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This NFL Films-themed cut of Caitlin Clark’s Sweet 16 passing highlights is awesome

Caitlin Clark passing highlights: NFL Films-style!

Iowa women’s basketball superstar Caitlin Clark had an expectedly impressive performance in her team’s Sweet 16 game against Colorado on Saturday.

Outside of her 29-point performance, Clark also impressed with her passing to create scoring opportunities for her Hawkeye teammates.

To commemorate this incredible passing performance from the Iowa standout, Twitter (X) user “@HeavensFX” spliced together a highlight reel in the style of NFL Films with a very perfect voice-over that reminds you of one of the NFL broadcasts.

Clark is one of the best basketball players on the planet because of abilities like this, and it’s fun to watch a highlight reel with a really unique twist to it.

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Why Angel Reese seemingly cursed at the UCLA bench after fouling out of LSU’s Sweet 16 win

Angel Reese seemingly had a sharp message for UCLA after she fouled out of LSU’s Sweet 16 win.

After she fouled out of LSU’s Sweet 16 win over UCLA on Saturday, Tigers forward Angel Reese gave the Bruins bench an earful as she exited the game.

While Reese’s late exit didn’t have much of an impact on the actual outcome of the game, her seemingly fiery message to UCLA’s side of the floor caught attention from those watching.

The video below shows Reese relaying her thoughts toward the UCLA bench, seemingly saying that something, perhaps the call that removed her from the game, was “weak [expletive] [expletive].”

We’re not sure exactly what sparked Reese’s frustration, but it was seemingly enough to warrant this type of response.

Some NSFW language to follow. 

Daily Bruin reporter Gavin Carlson noted that UCLA coach Cori Close actually wanted the technical called on Reese, which video corroborates.

During the post-game handshake, you can see video of Reese appearing to tell someone in the line on UCLA’s side to watch their mouth as they walked by.

Later, Carlson reported on Reese’s perspective. According to the LSU forward, it was a UCLA coach who provoked Reese to seemingly curse in the bench’s direction.

SBLive Sports reporter Ryan Isley said he saw Kim Mulkey asking folks in the UCLA line what Reese said as she left the court.

While Reese and LSU will be advancing to the Elite Eight and UCLA will be headed home, it seems like a real rivalry might be brewing between these two women’s basketball powerhouses.

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How Kim Mulkey reacted to The Washington Post’s in-depth profile ahead of LSU’s Sweet 16 game

Kim Mulkey has commented on The Washington Post feature story about her career.

Right after The Washington Post dropped its feature story Saturday on LSU women’s basketball coach Kim Mulkey, she questioned the timing of its release.

Before the profile was published, Mulkey to call it a “hit piece” during a press conference last weekend and to threaten a lawsuit against the paper if it published anything she thought was untrue. The feature story by Washington Post reporter Kent Babb skewed more toward a thorough portrait of a great but complicated coach, rather than an explosive bombshell report. But Mulkey still seemed defensive about when asked about it.

Reacting to it in an interview with ESPN’s Holly Rowe, Mulkey questioned why the story was published Saturday not long before LSU’s Sweet 16 game against LSU. For timeliness, it’s common in journalism to publish big features around major events related to the subject of the story.

“Are you really surprised by the timing of it?” Mulkey asked Rowe. “I can tell you I haven’t read it; [I] don’t know that I will read it. I’ll leave that up to my attorneys.” 

We’re not sure if Mulkey will ever comment on the feature story, as she will likely continue to point to her legal team for an answer.

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Clemson’s Brad Brownell prevented Ian Schieffelin from comparing himself to Kobe Bryant after Sweet 16 win

Nice save, Coach Brownell.

Six-seed Clemson upsetting two-seed Arizona got the 2024 men’s Sweet 16 started off with a bang, as the Tigers advanced to the Elite Eight in style on Thursday night.

Clemson forward Ian Schieffelin was part of the offensive excellence that powered the Tigers past the Wildcats to the tune of 14 points on the night.

After the game, someone reportedly asked Schieffelin about his Kobe Bryant-themed game shoes and if he felt like he was playing like the Los Angeles Lakers legend while wearing them.

Well, Clemson coach Brad Brownell saved Schieffelin from accidentally making too lofty of a comparison for himself with a very funny quip once the question was asked.

“Let’s please not compare yourself to Kobe Bryant,” Brownell joked, per The Post and Courier‘s Jon Blau, You’re playing well, but…”

Later, Brownell tried to compare Schieffelin to former NBA player and WNBA coach Bill Laimbeer, who Schieffelin said he didn’t know, per SportsTalk Media Network.

Schieffelin and his Clemson teammates are going to get plenty of spotlight on them as they continue to push for a spot in the Final Four, but it sure sounds like Brownell is going to keep his guys grounded on the way up… and show them some Laimbeer highlights for good measure.

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Dan Hurley compared athletes frequently using the transfer portal to changing out your daily underwear

That is certainly an interesting metaphor.

UConn men’s basketball coach Dan Hurley took a pretty sound stance on Wednesday against the NCAA’s widening of the transfer portal for athletes.

As Hurley explained to the media, from his perspective, it’s not healthy for the players to be able to jump around with ease between programs, especially while an NCAA tournament is underway.

He went so far as to compare players making these moves with such frequency to someone changing out their daily undergarments.

“I just don’t think it’s healthy for somebody to be able to change schools like underwear,” Hurley said about his disdain about the increasing frequency of athletes using the transfer portal.

There will always be a stark irony to how coaches view players moving around between schools when you consider how coaches can do the same with relative ease throughout their careers when given the opportunity.

Between the transfer portal and NIL deals, athletes have more power swaying in their direction than they ever have in the sport’s history. Hurley joins the voices who feel that it’s a step in the wrong direction.

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Caitlin Clark gave the most classy farewell to Iowa fans in last home game with proud parents in stands

Caitlin Clark will always be one of the greats for Iowa basketball.

Iowa women’s basketball legend Caitlin Clark bid farewell to the home crowd on Monday night after she played her last game in Iowa City.

Indeed, Clark made even more women’s NCAA history and led her Hawkeyes to a second-round tournament victory over West Virginia in her home finale before heading on the road for the Sweet 16.

As Clark saluted the Iowa fans in attendance at Carver-Hawkeye Arena, you could see her family in the stands cheering her on as she continued to add to her indisputed legacy in the sport.

It was a very cool moment for Clark, her family, Iowa fans and all basketball fans who have watched one of the greats in her grand finale run for the collegiate level before joining the WNBA.

If you were an Iowa fan, this was a heck of a moment for your school and for one of its all-time great athletes.

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Caitlin Clark finally broke the single-season scoring record in D-1 NCAA women’s basketball

Caitlin Clark is a legend.

Iowa women’s basketball superstar Caitlin Clark has achieved yet another major milestone in her career.

With a free throw late in her team’s second-round game with West Virginia in the 2024 women’s NCAA tournament, Clark notched 1,113 points and passed WNBA star Kelsey Plum for the most points scored in a single women’s Division 1 basketball season.

It’s yet another stunning accomplishment for one of the best college basketball players of all time, as her team also survived a late push from West Virginia to win on Tuesday night and advance to the Sweet 16.

What’s even more impressive is that she’s going to continue to that season-long total and make this record even harder for someone to break.

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Caitlin Clark seemingly dropped an f-bomb to fire up the crowd during Iowa’s second-round game

Caitlin Clark fired up the crowd on Tuesday night.

During Iowa’s tense battle with West Virginia in the second round of the 2024 women’s NCAA tournament on Tuesday night, Hawkeyes superstar Caitlin Clark looks to have issued a NSFW prompt to the crowd to get pumped up for the contest.

The game camera showed Clark seemingly telling the crowd to “Get the [expletive] up!” to fire up the Hawkeyes fans in attendance.

As Clark and her Iowa teammates fought to keep hopes alive in the tournament, a clear title favorite for this year, she wasn’t afraid to say what was exactly was on her mind.

When Clark tells you to get fired up, you listen!

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Tennessee beat Texas in the Round of 32 despite only making 12-percent of its 3-pointers

The Vols are very lucky to still be dancing.

The Tennessee men’s basketball team is very lucky to be dancing after an atrocious night from the arc.

The team earned a hard-fought Round of 32 victory over Texas on Saturday night, one where the Volunteers went a staggering 3-for-25 in 3-point attempts. That’s just 12-percent of 3-pointers made on the night.

Dalton Knecht, Zakai Zeigler and Josiah-Jordan James all hit one 3-pointer a piece to keep Tennessee from missing all of their 3-pointers, which would’ve made for even more shocking a victory.

For comparison, Oakland’s Jack Gohlke made six 3-point attempts during his team’s loss to NC State on Saturday night.

The Vols are darn lucky to still be alive after such an abysmal performance, one that had Tennessee coach Rick Barnes beating his old team in Texas, in fact.

However, if Tennessee wants to advance to the Elite Eight, it’s going to have to focus on making 3-point buckets. The luck can run out quick in March.

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A Charles Barkley-themed blimp set Ernie Johnson up for the perfect joke

Okay, Ernie Johnson wins this round.

Legendary TNT sports broadcaster Ernie Johnson and former NBA star-turned-commentator Charles Barkley have a very strong friendship and on-air partnership, but those two will never miss a good joke.

As Capital One debuted a giant blimp themed after Barkley, the “Chuck Blimp,” that will travel to Phoenix, Arizona, for the Final Four, Johnson found the absolutely perfect moment to roast his pal and co-worker.

If you’re wondering, oh yes, Johnson said that the blimp’s Barkley head is accurate to size for Barkley’s actual head.

Now this is the kind of March Madness roasting that we need. You can bet that Barkley got a huge kick out of that and the blimp in general.

Johnson and Barkley’s rapport is one of the best parts of Inside the NBA and basically anything those two do in sports broadcasting, and we have to hand it to Johnson. That was a pretty sick burn on Barkley.

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