ICYMI: Candace Parker is on the move

Welcome to In Case You Missed It, a weekly article that captures the biggest storylines from all across the sports world. Tune in each week to see what you might have missed in the previous seven days.

Fake Teams

Natty Wallach looks in on the NBA rookies thus far

Joe Gentile covers potential sleepers at the catcher position

SB Nation

Stefanie Yang (AllforXI) discusses how Naomi Osaka is part owner of the National Women’s Soccer League team NC Courage

Andrew Mearns (Pinstripe Alley) covers Masahiro Tanaka heading back to Japan

Sabreena Merchant (SilverScreenandRoll) covers 2x National Champion, 2x WNBA MVP, 5x WNBA All Star, and WNBA Champion and Finals MVP Candace Parker leaving Los Angeles to play in Chicago after 13 seasons with the Sparks

National

Anthony Castrovince (MLB) covers the writers decision to vote NO ONE into the MLB hall of fame this year and Curt Schilling’s request to not be selected in his final year (2021)

Matthew DeFranks (DallasNews) covers a productive night for the Dallas Stars. They had a handful of firsts on Thursday: 26th overall pick in 2017 draft Jake Oettinger had his first NHL start. #13 overall pick in 2018 had his first NHL goal. Undrafted Free Agent Tanner Kero had his first NHL point since 2017.