Caitlin Clark was questionably left off the USA Olympic roster last year, prompting much debate.

Sure, Clark had been in the WNBA for just a few months, but she had already proved why she was the No. 1 pick fresh off a record-breaking campaign at the University of Iowa.

Alas, she was left off, and apparently, she "never had a chance."

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"The powers that be in the women’s game did not want Caitlin Clark on their team. No matter how well she was playing, and no matter how convinced most basketball experts were that she was not only getting better daily, but also playing very well in the moment, and no matter how much USA Basketball indicated Clark was being given a shot to make the team, she never had a chance," USA Today columnist Christine Brennan wrote in her new book, "On Her Game: Caitlin Clark and the Revolution in Women's Sports," which was released on Tuesday.

Why not? Well, perhaps for two reasons.

Brennan had reported this last year, "which made no sense at the time," but re-iterated in her book that USA Basketball officials had growing concerns about how Clark's fans would react to her potentially receiving limited playing time on what would without a doubt be the best team she had ever been on.

However, Brennan said Clark was actually fighting at a disadvantage, as one spot was unofficially being left open for Diana Taurasi.

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Taurasi "was going to be given a farewell present by USA basketball" - a record sixth Olympic nod, "unless she was totally injured and couldn’t play."

"This meant 11 spots, not 12, were open and available. Taurasi was a lock… and, frankly, she’d be going even if she was a little injured and could only play sparingly. To say this wasn’t the way an Olympic selection process should be run is an enormous understatement," Brennen revealed.

The team hardly missed Clark, as they went on to win gold in Paris. Clark was offered a spot on the 3-on-3 team but declined.

Clark said last year she didn't want to be in Paris for her popularity, while saying that her snub "will definitely motivate me my entire career."

"I don't want to be there because I'm somebody that can bring attention," Clark said. "I love that for the game of women's basketball. But at the same time, I want to be there because they think I'm good enough. I don't want to be some little person that is kind of dragged around for people to cheer about and only watch because I'm sitting on the bench. That whole narrative kind of upset me. Because that is not fair. It's disrespectful to the people that were on the team, that had earned it and were really good. And it's also disrespectful to myself."

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Two young children in Georgia were rescued from a hot car in a mall parking lot last month thanks to bystanders who called 911 after hearing crying.

The Cobb County Police Department released bodycam footage of the rescue, which took place on June 4, on Monday.

Officers arrived at Cumberland Mall after a woman called 911 at around 1 p.m. to report a little boy and a little girl trapped inside a hot car in the parking lot outside Dick's Sporting Goods.

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Cobb County police released her 911 call, in which she can be heard saying that the children were very young, and inside the car alone and crying.

"The windows are cracked, but I don't think that's right. We just came out of Dick's and I heard kids crying," she told the dispatcher.

Officers arrived quickly, unlocked the car after shattering the driver's window and pulled the children out. Both were in the back seat and neither one of them was restrained properly.

J'quawn Dixon was arrested once he came back outside and police have charged him with two felony counts of second-degree child cruelty. It's not clear if he is the father of both children.

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Police said Dixon caused "cruel or excessive physical or mental pain" to children under 18 by leaving them inside a vehicle without air conditioning for 41 minutes, according to the arrest warrant obtained by FOX 5 Atlanta.

It was discovered that Dixon went into the mall at 12:24 p.m., according to bodycam footage. Officers said they arrived at the mall at 1:03 p.m., shortly after the 911 call was made.

The high that day was 87 degrees, police said, and an infrared thermometer they used showed that the temperature inside the car reached up to 117 degrees.

"A big THANK YOU to the concerned citizens who called 911. Your quick action is the reason these kids are safe today," Cobb County police wrote on Facebook. "You saw something and did something, and that made all the difference."

Dixon was booked into the Cobb County Jail that day on $10,000 bond. He posted it the next day and was released, FOX 5 reported.