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Caitlin Clark left off Team USA roster for Paris Olympics

Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark playing in late May, 2024.Michael Conroy/AP

CNN —

USA Basketball’s roster for the women’s Olympic basketball team that will chase gold in Paris this summer will not include WNBA rookie sensation Caitlin Clark, according to CNN sports analyst Christine Brennan.

Brennan wrote in USA Today, citing three unnamed sources, that Clark’s omission from the team was due in part to “concern over how Clark’s millions of fans would react to what would likely be limited playing time on a stacked roster.”

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CNN has reached out to USA Basketball for comment but did not immediately hear back.

The roster is expected to include WNBA stars and past Olympic champions Brittney Griner, Diana Taurasi, Breanna Stewart and nine others.

Last year, Griner said she would “never go overseas again” to play basketball – unless it’s for the Olympics – after being detained in Russia.

The two-time Olympic gold medalist spent nearly 300 days in Russian custody following her detention in February 2022 and was sentenced to nine years in prison under drug-smuggling charges after authorities in the country found cannabis oil in her luggage.

She was released in December last year in a prisoner exchange with Russia.

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The US women’s team will play an exhibition game against Germany in London on July 23 before their first game of the 2024 Paris Olympics on July 29. The team will face Japan, Belgium and Germany in the group stage.

The USA women’s 3×3 team features some of America’s younger talent. WNBA rookie Cameron Brink as well as college player Hailey Van Lith were selected to the team to join WNBA veteran Rhyne Howard and Cierra Burdick, who currently plays professionally in Spain and previously played in the WNBA. 3×3 basketball is being contested in just its second Olympic games, with the US winning the inaugural women’s gold medal in Tokyo in 2021.

The USA women’s national team, consistently loaded with a surplus of talent, has won gold at seven straight Olympic Games dating back to 1996.

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ANGEL REESE GETS IN HEATED ALTERCATION WITH NAZ HILLMON DURING CHICAGO SKY LOSS

Angel Reese gets in heated altercation with Naz Hillmon during Chicago Sky loss

The Atlanta Dream got the last laugh.

Polarizing Chicago Sky star Angel Reese got into a heated altercation with Atlanta’s Naz Hillmon during the team’s 89-80 loss to the Dream on Saturday.

With the Dream leading 78-75 in the fourth quarter, Hillmon blocked Reese’s shot before staring her down and shouting at her.

“@nazhillmon not having it…!”#AtlantaDream pic.twitter.com/e6Z2ibxp86

— Atlanta Dream (@AtlantaDream) June 8, 2024

WE KNOW THAT’S RIGHT NAZ! #atlantadream pic.twitter.com/uSwW1s2AhT

— Atlanta Dream (@AtlantaDream) June 8, 2024

Reese quickly responded, and appeared to yell “What the f–k is wrong with you?”

The two were separated by referees, but it had already cooled down and did not become physical.

The Dream then posted the clip twice on X, writing that Hillmon was “not having it!”

4Naz Hillmon (R.) blocks Angel Reese’s shot during the Dream’s win over the Sky on June 8, 2024.ScreengrabThey later posted the clip again from a different angle, writing “WE KNOW THAT’S RIGHT NAZ!”

Hillmon finished with eight points, while Reese scored 13.

Reese also added 13 rebounds.

4Angel Reese (L.) got into an altercation with Naz Hillmon during the Sky’s loss to the Dream on June 8, 2024.Screengrab

LOL ANGEL REESE! pic.twitter.com/o5uxJxwMCf

— BullsKickAss (@Bullskickass) June 8, 2024

The Sky fell to 4-6, and Reese sent a message to her teammates after the game.

“Yeah, it’s tough,” Reese said. “It’s tough because I hate losing, and I try to go out there every night and try to be as consistent as I can.

“I think having consistency one through 12 is important from the jump ball to the end. It’s not the coaches or the other team, it’s us.”

4Angel Reese (L.) got into an altercation with Naz Hillmon during the Sky’s loss to the Dream on June 8, 2024.ScreengrabShe’s made ample headlines in recent days — she was ejected from the Sky’s 88-75 loss to the New York Liberty on Tuesday after receiving two technical fouls back-to-back while arguing with a referee, but on Wednesday the WNBA rescinded the second technical foul.

And later on Wednesday, Reese claimed on X that a man harassed her and her teammates — particularly Chennedy Carter — while they tried to get off their team bus and go to their hotel in Washington D.C.

“Finding out our teams hotel to pull with a camera as we get off the bus and put it in my teammates face & HARASS her is NASTY WORK [sic],” Reese posted on X on Wednesday. “This really is outta control and needs to STOP.”

4Angel Reese has made a plethora of headlines in recent days.APLast week, Reese was fined $1,000 for not making herself available to the media following the Sky’s 71-70 loss to the Indiana Fever.

Prior to that game, Reese pushed back on Caitlin Clark receiving credit for the recent surge in interest in the WNBA.

“I know I’ll go down in history,” Reese said. “I’ll look back in 20 years and be like: ‘Yeah, the reason why we’re watching women’s basketball is not just because of one person, it’s because of me too, and I want you to realize that.”