Morning Hot Reads: Hurting the game?

ESPN.com writes FIBA's decision to deny WNBAers Nneka Ogwumike and Elizabeth Williams the ability to play for Nigeria in the Tokyo Games is "bad for basketball." The ruling "contradicts FIBA's own mandate to try to grow the women's game globally." FIBA's regulations "leave a loophole that should be large enough to allow participation by both players -- and for reasons that completely align with FIBA's aforementioned goals and priorities." Namely, the "development of basketball on an entire continent." Africa is the "only one of FIBA's five confederations that has never won an Olympic medal in men's or women's basketball." 

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• A look at the "scouting vs. analytics debate" surrounding the struggling Yankees.

• Colts "remain committed to fight for racial equality."

• "Ted Lasso" has "become ‘required watching’ for coaches."

• NBA ref Tony Brown opens up about cancer diagnosis.