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Sean Highkin: Moment of silence before the Fire game for legendary Blazers coach Rick Adelman, who died earlier this week.
“Reaction appears to be very positive. I’ve heard from a lot of my media colleagues. Right now, there’s a lot of opinions and theories out there about the team,” Agness said. “Therefore, reporting — from inside and outside the organization — is critical. What’s happening in the industry just this week, including several major publications making job cuts, is not lost on me either. This is not Agness’s first brush with credential revocation from Pacers Sports & Entertainment, which owns both the Pacers and the Fever. His credentials with the Pacers have been barred since 2024, when he was accused of parking in the media lot without permission during the 2024 All-Star Game, a charge he denies. “Before then, I was approached and embarrassed in front of other media and local PR people in the media room,” Agness told FOS. “Since then, I’ve handled it privately and continued to cover the team. I’ve asked countless times to have a conversation so that we can gain understanding and enjoy a fresh start. But those messages are not returned.”
The Indiana Fever have revoked the credential of longtime Indiana Pacers and Fever beat reporter Scott Agness, he shared on his own Fieldhouse Files website. According to Agness, the Fever notified him via email on May 21 that he would be barred from accessing team events because of a social media report they claim spread “inaccurate and unsubstantiated” information regarding Caitlin Clark’s health status for the season.
“After the tweet while I was in the midst of working on my quick story, I got a text from PR that said, ‘Hey, where are you? Can we talk?’” Agness told The Athletic. “I met (Fever media relations) in the hallway and she shows me her phone and said, ‘What is this? This is false.’” Agness said he listened “patiently” before telling Fever media relations staff that he had a “trusted, reliable source” and stood by his reporting.
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Agness said he did not contact the Fever in an attempt to confirm his reporting prior to posting to X. “Because I knew what they were going to say,” Agness said. “It was a trusted source that I know is spot-on. The other thing is, I felt if anything, this was helping them out. “If you go inside the quick story, the point of it was there is no new injury; she is healthy. This is part of the bigger plan, the strategic management-type plan. The point in my mind was to emphasize to fans she’s good, no worries. This is just part of the recovery process after everything she’s been through last year.”
The Fever took specific issue with the phrase “strategic management plan.” That’s their right. However, it is consistent with what the team has been publicly emphasizing since last season — keeping the big picture in mind and taking a cautious approach. The next day, the Fever received a warning from the WNBA regarding their injury reporting procedures, according to a league source. And for the three games since, Clark has been listed on the injury report: back — probable.
While athletes in tennis and even the NFL have double dipped in broadcasting and playing, the trend of active player contributors continues to gain steam in professional basketball. NBA players Kyle Lowry and Tyrese Haliburton joined Prime Video as athlete contributors. On the WNBA side, Kelsey Plum signed on as a player contributor for Prime, Sophie Cunningham is working as a studio analyst for USA Network and Caitlin Clark made multiple appearances on NBC’s studio show for NBA games.
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Lauren L. Williams: Grizzlies guard Ja Morant is here at the Dream vs. Wings game.
Grizzlies guard Ja Morant is here at the Dream vs. Wings game. pic.twitter.com/hH2LOp1znw
— Lauren L. Williams (@WilliamsLaurenL) May 23, 2026
Alexa Philippou: Breaking: The final long form version of the new WNBA-WNBPA collective bargaining agreement has been completed and signed, the league has announced. The terms of the new CBA were previously ratified by WNBA players and the WNBA Board of Governors in late March
Dawn Staley later said that going through that process made her believe that “no NBA team is ready for a female coach right now.” It’s unclear if Staley would still consider a move to the NBA after that experience. Ujiri interviewed Hammon — the head coach of the WNBA’s Las Vegas Aces — for the Raptors job three years ago. One NBA executive told The Athletic that it wouldn’t be shocking if the Mavericks wanted to interview Staley.
Scott Agness: The Indiana Fever received a warning from the WNBA regarding their injury reporting on Caitlin Clark prior to last night’s win over the Portland Fire, a league source told Fieldhouse Files.