WNBA ball. Credit: IMAGN IMAGES via Reuters Connect Dearica Hamby posted a screenshot. The text hit her phone after an ejection. Two days later, the sender lost his job. The Los Angeles Sparks forward went out of a game on August 22. Officials gave her a Flagrant 2 after she threw an elbow at Connecticut Sun forward Raegan Beers. Hamby said Beers hit her in the stomach first. Then the message arrived. On August 24, she put it on X. The post passed 9.6 million views. She asked one question: “Anyone know this number?” Anyone know this number? pic.twitter.com/QBbsdRINef — Dearica Marie Hamby (@dearicamarie) August 24, 2026 Dearica Hamby Exposed the Text After Her Ejection Dearica Hamby (Photo by Steph Chambers/Getty Images) The screenshot showed a slur. It called her an animal. It said they should put her in a zoo, along with a monkey emoji sat under the line. Fans ran the number and tied it to a Rhode Island medical device firm. Acclaro Medical suspen...