The WNBA All-Star break is over and the 2025 regular season resumed Tuesday, July 22 with a huge Eastern Conference showdown between the Indiana Fever and defending WNBA champion New York Liberty.

New York closed strong in the fourth quarter to win 98-84.

The Fever were without star Caitlin Clark again after she suffered a right groin injury. It was the 12th overall game she has missed this season. Indiana is now 12-12 and sits in sixth place in the WNBA standings, with the top eight qualifying for the playoffs.

The Liberty (16-6) are now on a four-game winning streak and currently have the second-best record in the league behind the Minnesota Lynx. Reigning WNBA Finals MVP Jonquel Jones is off the team’s injury report after dealing with an ankle injury since last month. The Liberty were 9-0 before Jones got hurt and went just 7-5 in games in which she didn’t play, including a loss to the Fever when Clark returned from her last stint on the team’s injured list.

Check out highlights from the game between the Indiana Fever and New York Liberty:

Fever vs. Liberty final score

The New York Liberty closed strong to defeat the Indiana Fever 98-84 on Tuesday. New York outscored Indiana 29-17 in the fourth quarter.

Six Liberty players scored in double figures, led by Jonquel Jones’ 18 points. Kelsey Mitchell had a game-high 29 points for Indiana, which had three other double-digit scorers (Natasha Howard, Aliyah Boston, Sophie Cunningham).

Fever vs. Liberty highlights

Caitlin Clark Injury Update:

The Indiana Fever will face off against the New York Liberty on Tuesday, marking the Fever’s first game back since the 2025 WNBA All-Star weekend, but star guard Caitlin Clark won’t be in the lineup.

Clark was ruled out of Tuesday’s contest with a right groin injury.

White said Clark met with doctors and underwent evaluations in New York ahead of the Fever’s matchup against the Liberty on Tuesday. White said she hasn’t received a medical update from the trainers yet, but noted that she will have a better understanding of Clark’s return when she does. — Cydney Henderson

What time is Fever vs. Liberty?

The WNBA regular season game between the Indiana Pacers and New York Liberty on July 22, 2025 is scheduled to tip off at 8 p.m. ET.

How to watch Fever vs. Liberty WNBA game: TV, stream

Time: 8 p.m. ET
Location: Barclays Center (Brooklyn)
TV: ESPN
Stream: ESPN+, Fubo

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Breanna Stewart calls for longer ‘All-Star’ break

Team Napheesa Collier and Team Caitlin Clark both prioritized fun during the 2025 WNBA All-Star game, resulting in a lopsided 151-131 win by Team Collier. On Tuesday, Breanna Stewart said a longer All-Star break would result in a more competitive environment.

‘If we want the product in the All-Star Game to be better, then we have to have more time in between the games,’ Stewart said on Tuesday. ‘There’s no way that you’re going to have a super competitive All-Star game with a Liberty game on Tuesday.’

Last year, WNBA teams got nearly a month off after the 2024 All-Star game between Team WNBA and the U.S. women’s national basketball team to accommodate for the 2024 Paris Olympics. With no Olympics on the schedule for this year, the All-Star ‘break’ is less than a week. The Liberty, for example, played their last game on Wednesday and open the second half of the season six days later against the Indiana Fever on Tuesday.

Stewart isn’t the only player to share this sentiment. Clark said players “would appreciate a longer break.’

Sabrina Ionescu on CBA negotiations

Sabrina Ionescu had some thoughts on the CBA that is quickly taking over the discourse around the league. Adding that she is confident a deal will get done, the Liberty had this to say ahead of the game against the Fever:

‘I think that’s something, we’re really talking about trying to really kind of put our best minds together and figuring out what that looks like on revenue share, on valuation, on new teams coming in, and how that impacts, everything I feel like we’re just bringing in a bunch of new teams, crazy buy-ins of $200 million. How does that, how is that reflected in our salaries, as well as the league continues to gain more and more?’

Indiana Fever starting lineup

New York Liberty starting lineup

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Players will compete in shooting, touch, cross & volley, passing, and crossbar challenges – plus the fan-favorite Goalie Wars, pitting goalkeepers against each other as they try to both score defend their nets.

It’s the second year in a row that the MLS All-Stars will face All-Stars from Mexico’s top league, continuing a format that also ran in 2021-2022. From 2005-2019, the All-Star festivities featured MLS players facing a club from Europe.

The MLS All-Star Game itself is Wednesday, July 23, a day after the skills challenge.

Here’s what you need to know:

When is the MLS All-Star Skills Challenge?

When: Tuesday, July 22
Where: Q2 Stadium (Austin, Texas)
Time: 9 p.m. ET
Channel/streaming: Apple TV (Watch here)

Watch 2025 MLS All-Star

MLS All-Stars vs. LIGA MX All-Star Skills Challenge rosters

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MLS All-Stars

Sebastian Berhalter – Vancouver Whitecaps FC
Denis Bouanga – LAFC
Anders Dreyer – San Diego FC
Evander – FC Cincinnati
Alex Freeman – Orlando City
Diego Luna – Real Salt Lake
Sam Surridge – Nashville SC
Brad Stuver – Austin FC
Yohei Takoaka – Vancouver Whitecaps FC
Obed Vargas – Seattle Sounders
Clint Dempsey – MLS great
Lindsey Heaps – USWNT Star

LIGA MX All-Stars

Juan Brunetta – Tigres UANL
Sergio Canales – CF Monterrey
Rodrigo Dourado – Atlético San Luis
Luis Malagón – Club América
Kevin Mier – Cruz Azul
Paulinho – Toluca
Brian Rodríguez – Club América
James Rodríguez – Club León
Alexis Vega – Toluca
Alejandro Zendejas – Club América
Nicki Hernández – LIGA MX Femenil
Oribe Peralta – LIGA MX Great

MLS All-Star Skills Challenge events

Shooting Challenge
Touch Challenge
Cross & Volley Challenge
Crossbar Challenge
Passing Challenge
Goalie Wars

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The father of Jacksonville Jaguars rookie Travis Hunter has been arrested in Palm Beach County, Florida, after allegedly violating the terms of his probation, according to Palm Beach County records obtained by USA TODAY Sports.

The arrest follows a warrant that was issued for Travis Hunter Sr. July 10 after his probation officer said his whereabouts went unknown for 11 minutes on the night of June 28 when he was “too far away from his monitoring device to be accurately tracked.”

An attorney for Hunter Sr. didn’t immediately return a message seeking comment.

Hunter Sr., 39, is under electronic monitoring as part of a three-year probation stemming from gun and drug charges in 2023. The lapse in electronic monitoring allegedly violated his “community control” probation, leading to the warrant and arrest.

He is being held without bond pending further court proceedings, pursuant to the warrant. The jail in West Palm Beach confirmed to USA TODAY Sports he was arrested July 22 and is being held there with no bond.

How did Travis Hunter Sr. violate his probation?

Hunter Sr. generated a “bracelet gone” alarm between 8:07 p.n. and 8:18 p.m. ET on June 28, according to the probation officer’s report.

When contacted by the monitoring center on June 28, Hunter Sr. said he was in his bedroom while the monitoring device was in the living room, according to the report. Then on July 1, he stated that he had misplaced the monitoring device during the alarm and was looking for it.

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On July 4, the probation officer tested the equipment and determined it was functioning properly. Hunter Sr. stated then that he was “moving too fast and forgot it.”

This was enough to constitute a probation violation for failing to submit to electronic monitoring, according to the warrant signed by Judge Howard K. Coates.

How does this relate to his son’s football career?

Hunter Jr. brought attention to his father’s case when he won the Heisman Trophy as a two-way player for Colorado in December. Hunter Jr. talked generally about what his father went through in recent years and told him he loved him.

Since then, Hunter Sr., a former athlete in Palm Beach County, has sought permission from the court to attend the NFL draft with his son in April and then attend his son’s wedding in Tennessee in May − two requests that were granted by Judge Coates.

Hunter Sr. also asked the court to convert his remaining sentence of community control supervision to a less restrictive form of probation so that he can “assist his son with furthering his very promising career with the National Football League,” according to his request in court.

Hunter Sr.’s attorney argued in court that he was successfully fulfilling his obligations in community control, which is basically home confinement.

But the judge denied that request, saying it would appear to be “special treatment” if he allowed this simply because the father’s circumstances changed since his son was picked No. 2 overall in the NFL draft in April.

Why is Travis Hunter Sr. on probation?

He was pulled over by police in Lantana, Florida, in November 2023, after the officer said he didn’t have “any lights for the tag” on his car, according to the police report. Police identified him as a habitual traffic offender with no driver’s license and subjected him to a search that allegedly found drugs and a backpack with a pistol and loaded magazine, according to court records.

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Hunter Sr. then was charged with illegally possessing a firearm as a convicted felon after a prior conviction in 2018 for “sale or possession of heroin with intent to sell.” Hunter Sr. reached a plea deal in 2024 to plead guilty to drug possession and the gun charge, leading to a sentence of 90 days in jail. He got released on Dec. 5, just nine days before his son’s Heisman ceremony in New York.

He also was sentenced to three years of probation, including one year of community control supervision.

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Ben Askren, the former MMA star and champion wrestler, has survived the fight of his life.

Askren, 41, headed home on Tuesday, July 22 after spending 59 days at the hospital during which he had a double lung transplant, lost 50 pounds and was on ventilator support.

Initially he was hospitalized with a severe case of pneumonia, which led to the lung transplant.

In an emotional video Askren said he was taping Tuesday while driving home from the hospital, he smiled and cried.

‘Day 59, I’m out, with my beautiful wife, supporter,’ Askren said from the front passenger seat. ‘Man, that was a long journey, and it’s not over because I still can’t really walk. I’ve got to reteach myself to do that, among many other things. I guess I can make light of it because it was me, and I don’t really remember it. … I don’t remember 35 days of this journey. I think surgery was 24 or 25 days ago. It was hard. It was hard.’’

In a previous video released July 10, Askren said he “died four times.’’

‘So, I only died four times, where the ticker stopped for about 20 seconds,’’ he said from his hospital bed. “That’s not ideal, you guys know that. But I got the double lung transplant. I made it out to the other side of it — gaining quite a bit of strength, learning to use everything again.’

Askren and his wife, Amy, have three children.

Ben Askren gives thanks for support

‘I said this already in one of the videos, but the support you guys gave me, whether it was starting a GoFundMe, whether it was helping my kids and wife get through it, I had friends come from all over the country to hang out for a couple days,’’ Askren said. “It meant so much. It was so great to just have all the support and all the love. Hopefully I’m not in this situation again for a really, really, really, really long time. I plan on living a while. Thank you guys again for all the positive comments online, everything. It means so much. Love you guys.’

Wrestler Mark Bader, a friend of Askren’s, said last month that Askren’s insurance would not cover the lung transplant that Bader said comes with “astronomical costs.”

A double lung transplant costs almost $800,000 according to a report cited by Help Hope Live, a nonprofit organization that provides double lung transplant financial assistance to patients through crowdfunding, according to its website.

Efforts to raise money for Askren have been set up on Help Hope Live and GoFundMe.

UFC’s Dana White has said he donated money.

Jake Paul did not address a report from The Rugby League Report on Facebook that he donated $500,000 for Askren’s medical costs. But Paul’s business partner Nakisa Bidarian interjected and said Paul has given generously to people in need.

Who is Ben Askren?

Some people might know Askren best for his boxing match against Jake Paul. It did not last long.

They fought in April 2021 at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, and Askren got knocked out in the first round. That overshadowed two decades of accomplishments.

Askren was a two-time NCAA champion and four-time NCAA finalist while wrestling at Missouri from 2003-2007. He won gold medals at the 2005 Pan Am Games and the 2009 World Championships.

The year he competed in the 2008 Olympics, during which he lost in the quarterfinals, Askren made his professional MMA debut – and got rolling. He won his first 19 bouts. That included a victory in 2019 over former UFC welterweight champion Robbie Lawler in Askren’s UFC debut.

But Askren lost his next two fights and shortly thereafter announced his retirement from MMA.

Before his hospitalization, Askren had been coaching youth and high school wrestlers at The Askren Wrestling Academy, which offers classes and camps and has seven locations, according to its website.

While miraculously guiding Indiana to a spot in the College Football Playoff last season, Curt Cignetti established himself as one of the more colorful characters in the sport, a swaggering Yinzer who was never shy to share his feelings or hide his bravado.

This week at Big Ten media days in Las Vegas, he directed that unfiltered gaze at the SEC.

While addressing why the Hoosiers had canceled a home-and-home series with Virginia, Cignetti took a shot at the non-conference scheduling model many SEC teams employ and noted that his program was simply following that example.

“12 of the 16 SEC teams play three G5 (Group of Five) or an FCS game,” Cignetti said. “Twelve of those teams play 36 games – 29 G5 games and seven FCS games, and have one less conference game. We figured we’d just adopt SEC scheduling philosophy. Some people don’t like it. I’m more focused in on those nine conference games.”

The Hoosiers had been set to play against Louisville, which went 9-4 in 2024, but the final two games of a three-game series against the Cardinals were canceled in 2023, before Cignetti arrived at Indiana. Then-coach Tom Allen cited Big Ten expansion as a reason for the move. The game against Louisville in 2024 was replaced with a matchup against Western Illinois, an FCS program that Indiana thumped 77-3. 

The home-and-home series with Virginia had been signed and announced in 2021 before being canceled earlier this month.

This season, the Hoosiers will play Old Dominion, Kennesaw State and Indiana State in the non-conference portion of their schedule. Old Dominion went 5-7 last season, Kennesaw State went 2-10 in its first season at the FCS level and Indiana State, an FCS program, went 4-8.

Indiana’s scheduling approach has drawn criticism, including from Barry Odom, the first-year head coach at archrival Purdue.

Unlike the Big Ten, which employs a nine-game conference schedule, the SEC has just eight conference games, giving its members more flexibility to beef up their non-conference schedules or use them to pad their records.

This season, three of the SEC’s 16 teams — Alabama, Florida and South Carolina — have two non-conference games against Power Four programs while 15 teams have one game against an FCS foe (Texas is the only one that doesn’t.). The most common non-conference scheduling format in the league is the one Cignetti referenced, with 11 of the 16 programs having two games against FBS opponents outside the Power Four, one game against a Power Four foe and one game against an FCS team.

The Bills are adding some Buffalo sauce and blue cheese (or is it ranch?) to their uniform closet in 2025, which will be the team’s final one at Highmark Stadium.

The team will bring back the red helmets it wore from 1984 to 2010 − and specifically the version used from 1987 to 2001, with white facemasks and blue and white stripes running down the crown’s centerline − for the regular-season finale in Orchard Park, New York, against the Jets on January 4. They’re the same helmets the Bills featured during their unprecedented four consecutive Super Bowl losses between the 1990 and ’93 seasons.

‘There’s no better way to celebrate our fans and honor our team’s history by bringing back the red helmets. The Bills provided this region with some of the most incredible moments in franchise history in the 1990s wearing these helmets and we feel this is a great way to commemorate the closing of Highmark Stadium in our regular season finale,’ the club’s chief operating officer, Pete Guelli, said in a statement.

The Bills are scheduled to move into their new building for the 2026 season.

In addition, Buffalo is bringing back the red ‘Standing Buffalo’ logo that served as the franchise’s primary emblem from its AFL days in the 1960s until 1973, Hall of Famer O.J. Simpson becoming the first player to break the 2,000-yard rushing barrier in that insignia’s final game as the Bills’ main one.

It was last used as a throwback during the 2021 season. The grazing buff will return at Atlanta for a Monday night game against the Falcons on October 13. The Bills will also use it at home on November 16 against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

One of the best of his generation is calling it a career.

Three-time All-Pro safety Tyrann Mathieu announced in a post on his Instagram page that he is retiring from the NFL. The 33-year-old defensive back was entering his fourth season with the New Orleans Saints but won’t step onto the field this year.

‘As I hang up my cleats, I’m filled with gratitude as I close this chapter of my life and officially retire from the game that’s shaped me in every way,’ Mathieu wrote in his announcement. ‘From my first snap in college to my final play in the NFL, this journey has been nothing short of a blessing. Football gave me purpose, discipline, and memories that will stay with me forever. But more than anything, it gave me a community.’

Mathieu was drafted in the third round, 69th overall by the Arizona Cardinals in the 2013 NFL Draft. A Heisman finalist at LSU in 2011, he slid to the third round due to off-field concerns following his dismissal from LSU in 2012.

He ended up a steal for the Cardinals and finished fourth in Defensive Rookie of the Year voting in 2013. In 2015, he made his first All-Pro team as the Cardinals made the NFC championship game.

He spent five seasons with the Cardinals and played well alongside standout cornerback Patrick Peterson. Arizona released him in 2018 and he signed with the Houston Texans for one season before signing a multi-year deal with the Kansas City Chiefs in 2019.

Mathieu was part of the Chiefs Super Bowl-winning team in 2019 and made his second All-Pro team that season. He made his third a year later with the Chiefs in 2020.

Kansas City did not retain him after 2021 and he made his way back to Louisiana to play for his hometown Saints. He started every game for New Orleans from 2022 through 2024.

‘To every coach who believed in me, every teammate who battled beside me, and every fan who showed up, cheered, and rode with me through the highs and lows, thank you,’ Mathieu wrote in his announcement. ‘You gave me strength when I needed it most, and your love carried me farther than I ever imagined.’

He did tease that he’s not done with football yet, writing ‘this isn’t goodbye – it’s just the next chapter.’

Is Tyrann Mathieu a Hall of Famer?

Mathieu has a list of accolades. Three-time first-team All-Pro, three-time Pro Bowler, Super Bowl champion and a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame All-Decades Team of the 2010s. He certainly has a case to be a Hall of Fame player.

Mathieu entered the league three years after Earl Thomas, widely considered one of the best safeties of the 2010s and almost certainly a Hall of Fame player. They’re equal on first-team All-Pro honors with three but Thomas holds an edge with seven Pro Bowls.

Pro Football Reference provides an index of Hall of Fame players using statistics and awards to calculate a Hall of Fame Monitor score (HOFm). It’s not the definitive way of deciding who should make the Hall of Fame or not but is a useful tool for this exercise.

All defensive backs (cornerbacks and safeties) are grouped together in this metric. Mathieu’s HOFm score is 65.20 which is far below the defensive back average HOFm of 97. But Thomas only measures in at 79.03 and Mathieu’s HOFm ranks ahead of Hall of Fame safeties John Lynch (64.28) and Eric Allen (58.95).

Mathieu wasn’t the best player on a title-winning defense but he was one of the best safeties in the league for most of a decade. That will get him serious consideration for induction.

Attorneys general from 28 states sent a letter to the NCAA, urging the organization to wipe out records, awards, titles and any other recognitions transgender athletes received in women’s sports.

The letter, spearheaded by Mississippi attorney general Lynn Fitch, was sent on Tuesday, July 22, co-signed by other Republican attorneys general. Fitch said in a statement the letter urges the NCAA to ‘restore to female athletes the records, titles, awards, and recognitions they earned but were denied because of policies that allowed biological males to compete in female categories.’

‘Since taking office in January, President Trump has made restoring fairness to women athletes a priority. While we appreciate the steps the NCAA has taken since then, there is far more the NCAA can do for the women athletes that have competed and continue to compete in your events,’ the letter reads.

The letter comes as the Trump Administration has targeted removing transgender athletes from competing in women’s sports, and threatening schools that resist. On Feb. 5, less than a month into his presidency, President Donald Trump signed an executive order that barred transgender women and girls from playing in school sports, and schools that don’t comply would be cut off of federal funding.

The NCAA altered its policy on transgender athletes as a result. Previously, the policy used a sport-by-sport approach that ‘preserves opportunity for transgender student-athletes while balancing fairness, inclusion and safety for all who compete.’ At the time, it aligned with decisions by United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee, as well as International Olympic Committee.

But one day after Trump’s executive order, the NCAA changed course. Now, only student-athletes assigned female at birth can compete in women’s sports. The policy was ‘effective immediately and applies to all student-athletes regardless of previous eligibility reviews under the NCAA’s prior transgender participation policy.’

Since the executive order, there have been several legal threats against states for allowing transgender athletes from participating in women’s sports, notably in Maine and in California.

It also led to a notable Title IX investigation into the University of Pennsylvania surrounding former swimmer Lia Thomas, who became the first openly transgender athlete to win a NCAA Division I title. In March, the federal government suspended roughly $175 million in contracts to Penn for allowing Thomas to compete.

On July 1, the university reached an agreement with the U.S. Department of Education to prohibit transgender athletes from competing in women’s sports and strip Thomas’ records.

While Thomas’ records were removed at Penn, it didn’t impact her NCAA championship records. Thomas won the women’s 500-yard freestyle event in 2022, and she tied for fifth in the women’s 200-yard freestyle and eighth in the 100-yard freestyle.

‘The University of Pennsylvania took an important public step recently, affirming that it will comply with Title IX and President Trump’s executive orders,’ the letter states. ‘All colleges and universities should follow suit, as should the NCAA.’

In a statement to USA TODAY Sports, the NCAA did not address whether it would erase transgender athlete records.

“The NCAA’s transgender participation policy aligns with the Trump Administration’s order and male practice players have been common practice in women’s college athletics for decades,’ the NCAA said.

NCAA President Charlie Baker told a Senate panel in December there are less than 10 transgender athletes in the NCAA, making up a small percentage of the roughly 510,000 men and women who compete in the organization. 

The New Orleans Saints continue to march out new fits for the 2025 NFL season.

After unveiling alternate white helmets that resemble vanilla ice cream earlier this month to spruce up their Color Rush look, the team went down more of a (muted) caramel path Tuesday while releasing its new ‘Gameday Golds’ alternate uniform. It effectively marks the return of the gold jersey with black numbers along with black pants that the team wore once during the 2002 season, a game New Orleans lost 32-31 to the Minnesota Vikings.

The major difference with the 2025 version is that the new ‘Gameday Golds’ will utilize the alternate black helmet the team began occasionally wearing in 2022.

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The Saints, along with every other team, will be permitted to wear alternate and/or throwback uniforms a combined total of four times this season.

Between their throwbacks, Color Rush and classic sets, the Saints wore eight different uniform combinations during the 2024 season.

New Orleans, which hasn’t reached postseason since quarterback Drew Brees retired after the 2020 season, opens at home against the Arizona Cardinals on September 7.

At 12-11, the Indiana Fever are smack dab in the center of the WNBA playoff race. However, star guard Caitlin Clark has missed considerable time this season, making it much more difficult for the Fever to stay afloat. Clark was even forced to miss All-Star festivities nursing a groin injury.

Given the Fever’s record this year is a subpar 4-6 without Clark in the lineup, an extended absence could spell the end of Indiana’s playoff hopes. The Fever’s schedule is brutal coming up. Three of their next four games are against teams currently in playoff position in the New York Liberty, Las Vegas Aces, and Phoenix Mercury. If Clark misses substantial time, she might not return to a playoff contender.

Here is the latest news regarding Clark’s availability for the Fever’s first game since the All-Star break:

Caitlin Clark injury updates

Caitlin Clark has been ruled out for Tuesday night’s game against the Liberty.

Fever coach Stephanie White had previously stated that she did not expect Clark to be available for Tuesday’s game. White did not offer a timetable for Clark’s return.

‘We’re just going to continue to take it one day at a time and let her get her evaluations early this week. And once we have that, hopefully, we’ll have a clear mind on what that looks like,’ White said Monday afternoon.

Clark will still travel with the team to New York for the game.

How did Caitlin Clark get injured?

Clark suffered a groin injury late during the Fever’s 85-77 win over the Connecticut Sun on July 15. Clark recorded an assist to Kelsey Mitchell but was seen grabbing her groin as she headed back up court. She was promptly subbed out and has not returned to action since.

After Tuesday’s game, Clark will have missed 11 of the Fever’s 24 games this season. She did not miss any time her rookie season or throughout her collegiate career at Iowa.

The Fever are 4-6 without Clark in the lineup, while boasting an 8-5 record with Clark playing.