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Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese will be featured in the next NBA 2K edition, out Sept. 6, and manufacturer Take-Two Interactive is priming the pump by releasing images of two of the WNBA’s newest stars.

Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese were depicted in a pair of posts on X today, with both posts getting hundreds of thousands of views on the platform.

NBA 2K is the best-selling basketball video game for Take-Two Interactive Software Inc., which reported a record $3.37 billion in revenue last year.

NBA 2K allows players to configure a female player, and in 2021, WNBA star Candace Parker was featured on its cover, the first women to be so spotlighted.

Today’s images of Clark and Reese showcase the prime candidates for WNBA Rookie of the Year.

Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese 

“A game-changer in every way,” read the post which included the image of Clark.

“Chi Barbie got the Windy City buzzing,” the post about Reese said.

Clark’s WNBA career has been a box office bonanza for the league since she was taken No. 1 overall by the Fever earlier this year. Clark has averaged 17.1 points, 5.8 rebounds and 8.2 assists per game while also shooting above 40 percent.

Reese is averaging 13.5 points per game and 11.9 rebounds per game while shooting 40.2 percent from the field, and also set a WNBA record with 15 consecutive double-doubles before the Olympic break.

Shanon Biles, the estranged mother of Olympic gymnast Simone Biles, publicly seeks forgiveness and hopes for reconciliation. In a Daily Mail interview, Shanon reflects on her past struggles with addiction and expresses a desire to mend her relationship with Simone and her sister Adria.

In a recent interview with the Daily Mail, Shanon Biles, the estranged mother of gymnastics champion Simone Biles, publicly expressed her wish for reconciliation. Shanon, now 52, has reflected on her past decisions that led her to give up Simone and her sister Adria to their grandparents, Ron and Nellie Biles when the girls were toddlers due to her struggles with addiction.

Shanon shared her hopes of one day personally seeking forgiveness from Simone, emphasizing that she is ready to make amends and move forward. “I would like to make amends with Simone personally — I’m just waiting for her and Adria,” Shanon said. “I hope to sit down and discuss our past. Please don’t judge me on my past. Let’s move forward.”

Shanon, who has been sober and is currently working as a cashier, admitted that she has been following Simone’s recent Olympic success from her home in Columbus, Ohio. Despite not having direct communication with Simone, she remains hopeful for a potential reunion. Shanon mentioned that she stays informed about her daughters through her father, Ron.

Simone BilesThe public reaction has been mixed. Some express empathy for Shanon’s desire to reconnect, while others criticize her for seeking forgiveness only now, after Simone’s success. Comments online reflect a broader debate about accountability and the timing of such reconciliation efforts.

Simone, who has previously been clear about her relationship with her biological mother, continues to focus on her achievements and personal life. The complex dynamics between Simone and her estranged mother remain a sensitive subject as both navigate their past and future interactions.

Simone Biles gave fans a peek inside her downtime in Paris, where she brought home an impressive medal haul at the 2024 Olympics.

After she finished competing, earning three golds and one silver for Team USA, the 27-year-old took in the sights of the French capital with her sister, Adria.

‘From paris with love,’ Biles captioned a series of Instagram snaps on Tuesday.

She was all smiles in the photos, which showed her rocking a beige tank top and a diamond tennis necklace.

The gymnast posed at the Christian Dior Café, adorned with monogrammed cushions and a life-sized giraffe, before floating down the Seine River on a boat.

Biles also looked gleeful as she struck a pose on a balcony, while rocking a sweater that read, ‘Not from Paris Madame.’

The decorated athlete later jetted home to the US, where she told fans she’s ‘never been so happy.’

She reunited with her husband, Jonathan Owens, who was cheering her on in Paris while on a short break from the Chicago Bears training camp.

Biles completed a glorious return to the Olympics in Paris after withdrawing from the Tokyo Games with a case of the ‘Twisties’.

Simone Biles

She toasted her success in the French capital with a party alongside Adria at ritzy nightclub, L’Arc Paris.

‘If you see me out at the club, pls tell me to go home,’ Biles joked over the clip shared to her Instagram Story.

‘For my own sake and health in the am (morning),’ she added.

Biles was a leading light for Team USA, who finished top of the medal table at the Paris Olympics.

Naturally, she was tapped to get involved in the Closing Ceremony, where she handed the five-ringed Olympic flag to Tom Cruise, signaling the passing of the torch from Paris to Los Angeles, where the 2028 Games will be held.

Simone Biles’s estranged mother publicly begs her daughter for an opportunity to reconnect.

Shanon Biles, the estranged mother of superstar gymnast Simone Biles, has recently expressed her desire to reconnect with her daughter.

Simone recently added to her gold medal count at the Paris Olympics, calcifying her legacy as one of the greatest gymnasts ever. She won three gold medals in the Paris Games: artistic individual all-around, artistic team All-around and value artistic gymnastics, bringing her total Olympic gold medal count to seven.

Biles has been in high spirits since the games, enjoying her triumph and revelling in her GOAT status. She could be set for some sober—tear-jerking—talks soon, however, as her mother, Sonia, who abandoned her as a child, has taken to the public her desire to mend their relationship.

Simone Biles

What Sonia said

The 52-year-old abandoned Simone and her younger sister Adria with their grandparents Ron and Nellie Biles while they were kids, as she struggled with drug and alcohol addiction.

In a recent interview with the Daily Mail, she sought forgiveness from her daughter and hopes they can reconnect.

“I would like to make amends with Simone personally; I’m just waiting for her and [her younger sister] Adria,” Shanon said.

“I speak to Adria more than I speak to Simone. I would just ask her to forgive me. Can we move forward? Don’t judge me on my past. Let’s move forward.

“I’m waiting for the opportunity but I’m waiting on her to be able to come to me. Let’s sit down. I just have to be patient.”

“I would like to make amends with Simone personally. I’m just waiting for her and Adria,” Shanon Biles said

Simone Biles’ biological mother has expressed her wish to reconcile with her Olympian daughter. In a Tuesday interview with Daily Mail, Shanon Biles revealed that she wants to “make amends” with the 27-year-old gymnast. Due to the Ohio native’s struggles with addiction, Simone was placed in foster care and later adopted by her grandparents at the tender age of 6.

Shanon Biles begs Simone Biles for forgiveness

During the lengthy and emotional interview, Shanon recalled losing the custody of her children while she was embattled with financial and legal woes. Recounting her troubled past, the 52-year-old expressed her hopes of reconciliation as she begged Simone for forgiveness.

“I would like to make amends with Simone personally. I’m just waiting for her and Adria,” Shanon told the outlet, adding that she speaks to Simone’s younger sister, Adria more than her. “I would just ask her to forgive me. Can we move forward? Don’t judge me on my past. Let’s move forward,” she said of the 11-time Olympics champion.

Simone Biles

“I’m waiting for the opportunity but I’m waiting on her to be able to come to me. Let’s sit down. I just have to be patient,” she continued. Shanon explained that although she is not in contact with her daughter anymore, she continually asks her father, Ronald Biles, Simone’s adoptive parent, about her.

“What I hear about Simone I hear through my dad. I speak to my dad all the time. We’re good now. It was just his birthday, and I called to wish him happy birthday,” she said, adding, “If I need to know anything I call my dad. I ask him about Simone, and he keeps me posted.”

The most decorated gymnast is sporting more than Olympic gold medals this summer

Simone Biles is sporting more than just Olympic gold medals this summer.

The most decorated gymnast is now the owner of an iconic Hermés bag — one of fashion’s most coveted items.

“My parents bought me my Hermés bag,” Biles took to Threads on Wednesday. “Don’t be mad at me, be mad at your parents,” she added.

When one user asked about the detailing of the bag, the seven-time Olympic gold medalist responded, “Black w/ silver hardware! I’ll post a picture soon.”

Last week Biles shared photos of a shopping trip she took at the designer store. She showcased a wall of Hermés Birkin bags along with an orange gift box on a table.

Biles, 27, left the 2024 Paris Olympics with three gold medals and a silver medal in four different gymnastic events.

Simone Biles

One of the questions the gymnastics GOAT was constantly asked was where she sees her career headed and if she will be competing in 2028 Los Angeles.

Biles was quick to respond, “You guys really gotta stop asking athletes what’s next after they win a medal at the Olympics.”

In the meantime, fans can look forward to seeing more ways Biles will celebrate her record-breaking and historic achievements in Paris.

The decorated Olympian has been keeping fans updated on the progress of her Texas home over the past year.

Fresh off of winning three gold medals at the 2024 Paris Olympics, Simone Biles appears to be tackling her next big project: creating her new home with husband Jonathan Owens.

On Aug. 14, the 27-year-old gymnast shared photos from the ongoing construction of her house. She uploaded four pictures to an Instagram story that showed a glimpse of the progress so far.

In one photo, the cabinets, backsplash and countertops were already installed in her kitchen and it appeared a range hood would be added next.

Biles took a selfie in the second snap, which revealed a mostly empty room aside from a ceiling fan, floor-to-ceiling mirrors and planks of wood on the floor.

The third photo seemed to show the early stages of a grand walk-in shower.

Her fourth and final photo revealed what looked to be a massive walk-in closet with multiple built-in shelves and drawers.

Simone Biles

Biles simply added a few side-eye emoji to the post.

According to People, Biles and Owens are having the home built in Texas. She has been keeping fans updated about their dream home for about a year.

She first uploaded a sneak peek of the new construction in September 2023. At the time, only the bare bones of the house — like the stairs, walls and roof — were in place.

“Loading…,” she captioned a slideshow of photos that showed her sitting on the steps, Owens walking through the construction and the couple holding hands.

Biles shared another update in November 2023 of some new additions, including sliding glass doors.

But, the couple had a slight setback a few weeks later. Although the Olympic gold medalist did not specifically reveal details of the issues, she wrote on her Instagram story at the time that she spent six hours trying to resolve the problem, People reported.

“Called my dad for backup yesterday bc I panicked! but I’ve made so much progress & I’m so proud of myself,” she captioned one Instagram story, according to the outlet. “jonathan will deal with the end result oops……..I hope I did it decently & thought of all the things.”

She also included a photo of yellow stains covering some of the floor tiles. “I cannot deal anymore,” she wrote beneath the picture.

With her latest update Aug. 14, it seems their renovation project is back on track and the couple is one step closer to moving in.

Carlos Alcaraz returns to the Cincinnati Open one year on from a memorable championship match here against Novak Djokovic, which he lost in a gruelling three hours and 49 minutes. This time, he has more experience in his back pocket.

The Spaniard brings with him to Mason priceless experience from the Paris Olympics, where he partnered Rafael Nadal in the men’s doubles. The pair lost in the quarter-finals to eventual silver medalists Austin Krajicek and Rajeev Ram of the United States.

“It was a great experience, talking with Rafa off the court, knowing each other much better off the court. It was a great experience, obviously, playing doubles together. It was great,” Alcaraz said during his press conference Sunday in Cincinnati. “It was something that I will never forget, for sure. I learned a lot talking to him on court, off the court as well. I think we played a great tennis in doubles, even if we are not used to playing doubles very often.

“A little bit disappointing at the end, because we thought that we could do it better, but in general, we were happy. And obviously talking about myself, I reached my dream, my dream came true, playing doubles alongside Rafa.”

Nadal has earned countless accolades in his career. The 38-year-old has spent 209 weeks at No. 1 in the PIF ATP Rankings, won 22 major titles and 36 ATP Masters 1000 trophies. Alcaraz was able to pick his countryman’s brain in Paris to learn from all of his experiences. What advice from Nadal helped him the most?

Rafael Nadal

“How to deal with some situations playing doubles. Sometimes when we were down, he was there in a positive way, talking to me like, ‘Well, right now they are going to feel [it] with the pressure. We have to just stay there, put some balls in, try to get them in trouble’,” Alcaraz said. “Some situations, some things that you probably don’t see, or is difficult to see, he sees very, very clear and off the court, how to prepare the difficult situations or the matches. It [was] a master class.”

Alcaraz claimed the silver medal in singles, losing the gold-medal match in two tie-breaks to Djokovic. The winner of Roland Garros and Wimbledon this year, Alcaraz is hungry to learn from that defeat to continue challenging for and winning the biggest tournaments.

In Cincinnati, the second seed can complete the full set of American Masters 1000 titles, having already triumphed at Indian Wells and Miami.

“I always want to be better. I always think that I could do it better. Obviously, I had a great summer: Roland Garros, Wimbledon, silver in the Olympics. Obviously, I wanted the gold medal,” Alcaraz said. “After the matches, if I win or I lose, I like to find the bad things that I did in the matches, try to be better, try to in the next match not make the same mistakes in the shots or dealing with some situations. And that’s what happened.

“That’s what I saw in the final in Paris, that I couldn’t deal with the situations as good as I wanted, and that’s what I was thinking after the match, just to be better, and probably being harder on myself.”

After a more than decade‑long collaboration, Richard Mille and Rafael Nadal cap their inimitable RM 027 collection with a final timepiece that is lighter and tougher than ever before

The partnership between Spanish tennis champion Rafael Nadal and Swiss luxury watchmaker Richard Mille officially began more than a decade ago in 2010, when Nadal wore the RM 027 Tourbillon, a lightweight and highly durable watch designed to withstand the rigours of professional tennis, for the first time during the 2010 French Open. That year, the star player won three Grand Slam tournaments in a row: the French Open, the Wimbledon and the US Open.

“Since then, Richard Mille watches have become an essential part of my equipment, to the point that I feel strange if I’m not wearing one,” admits the record‑holding 14‑time French Open champion.

Over the years, this collaboration has led to the release of several more iterations such as the RM 27‑01, RM 27‑02, RM 27‑03, RM 27‑04 and RM 27‑05. Each one features innovative materials and engineering tailored to the tennis star’s specifications and performance requirements, with the watchmaker striving for each new timepiece to be lighter and more comfortable than the one before.

Rafael Nadal

Unbeknownst to many, however, this long‑standing partnership might not have happened and was almost brushed off by Nadal in the beginning. When Richard Mille first reached out to him in 2008, the athlete was initially hesitant about wearing a watch while playing tennis, as he had never done so before. “Between managing nerves and requiring total concentration during a game, any small distraction can be critical. I didn’t want to pursue it any further,” recalls Nadal. However, a conversation with a friend changed his mind. “[He said,] ‘If you’re going to explore this opportunity with anyone, it should be with Richard Mille.’ I listened to his advice and contacted Richard.” He shared his main condition for wearing a watch during a competition: that it be light, as he “didn’t want to feel it on my wrist”.

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