Claims extracted
27
sentences that state something as happening or true
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15%
4 of 27 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
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Caitlin Clark isn't quite the women's basketball equivalent of Tiger Woods, but there's a reason she's been compared to the 15-time major champion.
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she → be → champion
She brought millions of new eyeballs to a league that had long struggled for mainstream attention.
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that → bring → attention
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page → contain → partners
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News → sign → wager
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that → create → newsroom
Nothing illustrates that phenomenon better than the WNBA's national anthem controversy.
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Nothing → illustrate → controversy
All year long, players and coaches from the Atlanta Dream and Golden State Valkyries have been running off the court before the Star-Spangled Banner is played.
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Banner → run → court
Then, just after "the home of the brave" is sung, they return to the floor.
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they → sing → floor
Neither team has publicly explained why it follows this routine, nor have they said what the players and coaches do during those 90-some-odd seconds.
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players → explain → seconds
But the wildest part of all this is that, until these WNBA Finals — nobody seemed to notice.
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nobody → seem → Finals
If an NFL or NBA team had engaged in a similar practice during the regular season, it would be one of the biggest sports stories — or even news stories — in the country.
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it → engage → country
Pundits would be regularly weighing in on the matter, activists would be mobilizing, and a nationwide debate on the issue would ensue.
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debate → weigh → issue
But until now, it had barely even generated a whisper.
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it → generate → whisper
Do you think that would be the case if the Fever left the court for the anthem?
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Fever → think → anthem
The actions of Clark and her teammates would be dissected every day.
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actions → dissect → Clark
POTUS would probably comment, and some of those endorsement deals would be in jeopardy.
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some → comment → jeopardy
But a Caitlin-free WNBA game simply doesn't matter to the majority of American sports fans.
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game → matter → fans
The scheduled start time for Game 6 speaks to that.
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time → schedule → that
Monday, it was announced that what could be the final WNBA game of the season will be played at 12:30 p.m. Eastern time on a Thursday.
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be → announce → Thursday
The reasoning is that the Dream wanted a venue change — moving the game from Gateway Center Arena (capacity 3,500) to State Farm Arena (17,000).
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Dream → want → Arena
The problem is that the Hawks are scheduled to play that same day, meaning Game 6 will occur when most Americans are working or in school.
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Americans → schedule → school
Again, it's hard to believe that happens if Clark and the Fever were involved.
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Clark → believe → ?
This national anthem mystery is one of the more bizarre sports stories I've ever seen.
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I → see → stories
That players and coaches have repeatedly left the court without offering an explanation is strange enough.
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left → leave → explanation
That it's taken this long for anyone to notice might be even stranger.
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anyone → take → ?
But this is what happens when the league's true needle-mover isn't on the court.
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mover → happen → court
Caitlin Clark has made the WNBA impossible to ignore.
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WNBA → make → ?
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