David Mendez-Yapkowitz
@Dave_Yapkowitz
Lakers/NBA/WNBA/NCAAB: @ClutchPointsApp NCAAW: @TheIXBasketball Full-time daddy.
Cameron Brink has been listed as doubtful for the Sparks’ game tomorrow against the Liberty. First time she hasn’t been completely ruled out from the get-go.
BREAKING: Saniyah Hall, the No. 1 recruit in the 2026 class, has committed to USC. READ: on3.com/rivals/news/el…
NEW: The Fever have signed forward Chloe Bibby to a seven-day contract. Bibby, who is from Australia, most recently played in Golden State, averaging 6.4 points and 2.8 rebounds in five games. She will be available on Sunday against Chicago.
Free agent guard Myron Gardner has agreed to sign with the Miami Heat on a two-way contract, his agent Jake Cohen of Iconic Sports Management tells me.
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Golden State Valkyries forward Kayla Thornton, who suffered an injury to her right knee earlier this week in practice, underwent a successful surgery earlier today in San Francisco. Thornton will be out for the remainder of the 2025 WNBA season and will begin the rehabilitation…
haha, so true man! did you see the new one yet?
Hahahahaha. As always South Park doesn’t miss.
Lonnie Walker IV is signing with @EuroLeague power Maccabi Tel Aviv, his agent George S. Langberg of GSL Sports Group tells @TheSteinLine. Walker, who finished last season with the Sixers, has an NBA buyout clause until Aug. 1 and will be one of Europe’s highest-paid players.
Just In: The Indiana Pacers and No. 54 pick Taelon Peter have agreed to a two-way deal, league sources told @hoopshype. Peter averaged 13.7 points on 57.8 percent shooting from the field and 45.3 percent from 3-point range last season at Liberty University.
Familiar name. Familiar number. Cole will wear No. 50, as his father did in 2002.
The upside down: Indiana Fever bring back Stranger Things jerseys with Season 5 coming soon indystar.com/story/sports/b…
The Detroit Pistons are signing G/F Colby Jones on a two-way NBA contract, sources tell ESPN. Jones, 23, averaged 8.7 points, 4.3 rebounds, 2.5 assists and 1.3 steals in the final two months of 2024-25, showing flashes as a productive rotation player in his second NBA season.
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BREAKING: USC’s prized recruit Alijah Arenas has suffered a tear of the meniscus, putting him in jeopardy of missing the entire 2025-26 college basketball season, league sources tell me.
Free agent guard Jared Butler has agreed to a one-year deal with the Phoenix Suns, Mark Bartelstein and Kieran Piller of @PrioritySports tell ESPN. The 2021 second-rounder averaged 9 points in 17 minutes per game over 60 contests for the 76ers and Wizards last season.
This is now officially a massive scandal with a coverup that includes the President, the Attorney General, the FBI Director, and the GOP Congress
WSJ: Justice Department Told Trump in May That His Name Is Among Many in the Epstein Files wsj.com/politics/justi…
The Charlotte Hornets are signing guard Antonio Reeves to a two-way NBA deal, sources tell ESPN. The 2024 Pelicans second-round pick averaged 6.9 points and 40% 3-point shooting in 44 games as a rookie last season.
The Phoenix Suns have claimed former Lakers guard Jordan Goodwin off free agency waivers, sources tell ESPN. Goodwin, waived by the Lakers to create roster space for Marcus Smart, is a gritty, upside pickup for the Suns backcourt.
Unsurprisingly Trump is listed in Epstein files. Now another impeachment hearing? Which he will get through unscathed. His base will be amped up. Both sides will argue back and forth. Then America waits until the next scandal. Rinse & repeat.