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Caitlin Clark, Aliyah Boston’s ‘amazing’ moment shows besties status (VIDEO)
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Aliyah Boston knows the power of words, as indicated by her recent social media hiatus. But she is also aware of the significance of positive affirmation. Ahead of a 92-75 victory against the Seattle Storm today, Indiana Fever team besties Boston and Caitlin Clark hyped each other up with some uplifting words.
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In a video shared to social media, Clark tells Boston, “You’re going to be amazing, because you are amazing.”
Well now everyone knows!! This is our gameday routine and it’s the best everrr cause we are amazing https://t.co/G1aRdROJ7v
— Aliyah A. Boston (@aa_boston) August 18, 2024
Boston, who was voted WNBA Rookie of the Year in 2023, returns the sentiment to Clark. Though Boston now keeps her social media presence fairly sparse, she revealed via X that these types of conversations are part of her and Clark’s pregame routine.
And it appears the kind words manifested well for the two, as they each set new personal bests and broke records. During the game, Boston scored nine points, grabbed 15 rebounds, and made eight assists — the lattermost marking a career high for Boston.
Aliyah Boston today:
9 PTS — StatMamba (@StatMamba) August 18, 2024
15 REB
8 AST (career-high) pic.twitter.com/kXR36fwshf
Additionally, Clark broke a rookie record, scoring 23 points in the game, bringing her first-year total up to 497. She also made her 225th assist in the second quarter of the game, and later brought her total up to 232, breaking an assist record previously held by Ticha Penicheiro of the defunct Sacramento Monarchs during her 1998-1999 WNBA rookie season. And the record-breaking assist was fantastic.
CAITLIN CLARK: RECORD BREAKER 🔥
Most dimes by a rookie in WNBA history, passing Ticha Penicheiro‼️ pic.twitter.com/6D8BBSOUT9
— ESPN (@espn) August 18, 2024
After the game, Boston took to TikTok to celebrate the Fever’s win with her signature “bow bow bow” chant and dance.
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Penichiero also offered congratulations to Clark, saying that breaking her record “shows growth and evolution.”
Records are meant to be broken…it shows growth and evolution. Can’t think of a better player to break it!! Congrats @CaitlinClark22 https://t.co/l99HRKJR7u
— Ticha Penicheiro (@TichaPenicheiro) August 18, 2024
The Fever has 12 games remaining this season, so fans will certainly be keeping watchful eyes as the ladies are bound to break even more records.
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Patriots still confident current roster can support rookie quarterback
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FOXBORO — Patriots vice president of player personnel Eliot Wolf seems to have fewer concerns with his roster than certain subsets of the fanbase and media.
Wolf was asked point-blank if he feels like the Patriots can support any quarterback with the current pieces they have in place.
“Yes,” Wolf said.
That includes rookie Drake Maye.
“We’re concerned about every position. We’re always looking to improve and get things good, so whoever the quarterback is – it’s not like if Jacoby’s [Brissett] the quarterback, we just want to throw him with the wolves. So, we’re excited about our offensive line group. We’re still working to find the correct combination in there, and I think we have the pieces in place to be able to compete.”
Maye hasn’t taken any competitive reps with the first-team offensive line through the first three-plus weeks of training camp, playing behind Brissett. Some of his preseason reps have come with starting linemen, however.
The rookie shined in Thursday’s preseason action against the Eagles when he went 6-of-11 with a rushing touchdown.
“It was good to see him get in the other night. It was really good to see how calm and collected he was. He got headbutted at one point by Nolan Smith and made a nice play on that one,” Wolf said referencing a roughing the passer penalty. “But he’s steadily improved. He’s put his head down and worked. He’s a great teammate, and we’re excited to see where his development can go.”
Wolf wouldn’t say when he believes Maye will be ready to start, however. Head coach Jerod Mayo said Friday that the quarterback competition between Maye and Brissett is still ongoing.
It hasn’t looked like much a legitimate battle in camp, however.
“We’ll have to see. Again, he didn’t get a lot of snaps … in the first game. He did pretty well in his snaps the other night,” Wolf said. “It’s all about building on those successes and seeing where it goes.”
One of the things Wolf highlighted from Maye’s performance Thursday was that the 2024 third overall pick just played “ball” rather than thinking about “coaching points” and “trying to do everything perfect.”
“Drake’s very conscientious,” Wolf said.
Brissett is the safer option to start at quarterback, but Maye would provide the team with more upside and a higher ceiling. Texans quarterback C.J. Stroud started from Week 1 last season as a rookie and led his team to a 9-6 record in 15 starts.
Wolf was asked if Stroud’s success makes it difficult to be patient with a top prospect like Maye.
“I mean, if you go look at it, C.J. Stroud was the anomaly in that regard,” Wolf said. “Again, it’s not about one person or one player. It’s about where the offense is, where Jacoby is and where the team is. We’re just focused on that.”
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Discussion Topic: Favorite regular season games from last season
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The kids are starting to go back to school. Football is starting back up again. The NBA schedule has been released for the upcoming season. You can feel it in the air that the world is turning forward to the coming year.
But I can’t let go of the Boston Celtics Championship season that easily. It was too hard fought. By all of us (of course). We trudged through years of uncertainty. Spent countless hours defending our team to friends that remained unconvinced. Poured our hearts into snarky comebacks to online trolls on social media. All to just to stand at the top of the mountain and say “see, I told you so.”
So before we turn the corner to the new year, I want us all to look back and appreciate the championship season that was. We can start by remembering all our favorite regular season games (or moments if you like) from the 2023-24 season.
Was it opening night when Kristaps Porzingis showed exactly what kind of cheat code he was going to be for this team? Was it Christmas day when we got to open up a Beat LA under the tree? Was it beating Miami …all 3 times we played them? Or perhaps Golden State?
There are plenty to choose from, share with us your favorites in the comments below.
Other topics:
- When did you KNOW that this was going to be a title favorite team?
- What was your biggest test of faith moment/game?
- At what point did you see others panicking and tell them that we had this under control (and why were you confident)?
We’ll get to next year soon enough. Let’s live in the recent past for just a little bit longer.
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Class of 2026 Offensive Tackle Tavian Branch Receives Offer From Boston College, The Rundown: August 18, 2024
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Class of 2026 offensive and defensive tackle Tavian Branch has received an offer from Boston College.
The 6-foot-3, 280-pound prospect is a product of Riverside High School in Taylor, Penn., and is a three-star with a 5.5 rating, according to Rivals.
The Eagles are Branch’s 11th Division I offer. He also holds offers from Cincinnati, Duke, Kent State, Penn State, Pitt, Rutgers, Syracuse, Temple, Kentucky, and West Virginia.
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