Dallas: Wings Delete Tweet About Donation to Police Foundation
June 10, 2021
The GIST: Texas legislators have delivered plenty of terrible takes lately, but the Wings (yes, the WNBA’s Wings!) are giving them a run for their money…
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🏀Wings: Coming off an 85–81 victory over the Phoenix Mercury on Tuesday, the squad is looking strong on the court, with a two-game road win streak. But off the court? Not so great. In a now-deleted tweet, the Wings said they planned to donate $20 to the Arlington Police Foundation for every blocked shot this season. Umm, read the room?
- The team is back in action tomorrow night at 10 p.m. ET/9 p.m. CT in a rematch with the Mercury. Here’s to extending that win streak...and to more thoughtful tweets.
⚾️Baseball: Dallas is dazzling on the diamond. The Rangers snapped a three-game losing streak with yesterday’s 4–3 extra innings walk off win over the San Francisco Giants. Next up, a three-game weekend series with the defending champion LA Dodgers, beginning tomorrow night at 10:10 p.m. ET/9:10 p.m. CT.
- In college news, unranked Dallas Baptist upset No. 6 TCU and beat Oregon State to advance to their first NCAA Super Regionals in 10 years. They’ll take on Virginia in a best-of-three series beginning Saturday at 12 p.m. ET/11 a.m. CT. Keep the celebrations coming
