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Global I.T. outage spills over into sports as athletes in the WNBA, NHL and more miss events on Friday

As a huge computer outage on Friday impacted airports, hospitals and banks worldwide, the effects have begun to spill over into sports.

With a busy weekend ahead, some athletes in the WNBA, NHL, NASCAR and more are having to miss events on Friday due to delayed and canceled flights.

On Friday morning, Indiana Fever guard Erica Wheeler found herself stranded ahead of WNBA All-Star Weekend, saying in a since-deleted post on X that her flight was canceled and that she would not be able to make it to Phoenix.