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How do you know when it’s the right time to pass?
What’s the best advice that’s been given to you during a game?
What do you hope your legacy or stamp on the game will be?
How do you go about not allowing frustration to affect your relationships with your new teammates?
Those were among the six questions asked by reporters to Indiana Fever rookie Caitlin Clark on Thursday during what appears to be the first 3½ minutes of a news conference following her team's 89-77 loss to Seattle.
No one seemed to notice teammate Aliyah Boston sitting to Clark's right with a microphone in front of her as well.
As question No. 7 began with the words, "Caitlin, you—," Clark cut off the reporter and gestured toward Boston.
”Ask Aliyah a question,” Clark said.
Boston remained expressionless. “No, I’m good,” she said.
Multiple reporters seemed to speak at once, and Boston again indicated they should continue as they were. But Clark waved her arm and again gestured toward Boston.
“Ask Aliyah a question,” she said again, now looking down at the table.
The reporters obliged, with what appears to be the final three questions of the session addressed to Boston. She didn't appear to hold a grudge over seemingly being ignored earlier and gave thoughtful answers.
Clark finished with 15 points, seven assists and six rebounds. Boston had 11 points and 14 rebounds. The Fever are 7-12 with two straight losses following a four-game winning streak.
Much has been made this season about the amount of attention given to Clark, NCAA basketball's all-time leading scorer, compared to the other players in the WNBA. Some, such as Chicago Sky rookie Angel Reese, have gone out of their way to point out that the league's current surge in popularity shouldn't be credited to only one person.
Perhaps Clark was trying to repay Boston for having her back during a June 19 news conference after the Fever's 88-81 win over the Washington Mystics. As Clark spoke about an errant pass she had meant to throw to Boston, the reigning WNBA rookie of the year stopped her.
“It’s OK. Don’t worry," Boston told Clark before addressing the reporters. "I mean, because you look at Caitlin and you look at the way she passes the ball and so sometimes things are gonna happen that way and that’s OK 'cause we’re not going to let her hang her head. We’re not going to hang our head off of any missed passes.
"Because we’re still continuing to gel together, and we know that she’s a great passer, so if she thinks she can get that ball there, she’s gonna throw it. And if I miss it, then we’re good. We’re all right. Don’t worry.”
"Thanks, AB," Clark responded as both women laughed.
Daniel Weinman was crowned winner of the 2023 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event on Monday, taking home a record breaking $12.1 million in winnings. Weinman had to outlast the other 10,043 entrants to take home the prize and get his hands on his share of live poker’s largest ever prize pool – a staggering $93,399,900. As well as taking home the prize money, 35-year-old Weinman also got his hands on the WSOP Main Event bracelet. The huge bracelet contains 500 grams of 10-karat yellow gold, as well as 2,352 various precious gemstones.
Daniel Weinman won the World Series of Poker's main event world championship on Monday in Las Vegas, earning $12.1 million along the way. Playing in the tournament for a 16th year, Weinman was tops in a deep pool of 10,043 players vying for $93.39 million. His victory came after just 164 hands at the final table. "I was honestly on the fence about even coming back and playing this tournament," the 35-year-old Atlanta native told reporters afterward. Weinman's final table featured Jan-Peter Jachtmann, who landed in fourth place and took home $3 million, as well as Toby Lewis, who finished seventh and secured $1.42 million. According to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, the main event's entry pool far outpaced the previous record of 8,773 set in 2006. "I've always kind of felt that poker was kind of going in a dying direction, but to see the numbers at the World Series this year has been incredible," Weinman said. "And to win this main event, it doesn't feel real. I mean, [there's] so much luck in a poker tournament. I thought I played very well." Steven Jones finished second, securing $6.5 million. And Adam Walton settled for third and a $4 million prize.
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