony Soprano of 14 Aspen Drive in North Caldwell, N.J., once said, “To get respect, you’ve got to give respect.”
Hopefully Weatherspoon, Carter and Angel Reese — who was fined for not speaking with the media after the game — will comprehend the memo.
After laborious legislative paddleball passing a new state budget, Illinois House Speaker Chris Welch told WTTW’s Amanda Vinicky: “The last thing (taxpayers) want us to be talking about is stadiums for sports teams.” (That’s merely more sic semper Warren’s Lakefront Folly, or, “Sweet Home Arlington Park”.) …
Meticulous Steve Makinen of vsin.com reports a very simple reason for the Brewers’ sudden dominance in the NL-Central: Pat Murphy and Milwaukee have the most efficient bullpen in MLB. (They’re ahead of No. 2 CLE, No. 3 NYY, No. 4 MIN and No. 5 STL.) Makinen’s markings are very bad news for fans of either Chicago team currently pantomiming through the Crosstown Nap Pact. …
Insiders around WSCR-AM (670) continue to insist that the local “sports talk leader” is coming up to a significant daytime lineup change. Barring a sudden infusion of money from struggling parent Audacy, most logical moves include David Haugh to afternoons and Mike Mulligan to retirement. (Mulligan was a terrific teammate during the last golden age of Sports at the Sun-Times.) …
Wheaton native T.J. Simers — the former L.A. Times columnist who once was an undergrad at Northern Illinois — died over the weekend at age 73. Simers was part of the first panel on the November 2002 debut of ESPN’s “Around The Horn,” boxed alongside Jay Mariotti (Sun-Times), Bob Ryan (Boston Globe) and Woody Paige (Denver Post). The original concept was for each to represent a time zone. …
Speaking of NIU, Thomas Hammock and the Huskies will take the big green appearance check for their road opener Sept. 7 at Notre Dame. Since the game will kickoff NBC’s 2024 game coverage of the Irish, it’s a nice national shot for the ambitious lads from DeKalb. …
Very bad dice for fans of the Mavericks-Celtics NBA Finals: Mike Breen, Doris Burke and JJ Reddick will call the series for ABC/ESPN. That’s like finding out a new “Mod Squad” will feature William Shatner, Sharon Osbourne and Stephen A. Smith. Game 1 tips at 7:30 p.m. Thursday …
A blah-blah Belmont Stakes will lose two furlongs when it airs Saturday from temporary home Saratoga (3 p.m., Fox). Bright blip will be the fam-course insights of ex-jock Richard Migliore. (Although “Migs” is terrible at picking winners on TV.) Historic home Belmont Park is undergoing a $455M renovation. …
Waukegan ice capader Bill Adee is telling all who’ll listen that the 2,543 miles between the home rinks of Florida and Edmonton represent the longest skate in the annals of the Stanley Cup Finals. That number — 2,543 — could also be the total of non-Floridian American TV viewers. Still, Connor McDavid is a Guess Who? highlight reel. Game 1 goes Saturday (7 p.m., ABC). …
And Charles Harvey, on what he’d like to see on HBO’s late-summer Bears/“Hard Knocks” five-pack: “Proof positive that Luke Getsy’s office is really empty.”
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