Brittney Griner named as starter in WNBA All-Star game

Brittney Griner will be starting in the WNBA All-Star Game a year after she was an honorary choice by the league while she was being detained in Russia. The Phoenix Mercury’s center was chosen by fans, media and players Sunday for her ninth All-Star game. Last season all the players wore Griner No. 42 jerseys … Continue reading Brittney Griner named as starter in WNBA All-Star game

GOP senators demand Biden comply with COVID origins transparency law as deadline approaches

EXCLUSIVE: Two Republican senators are demanding President Biden comply with the COVID origins bill he signed into law earlier this year, which requires the declassification of all information pertaining to the links between a Chinese lab and the origin of COVID-19.

The Biden administration has yet to act on the requirements laid out in the COVID-19 Origin Act of 2023 despite the deadline for the declassification – June 18 – quickly approaching.

“We write today to urge the swift and complete implementation of the COVID-19 Origin Act of 2023, which Congress unanimously passed, and which you signed into law on March 20, 2023,” Sens. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., and Mike Braun, R-Ind., wrote in a letter sent to Biden on Wednesday and shared with Fox News Digital.

CHINESE EMBASSY URGES HOUSE REPUBLICAN TO STOP ‘TARGETING CHINA,’ FOCUS ON ‘OWN FAILURE’ IN COVID ORIGINS HUNT

“As you know, the COVID-19 Origin Act of 2023 requires the Director of National Intelligence (DNI) to ‘declassify any and all information’ relating to links between the Wuhan Institute of Virology and the origin of COVID-19 within 90 days of the law’s enactment,” they wrote. 

Hawley and Braun added that the administration had not yet given any indication as to when the relevant material would be declassified, and noted that the law also required “all of the information” to be transmitted to Congress.

CHINA WRITES FURIOUS LETTER TO HAWLEY ON COVID ORIGINS BILL: ‘POLITICAL MANIPULATION’

They wrote that the law doesn’t allow for any redaction to the information, but that it did provide for narrower scope of redaction in order “to protect intelligence sources and methods.” 

“Your Administration should comply with the law as written and not undermine clear congressional intent to provide as much transparency to the American people as possible,” Hawley and Braun wrote. 

“The American people deserve to know how this pandemic began, and their democratically elected representatives have expressed their will unanimously. I urge you not to stand in their way,” they added.

Fox News Digital reached out to the White House for comment but did not immediately receive a response.

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Nets' Kyrie Irving screams at Ben Simmons after teammate's timid decision

Kyrie Irving just wants Ben Simmons to shoot the basketball. 

During the Brooklyn Nets-Milwaukee Bucks battle in Wisconsin on Wednesday night, Irving drove to the basket and dished off a pass to Simmons who was in the lane with him. 

But, instead of going up hard to the hoop for some points, Simmons immediately looked to pass the rock. 

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Irving showed his frustration with his teammate and a hot microphone caught him yelling, “Shoot it Ben!”

Simmons would maneuver around the Bucks’ defense and find Kevin Durant, who did what he does best: shoot. 

Durant pump-faked a shot, drove to the left elbow, and hit a jumper for two points. 

BEN SIMMONS RAGES AT ‘BULL—-’ CALL, FOULS OUT FOR SECOND TIME IN THREE GAMES

The Nets would lose to the Bucks, 110-99, where Simmons went 2-for-7 from the field in 34:28 of playing time. 

It may have been points for Brooklyn, but Irving has the same feelings as a lot of Nets fans right now. Since he made his Nets debut this season, Simmons has looked like a very timid player offensively. 

Simmons has infamously been one to think pass first, too, as his final games with the 76ers in the playoffs showed that. 

He’s been filling up the stat sheet elsewhere with the Nets, though, in terms of assists and rebounds. But the player that’s averaged at least 14 points per game with the Philadelphia 76ers hasn’t been putting the ball through twine too much to start the year. 

Heading into this game with the Bucks, Simmons took just 13 total shots in three contests, making seven for a total 17 points. Simmons was averaging 28 minutes per game, so 4.3 average field goal attempts per game isn’t what head coach Steve Nash expected. 

Simmons has also fouled out in two of the first three games, which isn’t like him. Nash spoke to The New York Post about how he wants “joy” to be found by Simmons again playing the game he’s been away from for some time.

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“For me, it’s trying to take the risk off the table,” he said. “I’m not expecting him to be 100% in the short term, but I want him to try to find that [joy] and join him playing the game.”

Now, having players like Irving and Durant on the floor usually means diminished shot attempts. This is also Simmons’ first time on the court in an NBA setting since the 2020-21 campaign, having held out with the 76ers last year before being a part of the James Harden trade involving the Nets. Then, a back injury forced him to wait until this season to make his team debut. 

As Simmons gets more minutes and more used to his new teammates, perhaps he will begin to shoot the ball more, especially in situations where he is close to the rim.

At least, that’s what Irving wants to see when he passes the ball to him. 

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All-NBA Midseason Picks and ‘Yellowstone’ the Unicorn With Justin Verrier, Rob Mahoney, and Matthew Belloni

The Ringer’s Bill Simmons is joined by Justin Verrier and Rob Mahoney to discuss midseason All-NBA teams, honorable mentions, Ben Simmons trade rumors, why the Trail Blazers should “blow it up,” MVP odds, and more (2:14). Then Bill talks with Matthew Belloni of Puck News about ‘Yellowstone’ and its streaming debacle, TV shows that were reinvigorated by pandemic viewing habits, the Golden Globes boycott, best options to host the Oscars and more (1:12:21).

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Guests: Justin Verrier, Rob Mahoney, and Matthew Belloni

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