Angel Reese, Chicago Sky fined for violating WNBA media policies after Caitlin Clark incident
For the second straight year, there’s a lot of media discourse about an on-court interaction between Angel Reese...
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Gotham FC fined over portrayal of Kelley O’Hara announcing signing at Men In Blazers event
"What drew the fine was the club's portrayal of the deal as fully done, when it was not fully done."
FCC proposes $20,000 fine for ESPN over emergency alert system tone used in a 2020 rebroadcast of a 2011 documentary
"The nature of EAS violations requires particularly serious consideration because, among other issues, such violations undermine the integrity of the EAS by desensitizing viewers to the potential importance of warning tones and therefore implicate substantial public safety concerns."
Pat Riley fined for tampering for “new key” comments on LeBron to Dan Le Batard, as he predicted he would be
"I wish him nothing but the best, and if he ever did want to come back, I'll put a new shiny key under that mat. I can't...I just got...this will get me fined for tampering." It sure did.
Naomi Osaka says she won’t talk to press during French Open: “I’m just not going to subject myself to people that doubt me.”
"However, if the organizations think that they can just keep saying 'do press or you're going to be fined' and continue to ignore the mental health of the athletes that are the centerpiece of their cooperation [sic] then I just gotta laugh."
Hawks’ coach Nate McMillan fined $25,000 after saying that “the league wants” the Knicks in the playoffs
"They want to see New York in the playoffs."
Pelicans’ VP David Griffin fined $50,000 for “comments detrimental to the NBA” about officiating on Zion Williamson
"Quite frankly, he’s injured because of the open season that there’s been on Zion Williamson in the paint."
The NBA has fined Kyrie Irving and the Brooklyn Nets a further $35,000 each over Irving’s postgame media refusals
Irving and the Nets were previously fined $25,000 each in December.
After fine for refusing an interview over a mask requirement, tennis player Christian Harrison wore a mask for his next interview
Harrison refused to wear a mask for an on-court interview Saturday, was fined, then wore a mask for an on-court interview Monday.
NHL fines Blue Jackets’ coach John Tortorella $25,000 for “conduct during a media availability,” where he left after two post-game questions
Tortorella left a post-game press conference following his team's August 19 elimination after taking just two questions.