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Brittney Sykes started for Los Angeles, while Tiana Mangakahia played 15 minutes off the bench for Phoenix in each team’s preseason game

Orange in the WNBA: Brittney Sykes seeks consistency, defensive domination in year five Share this story Photo by Ned Dishman/NBAE via Getty Images Back in 2017, former Syracuse Orange women’s basketball player Brittney Sykes was beginning her first WNBA Training Camp with the Atlanta Dream. Fast forward five years, Sykes enters her fifth season overall and second year with the Los Angeles Sparks as one of the top defensive threats in the league. “Wow, Year five,” Sykes took a minute to reflect when asked about what she worked on this offseason. “I added some things to my offensive ga...

Javier b the defense secretary demanding answers as new questions emerge about the deadly ambush on american soldiers in nig niger. john mccain saying the white house is not being up front about the attack. >> the president was completely respectful, to try to create something about that is frankly appalling and does gusting. >> and ugly fallout. the white house says the president was respectful. soldiers mother saying otherwise. and unfortunately, this story continues. welcome back to "early start." i'm dave briggs. >> it is 31 minutes past the hour. defense second james mattis is dismayed ...

Moment, the stakes raised by this sixth nuclear test and one with an incredible amount of words and intercontinental ballistic missile tests showing north korea is able to send missiles over a wide range. it's ramping up things here and hard to know what's going to happen next. >> cnn's pentagon correspondent barbara starr also with us now and so barbara, a brief statement, but that it was framed and presented by general james mattis, head of defense. really it sends a stronger message than that message coming from, it would seem almost anybody else, particularly a civilian, coming out of the ...

Germa germany. >> it has. to be as sympathetic as poll, it may be that he didn't understand the way that he phrased that, what he was doing. now, this is an example of not understanding how diplomatic language works having enormous consequences. when europeans today in europe, in germany, people were aghast, right? >> don't you think he understands, he just doesn't care? >> i don't know. he has appointed a defense second who said before congress that the nato alliance is the most important alliance in that it should be defended. and obviously disagrees with trump on this. >> ron, what do you t...