ANGEL REESE — KAMIL KRZACZYNSKI-USA TODAY SPORTS

THE WOMEN’S National Basketball Association (WNBA) fined rookie Angel Reese of the Chicago Sky $1,000 on Sunday after she didn’t make herself available for interviews following Saturday’s one-point loss to the Indiana Fever.

The league also fined the organization $5,000 for its failure to make sure the players didn’t violate WNBA media policies. The Fever defeated the Sky 71-70 in Indianapolis in a game that saw Fever rookie Caitlin Clark pushed to the floor by Chicago’s Chennedy Carter as Ms. Clark awaited an inbounds pass.

It reportedly followed trash talk by Ms. Clark on the Fever’s previous possession, and after Ms. Carter drained a jumper with 15.1 seconds left in the third quarter, replays showed her walk toward Ms. Clark, yell out an insult and then use her shoulder to send Ms. Clark to the floor. Reuters