US soccer star Trinity Rodman fires back at ESPN broadcast for unwanted father mentions during Wimbledon

United States women’s national soccer star Trinity Rodman aired out some things that were on her mind about the attention she’s been receiving for supporting boyfriend Ben Shelton at Wimbledon this month. 

One of them included not appreciating the ESPN broadcast for bringing up her father, the polarizing ex-NBA star Dennis Rodman. 

Trinity wrote an Instagram Story on Monday, where she said she didn't like her personal life being discussed at Wimbledon, which came during the fourth-round match between Shelton and Lorenzo Sonego. 

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"For Ben’s matches he has his family there as his support system, which includes his dad… my dad’s not even in MY life no need to bring him up during HIS matches when I don’t even want him talked about during mine," Trinity wrote on her story. "It’s him and his loved ones’ moment. Thank you (thumbs up emoji)."

Trinity also seemingly called out the ESPN team for mispronouncing her team. 

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"For those who don’t know… my name is TRINITY not Tiffany," she said with laughing emojis.

In December, Trinity discussed her rocky relationship with her NBA-champion father, who she is estranged from, on the "Call Her Daddy" podcast. She claimed that he was an absentee father as well as an alcoholic. 

"I lost hope in ever getting him back, I answer the phone now for my conscience to be like, ‘He needed to hear my voice’ before anything happens," Trinity said at the time. "That’s why I answer the phone, not for me. He’s not a dad, maybe by blood, but nothing else."

Trinity also said hope was lost after her father made a surprise appearance at her NWSL playoff game for the Washington Spirit in 2021, but never heard from him. 

Trinity has been nursing a back injury while supporting Shelton in London, where he is into the men’s singles quarterfinals. His toughest test of the tournament will come when he faces top-seeded Jannik Sinner in the quarterfinals on Wednesday morning. 

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Ex-Biden official scolds Trump on climate change after Texas floods

Monica Medina, a former Biden State Department official, scolded President Donald Trump on climate change in the aftermath of the devastating Texas floods. 

"First of all, I just want to say how heartbreaking this is for any parent to imagine this kind of a horrible thing happening to their child. And I hope that this will mean that the president will stop mocking climate change as an existential threat," Medina said during an appearance on MSNBC's "Morning Joe" on Tuesday.

Medina, wife of Biden's former chief of staff Ron Klain, served as the State Department's first Special Envoy for Biodiversity and Water Resources.

"Because for those hundred souls, it was an existential threat, and it is an existential threat for Americans all across the country. It’s touching everyone," Medina continued. 

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"What I take away from this is that it was preventable. There are things that we can do. I know sometimes we feel powerless in the face of climate change, but we know that weather is getting more and more extreme," she said. 

Medina said that the particular part of Texas that was flooded was called "flash flood alley."

"We had the ability to make small changes to be able to prevent something like this," Medina said. "NOAA weather radio. It’s something that’s available, and you can buy it in stores, and it will warn you in the middle of the night, you don’t have to have a siren system if you don’t have one in place, and it may take a while before Texas decides to put one in place."

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Prior to her State Department job, Medina was a Georgetown University professor and co-founder of Our Daily Planet, "an e-newsletter on conservation and the environment," the Biden White House said at the time.

Medina backed the Green New Deal in 2019, writing in a Huffington Post column, "The Green New Deal is a unifying political message that gets back to the basics of creating an economy that works for all people and protects the planet as a result."

Medina said weather services were stretched to the breaking point during her appearance on "Morning Joe."

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Over 100 people, including children and counselors at a girls' camp, were killed in central Texas in flash flooding that began early on the morning of the Fourth of July. 

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