WNBA star Angel Reese spoke out about her recent departure from the Chicago Sky during her first news conference with the Atlanta Dream on Friday after she was traded from Chicago to Atlanta earlier this month.

“I’m always gonna be grateful for that because I did experience a lot of great things,” Reese said Friday of her time in Chicago. “I enjoyed being able to grow within my first two years, but I wanted more. I love to win, I love to compete and I wanted to be surrounded by people that can make me better.

“And I am not satisfied with what I am as a player, and I felt like being around these kinds of players would help me be better. I can help them in different ways to help them win, and that’s all I ever wanted. 

“I don’t care about anything else that comes with it. I want to win and being able to come to an organization that really cared about their players.”

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Chicago Sky forward Angel Reese reacts against the Phoenix Mercury in the first half at Phx Arena Aug. 28, 2025. (Mark J. Rebilas/Imagn Images)

The Dream acquired Reese from the Sky April 6 in exhange for first-round draft picks in 2027 and 2028. Atlanta also received the right to swap second-round picks with Chicago in 2028.

One of the WNBA’s most recognizable stars, Reese led the league in rebounds in each of her two seasons with the Sky.

Reese is known in mainstream pop culture as one of the WNBA’s most polarizing players due to her ongoing rivalry with women’s basketball phenom Caitlin Clark.

There has been suspected tension between Clark and Reese dating back to their meeting in the 2023 NCAA women’s basketball championship game.

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Chicago Sky forward Angel Reese gestures toward the crowd after scoring during the second half against the Los Angeles Sparks June 29, 2025, in Los Angeles. (Jessie Alcheh/AP)

Reese taunted Clark by pointing to her ring finger during the game, prompting outrage and sparking an ongoing feud between fans. 

Clark’s Iowa Hawkeyes got revenge on Reese’s LSU Tigers a year later in the Elite Eight, but the tension hit a whole new level when the players reached the pros for their rookie WNBA seasons.

In their first WNBA season in 2024, Clark took a series of questionable fouls from Reese’s Sky throughout the 2024 season, including one from Reese June 16. 

In 2025, the two had a heated exchange after Reese pushed Fever forward Natasha Howard in the back as she grabbed an offensive rebound off a miss by teammate Rebecca Allen. Reese brought the ball low, and Clark fouled her before she went up for a shot. Reese fell to the ground.

Reese got up from the floor and got into the face of Clark.

Referees reviewed the play and determined Clark used her left hand to shove Reese to the floor. They upgraded the personal foul on Clark to a flagrant foul. And Reese and Aliyah Boston of the Fever were issued technical fouls.

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Chicago Sky forward Angel Reese (5) reacts to a flagrant foul from Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark (22) May 17, 2025, at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. (IMAGN Syndication/The Indianapolis Star)

When the two played as teammates at the FIBA World Cup qualifiers qualifiers in March, Clark ignored Reese’s gesture for a high-five during a game.

Now with Clark’s Indiana Fever contending for a championship in 2026, Reese’s Dream could prove to be a legitimate challenger.

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Double Olympic champion Duncan Scott won the men’s 200m individual medley title in style as the Aquatics GB Swimming Championships continued in London.

Scott, 28, has won silver medals in the event at the last two Olympics and showed he remains a class act, winning in a time of 1:56.08 to qualify for this summer’s European Aquatics Championships in Paris.

He saw off Evan Jones in second, while Max Litchfield took bronze.

Scott said: “It was pretty good, I think.

“In terms of my technique, my strokes and transitions between them felt pretty good, and I’m happy – that’s a good place for me to be at this time of the season.”

The Scottish swimmer won gold in the men’s 4x200m freestyle relay at both Tokyo 2020 and Paris 2024..

Earlier on Friday evening Oliver Morgan won the 50m backstroke and Eva Okaro became champion in the women’s 50m butterfly.

Morgan set a new personal best of 24.36, and Okaro claimed her second title of the week with a PB of 25.95 to break the sub-26-second mark for the first time.

She said: “I’m really happy with that. The 50m is a bit of a fun one for me, but I really enjoyed that race.

“I wanted to race the event to break up the meet a bit, but I’m also quite good at a splash and dash, so why not!”

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Former US Open champion Matt Fitzpatrick hit a superb, bogey-free 63 to claim a one-shot lead over Viktor Hovland after a punishing second round at the RBC Heritage in South Carolina.

On a day of sweltering heat and unpredictable wind, the Englishman moved to 14 under par with an impeccable round helped by a stroke of fortune at the par-three 14th.

After pulling his tee shot towards the trees, Fitzpatrick’s ball struck a cart path, ricocheted back on to the green, and was only prevented from trickling into the water by a well-positioned sprinkler head.

He capitalised fully, holing the subsequent 30-foot putt for an improbable birdie.

“Yeah, it was lucky, there’s no two ways about it,” Fitzpatrick said. “Sometimes you need that in a week, so it’s nice to get, and then even nicer to take advantage of it.”

The 2023 champion followed up with two further birdies in his final three holes to surge ahead of the field.

Norway’s Hovland remains his closest challenger after a stunning birdie at the 17th kept him in the hunt.

“I wouldn’t say I striped it today, but at least I kind of kept the ball in front of me, and that’s what you’re trying to do on this golf course,” Hovland said.

World number one Scottie Scheffler, playing alongside Fitzpatrick, produced a characteristically disciplined 67. Despite hitting every fairway, the American struggled to convert several birdie opportunities and sits seven shots adrift.

Jordan Spieth was among those to suffer in the tricky conditions, carding three double bogeys in a frustrating 72, while Akshay Bhatia hit 11 birdies in a round of 63 to climb back to -6.

Steve Kerr has coached the Golden State Warriors for a dozen of the most successful seasons in franchise history. Kerr took the helm in 2014 and four championships, six Finals berths and 600 wins later, he is seriously considering what comes next. After Golden State’s season-ending loss to the Phoenix Suns on Friday, Kerr told reporters that he has not decided whether he will return to coach the Warriors next season, but will do so after taking some time and consulting team management.

“My plan is to take a little time. I don’t know, take a week or two. Eventually, sit down with [owner] Joe [Lacob] and [general manager] Mike [Dunleavy]. We’ve always had a great partnership and collaboration, and just see where they are, and I’ll tell them where I am, and we’ll talk about what’s next for the Warriors, what the plan is this offseason, and we will come to a collaborative decision on what’s next,” Kerr said. 

“I don’t know what’s going to happen. I still love coaching, but I get it. These jobs all have an expiration date. There is a run that happens and when the run ends, sometimes it’s time for new blood and new ideas and all that.”

Kerr signed a two-year, $35 million extension in 2024 that just expired after Friday’s loss. That technically makes him a coaching free agent, able to consider other jobs, but he confirmed that the Warriors are the only team he’d consider coaching next season.

Earlier this season, Kerr told The Athletic that he “will never leave Steph Curry.” Curry and Draymond Green are the only two players who have been on all 12 of his Warriors teams. Curry is under contract only through next season. Green has a player option for next season that he could pick up to align with Curry or decline to seek a longer-term deal. After Friday’s loss, Green confirmed that he does not plan to retire and would like to be back next season. “I hope I’ve done enough to still be here.”

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Several key figures from the Warriors’ dynasty have departed over the course of their run. Executive Jerry West left for the Clippers in 2017 after the first two Warriors titles. Kevin Durant, who joined the team in 2016, left in 2019 for the Brooklyn Nets. General manager Bob Myers stepped down after the 2022-23 season, and team legend Klay Thompson signed with the Dallas Mavericks after the 2023-24 campaign.

Kerr, Curry and Green are the three remaining pillars of the dynasty, one that Kerr himself acknowledged is “fading.” The Warriors will do everything in their power to extend this run no matter who their coach is, but at some point in the very near future, this era of Golden State’s history will be over. For now, Kerr and Green will mull their futures and make decisions in the weeks and months to come.

Indian batter Jemimah Rodrigues admitted they were short of runs in the opening women’s T20I but said the series presents a valuable opportunity for the batting unit, especially the allrounders, to prepare for the upcoming World Cup. India failed to build sustained momentum and finished with 157 for seven, a total that South Africa chased down comfortably to seal a six-wicket win in the series opener here on Friday. “I feel, starting off in batting, we were around 15-20 runs short. With the kind of start we got, I think Shafali Verma, the way she batted was great,” Rodrigues told reporters.

“Then two wickets falling in two overs, but then Harmanpreet Kaur and I getting that partnership back. I think when we had built that momentum and removed the difficult part of it, when time came to capitalise, we were not able to capitalise.

“And also, the conditions were a little bit tricky in the first innings. There was slight hold on the wicket. But yeah, definitely we were 15 runs short.” Harmanpreet Kaur (47 not out off 33 balls) and Rodrigues (36; 29b) shared a 71-run stand (51b) in the middle overs to steady the innings.

However, Rodrigues and Richa Ghosh (5) fell in quick succession, denying India a late flourish.

“I know Harman and I could have gone deep.

“Even Richa, little here and there, it was a six. So, sometimes when you come in, in such a position, you need to back yourself. It is like 1 out of those 10 times where it will go for a catch,” Rodrigues said Richa’s dismissal.

“But I know 9 out of 10 times, she will hit it in the stands. So, I think we can definitely work on that because coming to the World Cup, we have batting till the end, a lot of all-rounders.

“But also, the all-rounders coming later have not got so much match time and experience. So, I think playing here in South Africa is going to be really great for us as a preparation also for the World Cup and for our entire batting order too.” India were also sloppy with the ball, conceding 14 wides as South Africa overhauled the target in 19.1 overs.

Laura Wolvaardt (51 off 39) laid the foundation for the chase.

Annerie Dercksen (44 not out off 34) then powered the hosts home with an authoritative finish.

“Coming in the second innings, I think our bowlers did really well to get it to the last over. Like Shreyanka Patil bowled really well, Shree Charani bowled really well,” Rodrigues said.

“A little more better execution and I think we are going to come back stronger in the next game.” Rodrigues said the wicket was tricky and stressed the need to capitalise on good starts.

“I felt in the first innings, the ball was gripping a bit. It was not coming as nicely on the bat. I feel Harman and I, the partnership we had was really good. It was just that when the time came for us to capitalise, I got out at the wrong time,” she said.

“Because for set batters, it is easier to bat through and take it deep. So, in the next match, I will come back and take that responsibility again.” Looking ahead, Rodrigues said the team would focus on better execution.

“In the next game, for us as a batting unit, I think in the day, again we know what the conditions will be like. We know that this pitch might have slight turn and slight hold. And in the day time, it is also going to play the same in both the innings.

“So, that is one positive where it is not much on the toss. And the second thing would be, as a bowling unit, we will work a lot more on our execution and come back stronger.”

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