WNBA star <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/caitlin-clark" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Caitlin Clark’s</a> alleged stalker will remain behind bars following his chaotic hearing where he seemingly pleaded guilty following his arrest over the weekend.
In an Indianapolis courtroom on Tuesday, 55-year-old Texas Michael Lewis had several outbursts in which he first declared he was “guilty as charged” before the judge entered a not guilty plea on his behalf, <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/alleged-caitlin-clark-stalker-says-wants-stay-jail-yells-guilty-charge-rcna187596">NBC News</a> reported.
He yelled “Throw me the booky!” and “I’m free! I guess you got the wrong guy!” while also claiming that his name didn&#8217;t include a “Jr.” in court records, the outlet noted.
During the hearing, the Marion County Superior Court Judge Angela Davis tried to read the charges against him saying he “terrorized, frightened, or threatened” Clark and caused a “reasonable fear of sexual battery.” 
Lewis replied, “Can I say something?” before Davis replied, “Not yet.”
Each time the Texas man would interrupt, the deputies in the court tried to get him to stop and straighten up.
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— TMZ (@TMZ) <a href="https://twitter.com/TMZ/status/1879302279578124376?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 14, 2025</a></blockquote>
When asked if the man was dealing with mental health issues, Lewis told the court, “I need my medicines.” When the judge inquired if he needed an attorney, the alleged stalker said he couldn’t afford one and that he needed his medication. He was also asked if he lived in Texas, and he replied, “Sort of, I live in my vehicle.” 
The Texas man signed court orders agreeing to stay away from Clark’s home and have no contact with the Indiana Fever star. Judge Davis told him, “If you violate stay away or no contact orders, the court will revoke your bond.&#8221;
The judge ordered that Lewis be held in lieu of a $50,000 bond. Lewis then replied, “I don’t want bond, bail, whatever. I’m here. I’m staying.”
He was charged with one count of stalking, accused of engaging in a “course of conduct involving repeated or continuing harassment of Caitlin Clark that would cause a reasonable person to feel terrorized,” according to court documents from Marion County prosecutors.
On Sunday, Lewis was arrested for felony stalking, accused of making several disturbing, sexually explicit messages and threats online against Clark, before traveling to Indianapolis where he was taken into custody, <a href="https://www.tmz.com/2025/01/13/caitlin-clark-stalking-arrest/?adid=social-tmzlikeshop-ig">TMZ noted</a>.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/caitlin-clark-reacts-to-being-left-off-olympic-team" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Caitlin Clark Reacts to Being Left Off Olympic Team</a>

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Caitlin Clark’s Alleged Stalker Will Remain Behind Bars After Chaotic Hearing

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CNN Republican commentator Scott Jennings got into a heated discussion over WNBA breakout star — and TIME Magazine&#8217;s Athlete of the Year — <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/self-flagellation-caitlin-clark-talks-white-privilege-says-wnba-built-by-black-women">Caitlin Clark</a> with several other panelists on the Abby Phillip-hosted &#8220;CNN NewsNight.&#8221;
Jennings agreed with a number of conservatives who were disappointed to see Clark effectively &#8220;apologize&#8221; for her &#8220;white privilege,&#8221; and said that she had earned the accolade on the merits and people should say so.
&#8220;Caitlin Clark is the best thing to happen to the WNBA, and it’s sad that her co-workers hate her for it,&#8221; Jennings captioned the video clip he shared via X. &#8220;She’ll learn a tough lesson — no matter how much you say &#8216;my truth&#8217; and apologize for your &#8216;white privilege,&#8217; it will never be enough for the woke mob.&#8221;
WATCH:
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Caitlin Clark is the best thing to happen to the WNBA, and it’s sad that her co-workers hate her for it. She’ll learn a tough lesson &#8211; no matter how much you say “my truth” and apologize for your “white privilege,” it will never be enough for the woke mob. We debate on <a href="https://twitter.com/CNN?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@cnn</a>! <a href="https://t.co/qCbJ5Qx6p1">pic.twitter.com/qCbJ5Qx6p1</a>
&mdash; Scott Jennings (@ScottJenningsKY) <a href="https://twitter.com/ScottJenningsKY/status/1867560352474706131?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 13, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Cari Champion sparked the exchanged, asking why Clark was being &#8220;bullied&#8221; for admitting to her &#8220;white privilege&#8221; and conceding that black women had &#8220;built&#8221; the WNBA.
&#8220;Why is she being bullied for acknowledging something that&#8217;s smart, truth, and factual?&#8221; Champion asked.
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&#8220;Well &#8230; A couple things. Number one, whether you&#8217;re an athlete or, you know, anyone else, if I hear you use the phrase &#8216;my truth,&#8217; I immediately then discount everything else you say. Because there isn&#8217;t &#8216;my truth&#8217; or &#8216;your truth,&#8217; there&#8217;s just the truth,&#8221; Jennings said, and Champion immediately objected, talking over him as he continued, &#8220;And that tells me that your brain has been captured by something that I don&#8217;t really respect.&#8221;
&#8220;That&#8217;s not true. That&#8217;s not true,&#8221; Champion repeated, several times, but Jennings pressed onward.
&#8220;Number two, the attention the league got this year was amazing, and it was all because of her. She is an amazing player,&#8221; Jennings continued, arguing that while the WNBA had existed without Caitlin Clark, it had consistently lost millions of dollars — and she had made the league marketable in a way that it never had been before.
Champion continued to argue that despite losing money the league still existed because of the black women who kept playing — and Jennings pointed out that it might actually have more to do with the investors, who were apparently willing to keep putting money into the league despite losses, who were keeping the business afloat.
Still, Jennings came back to Clark and pointed out the fact that her apparent bending of the knee may not have the desired results.
&#8220;Here&#8217;s the disappointment,&#8221; he concluded. &#8220;I feel a little bad for her, because she&#8217;s gonna learn that it will never be enough no matter how much of the phrasing, no matter how much of the groveling you do, it will never be enough for the people in that league that hate her guts, it will never satisfy them.&#8221;

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‘It Will Never Be Enough’: Scott Jennings Lays Out The Hard Truth On Caitlin Clark

'It Will Never Be Enough': Scott Jennings Lays Out The Hard Truth On Caitlin Clark

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Caitlin Clark Bends The Knee To The Left-Wing Racial Narrative

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WNBA star Caitlin Clark acknowledged her supposed &#8220;white&#8221; privilege and said the WNBA was &#8220;built&#8221; by black women during a recent interview with TIME Magazine.
Clark, who has been <a href="https://www.masslive.com/sports/2024/05/caitlin-clark-responds-to-aja-wilsons-comments-on-race-impacting-stars-popularity.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">disparaged</a> by players in the WNBA based on her skin color, was named TIME&#8217;s Athlete of the Year.
&#8220;I want to say I’ve earned every single thing, but as a white person, there is privilege,&#8221; Clark told TIME. &#8220;A lot of those players in the league that have been really good have been black players. This league has kind of been built on them.&#8221;
Clark went on to say that corporations need to invest in black players.
&#8220;The more we can appreciate that, highlight that, talk about that and then continue to have brands and companies invest in those players that have made this league incredible, I think it’s very important,&#8221; she said.
&#8220;I have to continue to try to change that,&#8221; Clark added. &#8220;The more we can elevate black women, that’s going to be a beautiful thing.&#8221;
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REPORT: After being named TIME&#8217;s &#8220;Athlete of the Year,&#8221; Caitlin Clark apologizes for her white privilege and says that the WNBA is &#8220;built&#8221; on black players.
“I want to say I’ve earned every single thing, but as a white person, there is privilege.&#8221;
&#8220;A lot of those players in the… <a href="https://t.co/pd2sgmUcfQ">pic.twitter.com/pd2sgmUcfQ</a>
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) <a href="https://twitter.com/EricLDaugh/status/1866584396234367402?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 10, 2024</a></blockquote>
As <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/sports/caitlin-clark-admits-feeling-privilege-white-person-says-wnba-built-on-black-players" target="_blank" rel="noopener">highlighted</a> by Fox News, Clark has been the subject of racially charged commentary within the league. For example, WNBA player A&#8217;ja Wilson <a href="https://www.masslive.com/sports/2024/05/caitlin-clark-responds-to-aja-wilsons-comments-on-race-impacting-stars-popularity.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> earlier this year that Clark was popular mainly because of her skin color. Another player, DiJonai Carrington, went after Clark for not discussing racism more. Notably, Carrington poked Clark in the eye during a game, though Clark said she thought it was unintentional. Additionally, in a highly controversial move, Clark was not chosen to be on the women&#8217;s Olympic basketball team.
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Clark&#8217;s comments on race prompted some backlash online, including from journalist Megyn Kelly, who criticized her for her act of &#8220;self-flagellation.&#8221;
&#8220;Look at this,&#8221; Kelly wrote. &#8220;She’s on the knee all but apologizing for being white and getting attention. The self-flagellation. The &#8216;oh, please pay attention to the black players who are REALLY the ones you want to celebrate.&#8217; Condescending. Fake. Transparent. Sad.&#8221;
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Look at this. She’s on the knee all but apologizing for being white and getting attention. The self-flagellation. The “oh pls pay attention to the black players who are REALY the ones you want to celebrate.” Condescending. Fake. Transparent. Sad. <a href="https://t.co/cTzk0CTLPn">https://t.co/cTzk0CTLPn</a>
— Megyn Kelly (@megynkelly) <a href="https://twitter.com/megynkelly/status/1866622907822047357?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 10, 2024</a></blockquote>
&#8220;Caitlin Clark had to issue this WNBA Land Acknowledgement in order to be allowed in polite company,&#8221; Daily Wire Editor Emeritus Ben Shapiro mocked.
&#8220;But let&#8217;s be real: the WNBA wasn&#8217;t built on black women. It was built on NBA men who subsidized that useless league for decades,&#8221; he added.
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Caitlin Clark had to issue this WNBA Land Acknowledgement in order to be allowed in polite company. But let&#8217;s be real: the WNBA wasn&#8217;t built on black women. It was built on NBA men who subsidized that useless league for decades. <a href="https://t.co/FlNEWs1clY">pic.twitter.com/FlNEWs1clY</a>
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) <a href="https://twitter.com/benshapiro/status/1866856770657980925?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 11, 2024</a></blockquote>
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/race-baiting-wnba-players-are-sabotaging-their-own-league-out-of-spite" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Race-Baiting WNBA Players Are Sabotaging Their Own League Out Of Spite</a>

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‘Self-Flagellation’: Caitlin Clark Talks ‘White’ Privilege, Says WNBA ‘Built’ By Black Women

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There are a lot of stories out there about lottery winners who go on to destroy their lives. Something like 70% of them supposedly go bankrupt within a few years. And it&#8217;s not hard to see why. When you give a lot of money and attention to a person who didn&#8217;t earn any of it, that person doesn&#8217;t suddenly change overnight. Instead, more often than not, all of their worst character traits are amplified ten times over. And in many cases, that leads to a very public and humiliating collapse.
This is a principle that doesn&#8217;t just apply to individuals. It applies to organizations too. Unearned fame and fortune are far more destructive than they might appear. And right now, there&#8217;s no organization on the planet that proves this point more than the WNBA. The league just posted its highest average game viewership in 24 years. They&#8217;re bringing in massive new sponsorships, at least by the league&#8217;s standards. They&#8217;re selling out arenas, which used to be unheard of. This should be a dream come true for everyone involved in the WNBA — from the executives to the players to the reporters who, for their sins in a past life, have been cursed with the job of covering a women&#8217;s basketball league. Everyone should be overjoyed.
But there&#8217;s a big problem. All of this success — every bit of it — is due to the presence of one player in the league: a generational talent named <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/caitlin-clark" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Caitlin Clark</a>. She&#8217;s the reason the WNBA just won the lottery. Without Caitlin Clark, no one cares about any of these players or the league. With her, most people still don’t care. But a lot more people care than did before. And everyone knows that. Therefore, everyone in the league other than Caitlin Clark is doing exactly what so many lottery winners do. They&#8217;re allowing all of their worst personality traits to surface. They can&#8217;t help themselves.
Several months ago, I <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/white-player-diversifies-the-wnba-champions-of-diversity-are-somehow-not-happy" target="_blank" rel="noopener">covered</a> the many cheap shots that Clark has had to deal with on the court. Some of these cheap shots look a lot like <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/wnba-upgrades-foul-on-star-caitlin-clark-to-flagrant-1-violation" target="_blank" rel="noopener">criminal assault</a>, but of course they weren&#8217;t prosecuted. I also talked about the many &#8220;champions of diversity&#8221; in the media who are strangely very unhappy about the diversity that Clark has brought to the WNBA, a league that&#8217;s mostly made up of black players. There&#8217;s been a lot of resentment in this league lately, in particular since this season began.
And the thing about resentment, as we all know, is that it tends to fester over time. It gets worse and worse. And that&#8217;s exactly what we&#8217;re seeing now that the season is winding down and the playoffs are underway. Over the past week, race hysteria in the WNBA has somehow reached yet another inflection point. The league is currently in the midst of the single most contrived racism scandal in any professional sport, at least since the fake noose in Bubba Wallace’s garage.
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Specifically, a bunch of WNBA players have come out claiming that they&#8217;ve been victimized by &#8220;racial slurs&#8221; and other racist attacks. In other words, they are now accusing the people who have started showing up to WNBA games — for the first time in more than two decades — of being horrible racists.
Now for the fine print. None of these &#8220;racial slurs&#8221; — some of which have supposedly occurred during games — have actually been caught on camera. There&#8217;s no visual or audio evidence that might substantiate any of this. There isn&#8217;t a single credible report. And that&#8217;s extremely unusual, obviously, given that there are cameras and smartphones at every WNBA game. 
You&#8217;d think that, if a mob of racists were buying up WNBA tickets so they could heckle the players with racial slurs, then the video would be all over the internet. But those videos are not all over the internet. They aren’t anywhere on the internet. So instead we have to take the players&#8217; word for it. 
Here&#8217;s Brittney Griner, for example:
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The question was about the massive growth of this league, which was dead in the water just a year ago. &#8220;What do you think of all the new fans,&#8221; asks the reporter. And instead of some gratitude — some appreciation for the people who saved the WNBA, who pay to come out to see bad players like Brittney Griner — we get resentment. The fans are racist, says Griner. They buy tickets just so they can yell racist things. And not only that — these racists happen to be magicians. They can shout racist things while also being completely invisible. You can hear what they say, but it&#8217;s impossible to record it or broadcast it anywhere. They&#8217;re like ghosts. They just appear in the stands, shout the N-word a few times, and then they disappear.
Put aside the fact that Griner is obviously lying. Let&#8217;s say, hypothetically, that someone did shout a slur at a WNBA game, and it really bothered Brittney Griner. Nothing about the answer makes sense, even in that context. Why would that be the first thing that Griner mentions when the reporter asks about the fans? Why not say, &#8220;The overwhelming majority of the fans are great people, and I&#8217;m so happy they&#8217;re paying money to see me playing basketball as badly as I do&#8221;? 
If anyone should be striking a note of gratitude, it&#8217;s <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/brittney-griner">Brittney Griner</a>. Less than two years ago, the Biden administration traded away a Russian arms dealer — someone who conspired to murder American citizens — in order to get Griner out of a Russian prison. So Griner has every reason to be extremely grateful to this country — not just because of the paycheck for playing basketball poorly, but also because the United States is a lot nicer than a Siberian gulag. At the very least, you&#8217;d expect Griner to be happier than the usual WNBA player. But that&#8217;s obviously not the case.
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Of course the media — especially the sports media — is uncritically reporting on this phantom crisis of racism at WNBA games. Just search “WNBA racism” in google and you’ll get dozens and dozens of mainstream media articles frantically shouting about the racism crisis in the WNBA. Many other players have raised the alarm about this invented epidemic. Here’s another one:
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&quot;It&#39;s heartbreaking that &#8230; the excitement around the league is at its highest, but the racial slurs and the derogatory comments and the online bullying are also at their worst.&quot;
ESPN&#39;s Andraya Carter says there is &quot;no space&quot; for WNBA fans who dish hate: <a href="https://t.co/5ggjUdk4Dk">pic.twitter.com/5ggjUdk4Dk</a>
&mdash; Awful Announcing (@awfulannouncing) <a href="https://twitter.com/awfulannouncing/status/1839159138716160240?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 26, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Notice the sad music in the background. Law enforcement might have to get involved. WNBA games have become Klan rallies, from what we’re told. You won’t see any of that on video or hear any of it. But take the WNBA’s word for it. Take the media’s word for it. Yet some WNBA players are still upset that the media isn’t making an even bigger deal out of the fake racism scandal. Reading from USA Today:
<blockquote>“Chicago Sky rookie Angel Reese says the media should have done more to combat the ongoing issue of racism in women&#8217;s basketball before it reached a boiling point. The WNBA on Wednesday condemned all ‘racist, derogatory or threatening comments’ that have been directed toward players after Connecticut Sun All-Star Alyssa Thomas called out &#8220;racial comments from the Indiana Fever fan base&#8221; following the Sun&#8217;s series-clinching 87-81 victory over the Fever. Reese said this has been a long-standing issue, noting that she&#8217;s been the subject of racially motivated hate for some time. Reese, however, said her pleas for accountability and action have been repeatedly ignored. ‘The media has benefited from my pain &amp; me being villainized to create a narrative,’ <a href="https://twitter.com/Reese10Angel/status/1839457079544656170">she wrote on X</a>. ‘They allowed this. This was beneficial to them&#8230; Y’all a little late to the party and could have tried to put out this fire way before it started.’”</blockquote>
Yes, it’s a fire raging. You won’t see the fire. But it’s there. Trust Angel Reese on this one. This shaming obviously had the desired effect on some in the media. Which led to this line of questioning:
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&#8220;NaLyssa, how did you personally deal with the hate, the racism, the attention, the scrutiny?&#8221; If you listen to these press conferences, you&#8217;d think that skinheads are rushing the court and assaulting the players in the middle of the games. At the very least, you&#8217;d expect that this player would&#8217;ve been subjected to some kind of horrible racist chant from one of the WNBA&#8217;s racist ghost fans.
Here&#8217;s what actually happened. NaLyssa&#8217;s has a girlfriend named DiJonai Carrington who also plays in the WNBA. And recently, Carrington nearly took Caitlin Clark&#8217;s eye out on the court just a few minutes into a game. This is one of many flagrant fouls against Clark that have occurred since she started in the league, and this one wasn&#8217;t even called. Watch:
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After this foul, as you&#8217;d expect, there were a lot of angry fans on social media. To a lot of people, this looked intentional. So in response, a USA Today reporter named Christine Brennan did what any reasonable &#8220;sports journalist&#8221; would do. She asked Carrington if the hit was intentional. Watch:
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These are obviously reasonable questions from Christine Brennan. They&#8217;re not &#8220;racist.&#8221; They&#8217;re not offensive. They&#8217;re the bare minimum you&#8217;d expect under the circumstances. But Carrington immediately gets snippy and obnoxious in response. And then, just for asking these questions, Brennan — who, incidentally, is one of the biggest <a href="https://x.com/SbondyNBA/status/1839734099054887063" target="_blank" rel="noopener">champions</a> of women&#8217;s sports in the industry — is now getting dogpiled.
In particular, the WNBA Players&#8217; Association <a href="https://www.instagram.com/thewnbpa/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;ig_rid=b7e4450c-3bc6-4366-80b3-052bb522ae36">just put out</a> one of the most demented statements imaginable. They wrote:
<blockquote>We call B.S. &#8230; To unprofessional members of the media like Christine Brennan: You are not fooling anyone. That so-called interview in the name of journalism was a blatant attempt to bait a professional athlete into participating in a narrative that is false and designed to fuel racist, homophobic, and misogynistic vitriol on social media. You cannot hide behind your tenure.</blockquote>
The statement then said Brennan was guilty of &#8220;abusing&#8221; her &#8220;privileges,&#8221; and charged that she does not &#8220;deserve&#8221; her &#8220;credentials.&#8221; It continues: 
<blockquote>We call on USA Today Network to review its Principles of Ethical Conduct for Newsrooms and address what we believe is a violation of several core principles, including seeking and reporting the truth. USA Today Sports should explain why a reporter with clear bias and ulterior motives was assigned to cover the league. We also urge the league to review its policies and take measures to prevent such issues, protecting the integrity of the game and its players.</blockquote>
So we&#8217;re at the point now that journalists can&#8217;t even ask black players about fouls they commit against Caitlin Clark without being accused of racism for asking the question. That&#8217;s how much racism there is in the WNBA. Even asking questions is now racist. Obviously there&#8217;s no reason to take any of these people seriously. 
But, just to make sure I wasn&#8217;t missing anything, I went looking to see if I could find the most egregious examples of racism in the WNBA. And I came across this monologue from a sports commentator named Nick Wright. It&#8217;s from a couple of days ago and it’s about as unhinged as you&#8217;d expect. Watch:
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His grand example proving the WNBA is racist is that a woman mocked the player who gave Caitlin Clark a black eye with her nails. Apparently that&#8217;s racist because some black people have long nails. That&#8217;s it. That&#8217;s why this podcast host is invoking the Civil War. Mockery of WNBA players is a threat to the entire country, apparently — at least if those WNBA players are black. If they&#8217;re white, you can mock them all you want. You can assault them on the court, in fact.
What this fake outrage tells you is that &#8220;racism&#8221; isn&#8217;t really what they&#8217;re upset about. This is just too manufactured and overblown to take seriously. They&#8217;re reaching — to a degree that&#8217;s comical and delusional at the same time. This scandal has been invented, out of whole cloth, by WNBA players for one reason, and one reason only: They are wracked with envy and resentment that the most popular player in the league is white. What they&#8217;re really claiming is that Caitlin Clark, by bringing a bunch of white fans to the league, has naturally also brought racism. Basically they&#8217;re complaining that too many white people are watching women&#8217;s basketball now. And for her part, Caitlin Clark has basically <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/sports/caitlin-clark-addresses-racism-following-wnba-statement-those-arent-fans-those-are-trolls" target="_blank" rel="noopener">gone along</a> with this narrative. She made a statement denouncing all of the made up racism.
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The racial hysteria reminds me of the summer of 2020, just playing out on a much, much, much smaller stage. A white woman playing basketball has become the WNBA&#8217;s George Floyd moment. And just like we saw with the George Floyd situation, before long, people are going to start pushing back. No normal person wants to pay money to support a team, only to be told they&#8217;re racist and horrible. That&#8217;s a big part of why the DEI grift has begun to collapse.
And it&#8217;s why the WNBA&#8217;s brief resurgence isn&#8217;t going to last very long either. Very soon, the league will be back on the path to irrelevance and bankruptcy. It&#8217;s clear that none of these players or executives or &#8220;sports journalists&#8221; really want the league to succeed, anyway. To borrow an adage from the world of sports commentary, you might even say the WNBA is like a rubber band — one that&#8217;s been stretched to the limit by pathological narcissists who only know how to complain and demean their own fans on the basis of their skin color. And one deranged sports podcast and self-pitying press conference at a time, that rubber band is about to break.

Indiana Fever v Connecticut Sun – Game Two

Race-Baiting WNBA Players Are Sabotaging Their Own League Out Of Spite

Anti-Racism

Matt Walsh

Racism

You know, as we swirl rapidly down into the hurly-burly, upsy-daisy, stinky-dinky of the American political season before being flushed swiftly into the thunderous plumbing of loyalist rage, expert idiocy, and media lies until we emerge in the noxious sewer of broken promises, vengeful hyperbole and did I already mention media lies, I’d like to take a moment to refresh our souls at the fountain of compassion by walking a mile in our opponents’ shoes and then hiding them, so our opponents have to hop around barefoot in all the crap they’ve left lying around on the streets of our cities, which would only serve them right.
For instance, as November looms, it’s now becoming clear that leftists are facing a problem. With Iran putting the final touches on the nuclear arsenal funded with the pallets of billions sent to them by Barack Obama and Joe Biden, and with China strengthening the Navy that is rapidly outstripping an American military strangling on Democrat funding cuts while wasting its resources celebrating the sexual perversity that is the mainstay of the Left’s political philosophy, and with Russia completing the destruction of Ukraine because the massive amounts of American funding meant to defend that nation have been inexplicably slow-walked, allowing Putin to refresh his attack while Biden dithers, Left-wingers across our country are growing increasingly concerned about the WNBA.
Now whether you don’t know what the WNBA is or don’t care, the problem for leftists is very complex. The rise of superstar player Caitlin Clark into some girls’ team or other has provided leftists with a great reason to pretend to give a smoldering belch about a bunch of lady beanstalks throwing a ball at a net with a level of skill so amazing it makes the men’s game look much better and more entertaining.
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But this raises questions. If Caitlin Clark has caused leftists to pretend to follow the WNBA with the same enthusiasm with which they pretend to follow soccer, why didn’t they pretend to follow the game when all the most talented players were black? And now, when some black player whose name they don’t know because they never watched a WNBA game in their lives, fouls Caitlin Clark by smacking her full force in the back of the head, should leftists side with Caitlin, since she’s the only reason they’re pretending to watch the games in the first place, or should they Google the name of the black player and side with her so they don’t have to admit it was their flagrantly racist behavior that made black what’s-her-name clock Caitlin because what’s-her-name has been playing her nameless heart out with a work ethic and skill that raises women’s basketball to a level nowhere near the men’s game, and no one’s been watching her all that time, because she’s in the WNBA. 
And what about trans people? If a hulking male like Lia Thomas is allowed to go swinging his dingus around a woman’s locker room so that leftists can pretend there’s no advantage to being a male athlete in a woman’s sport, why didn’t the leftists pretend to watch women’s basketball before Caitlin Clark so that women players could be paid the same amount as men with money that would exist if anyone was buying tickets to their games instead of the men’s games where the people play better because they’re men?
Now if a black MAN were playing in the WNBA, and HE fouled Caitlin Clark by hitting her full force in the back of the head, then for the next few years, while Caitlin Clark was regaining consciousness and learning to walk again and use dining utensils with dulled edges so she didn’t cut herself, she could be replaced by another black man who would foul other players, until the entire WNBA was populated by black men making the games worth watching.
Then all the leftists’ dilemmas could be solved by watching black men play basketball and calling it the WNBA thus supporting black people, trans people and women’s sports which will finally rise to the level of men’s sports by being sports played by men.
That would make all the leftists happy—until China, Russia and Iran slaughter everyone because Democrats suck at running the country.
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Andrew Klavan is the host of “The Andrew Klavan Show” at The Daily Wire. He is the bestselling author of the Cameron Winter Mystery series. The third installment, “<a href="https://www.amazon.com/House-Death-Cameron-Winter-Mysteries-ebook/dp/B0BW1ZTVP9?ref_=ast_author_dp" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The House of Love and Death</a>,” is now available. Follow him on X: @andrewklavan
This excerpt is taken from the opening satirical monologue of “<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/show/the-andrew-klavan-show" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Andrew Klavan Show</a>.”
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With World Destruction Imminent, Leftists Grow Increasingly Concerned About The WNBA

Andrew Klavan

Joe Biden

Readers Pass

Satire

Indiana Fever star <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/caitlin-clark">Caitlin Clark</a> was all class when she reacted to being left off the roster for Team USA this summer at the 2024 Olympics in Paris.
In a clip posted on <a href="https://x.com/ClayTravis/status/1799879205426974899">X</a>, the WNBA rookie was asked by reporters about not making the team and the level of disappointment she had about it. Clark responded that she had none and only wished those who made the cut the best of luck.
“Honestly, no disappointment. I think it just gives you something to work for,” Clark told the press. “That’s a dream. Hopefully one day I can be there. I think it’s just a little more motivation. You remember that and hopefully, when four years comes back around, I can be there.”
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Caitlin Clark takes the high road here on getting left off the Olympic team, but I honestly can’t think of a dumber move for a sport trying to grow its fan base than this. Whine about no attention for decades, finally get it, and then blow it like this: <a href="https://t.co/WyXUPzpX0q">pic.twitter.com/WyXUPzpX0q</a>
— Clay Travis (@ClayTravis) <a href="https://twitter.com/ClayTravis/status/1799879205426974899?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 9, 2024</a></blockquote>
&#8220;I&#8217;m excited for the girls that are on the team,&#8221; she added. &#8220;I know it&#8217;s the most competitive team in the world and I know it could have gone either way &#8212; me being on the team or me not being on the team.”
“I&#8217;m going to be rooting them on to win gold,” Clark continued. &#8220;I was a kid that grew up watching the Olympics, so it will be fun to watch them.”
Fever coach Christie Sides told reporters that when the 2024 WNBA drafted guard learned the news that she wasn’t on the team, she said Clark told her, &#8220;[T]hey woke a monster,” <a href="https://www.newsweek.com/caitlin-clark-epically-responds-not-making-olympic-team-1910202">Newsweek</a> noted.
&#8220;The thing she said was, &#8216;Hey, Coach, they woke a monster,&#8217; which I thought was awesome,&#8221; Sides said. &#8220;She&#8217;s young, she&#8217;s going to have so many opportunities in the future.&#8221;
Not everyone was as gracious as Clark about the snub. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/stephen-a-smith">Sports broadcaster</a> <a href="https://www.on3.com/her/news/olympics-stephen-a-smith-slams-team-usa-womens-basketball-for-caitlin-clark-snub-how-could-you-be-that-idiotic/">Stephen A. Smith</a> slammed the move and said it was a case of “idiocy.”
“This is about what I will personally label ‘The Idiocy of Team USA Women’s Basketball.’ How dare you make this decision,” Smith said. “It’s stupid. I want all the ladies on this squad to know every single one of y’all deserve it. Caitlin Clark does not deserve a spot ahead of any of the players on this roster — if we’re talking just basketball. You know we’re not.”
“It was a stupid decision,” he added. “Because it compromises what your ultimate goal is, which is to elevate the WNBA brand. How could you be that idiotic and not make that call, when throughout history, Team USA has been, in part, about marketing? It’s dumb, period.”
Barstool’s <a href="https://x.com/stoolpresidente/status/1799467905178091598">Dave Portnoy</a> went viral when he posted about the move, calling it dumb and more.
“Hey dummies, for the first time in the history of basketball you have arguably a player who is the most popular player in the world,” Portnoy said in a clip posted on X. “And you leave her off the Olympics team?”
“It’s not only a showcase for her. It’s for the sport and the other WNBA players who are on this team. How dumb, how braindead, how idiotic do the people running this thing have to be?” he added. 
Clark could still make an appearance at the Olympics if a player gets injured resulting in an alternate making the team. However, in the past, alternates have never been announced, so there’s no indication of whether she’d make that short list, <a href="https://www.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/40314567/caitlin-clark-says-not-disappointed-olympics-snub">ESPN</a> noted.

Caitlin Clark Reacts to Being Left Off Olympic Team

Olympics

Stephen A. Smith

White Player Diversifies The WNBA. Champions Of Diversity Are Somehow Not Happy.

College basketball

Sunny Hostin and Whoopi Goldberg defended rough play in the WNBA after Chicago Sky guard Chennedy Carter checked Indiana Fever&#8217;s Caitlin Clark so hard that she hit the ground.
The Carter shoulder-check — which was ruled a &#8220;flagrant foul&#8221; — took place during a June 1 game, after which video of the forceful collision quickly went viral.
&#8220;There’s a difference between tough defense and unnecessary— targeting actions! It needs to stop! The league needs to ‘clean up’ the crap! That’s NOT who this league is!!&#8221; Indiana Fever GM Lin Dunn commented.
&#8220;Let’s be realistic, OK? This is basketball, OK? This happens in basketball all the time. Angel Reese got clotheslined the other day,&#8221; Goldberg downplayed the incident during Monday&#8217;s broadcast of &#8220;The View.&#8221;
&#8220;This is, ‘Get out the way or I’ma move you.’ That’s what the game is … A lot of people, however, are reading this as confrontation. But this is not confrontation. They’re not playing on the court. They’re there to win. And just because they’re women, get over yourselves, they’re athletes,&#8221; she added.
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&#8220;Let&#8217;s be realistic.&#8221; 
After whining about new attention being given to the WNBC because Caitlin Clark was &#8220;white&#8221; and &#8220;pretty,&#8221; The View&#8217;s Sunny Hostin and Whoopi Goldberg now defend the on-court, physical attacks she&#8217;s been receiving. <a href="https://t.co/IevkKTpD3D">pic.twitter.com/IevkKTpD3D</a>
— Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) <a href="https://twitter.com/NickFondacaro/status/1797666588511920500?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 3, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Hostin had previously complained that Clark got attention primarily because she was white and straight — despite the fact that she holds the all-time NCAA scoring record — and she also defended the rough play.
&#8220;It’s not dainty play. When you’re sitting there [and] you’re watching, sometimes when that happens you think, ‘Ooh, wow. I couldn’t take it,&#8217;” she said. &#8220;It’s gonna make them better. It’s gonna make Caitlin better. It’s gonna make Angel better. It’s gonna make the league better.&#8221;
Goldberg concluded by giving props to all of the players, adding, &#8220;None of us can beat them. None of us can do what they can do so let’s give them their due.&#8221;

WNBA: JUN 01 Chicago Sky at Indiana Fever

Sunny Hostin, Whoopi Goldberg Defend Brutal Fouls On WNBA’s Caitlin Clark

Sunny Hostin, Whoopi Goldberg Defend Brutal Fouls On WNBA's Caitlin Clark

Sports broadcaster <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/remember-bill-clinton-stephen-a-smith-pleads-with-democrats-stop-disaster-trump-hush-money-trial" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Stephen A. Smith</a> said WNBA players are “jealous” of rookie <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/caitlin-clark">Caitlin Clark</a> and all the attention she’s getting after recently entering the league.
During Monday’s episode of “First Take,” Smith reacted to the WNBA upgrading a common foul to flagrant after Chicago Sky player Chennedy Carter pushed the Indiana Fever player to the ground during a recent game, Mediaite <a href="https://www.mediaite.com/sports/stephen-a-smith-believes-wnba-players-are-jealous-of-caitlin-clark-following-hard-foul-in-recent-game/">reported</a>.
“There are girls — young ladies — in the WNBA who are jealous of Caitlin Clark,” Smith said. “She is a white girl that has come into the league. She has burst onto the scene. She hasn’t proven herself yet.”
“It’s not even about them thinking they’re better than her because they probably know it at this particular juncture because they’ve been playing on a level she just arrived to,” he added. “Where the resentment comes in is the hard work, the commitment, the dedication, the pounding of the payment, the being on the grind.”
“All of these years trying to uplift this brand that is the WNBA and is women’s professional basketball; and all of their efforts were in vain until this girl comes along and take the league by storm — takes sport by storm — in college and has accomplished in a short period of time what they haven’t been able to,” Smith continued.
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The WNBA confirmed that Chennedy Carter’s foul on Caitlin Clark from yesterday’s game has been upgraded to a Flagrant 1, per <a href="https://twitter.com/alexaphilippou?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@alexaphilippou</a>.<a href="https://t.co/o7QzaFRkL5">pic.twitter.com/o7QzaFRkL5</a>
— Yahoo Sports (@YahooSports) <a href="https://twitter.com/YahooSports/status/1797270950200725779?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 2, 2024</a></blockquote>
The sportscaster also said that he would think these players would be “smart enough to recognize and appreciate” the attention Clark has brought to the league and therefore “piggyback off of that to their benefit, and praise her and support her for it while competing on the court against her and trying to take her out.”
The comments were similar to what NBA legends Charles Barkley and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/lebron-james-charles-barkley-come-to-caitlin-clarks-defense-against-naysayers" target="_blank" rel="noopener">LeBron James</a> have said about the reception and backlash against Clark since being picked number 1 overall in the 2024 WNBA draft.
During TNT’s “Inside the NBA” pregame show, host Barkley <a href="https://x.com/ComplexSports/status/1793432883966706169">reacted</a> to the criticism against Clark after the Fever fell 0-5 to start the season and said “You women out there, y’all petty, man.” He also talked about the comments James made on the “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqJ2u11OTY0">Mind the Game</a>“ podcast when he slammed the criticism against the rookie of the Indiana Fever team.
“LeBron, you’re 100% right on these girls hating on Caitlin Clark,” Barkley said. “Y’all petty, girls. I expect men to be petty because we’re the most insecure group in the world.”
“Y’all should be thanking that girl for getting y’all a** private charters, all the money and visibility she’s bringing to the WNBA,” he added.
James — drafted No. 1 overall in the NBA draft in 2003 — said he’s been where Caitlin is now and offered her support, saying that the best thing she could do was put on blinders and keep working, calling the criticism “the weirdest thing in the world.”
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Stephen A. Smith Says WNBA Players Are ‘Jealous’ Of Caitlin Clark

Stephen A. Smith Says WNBA Players Are 'Jealous' Of Caitlin Clark

The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/wnba" target="_blank" rel="noopener">WNBA</a> has upgraded a foul on Indiana Fever star <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/caitlin-clark" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Caitlin Clar</a>k, who was <a href="https://x.com/MatthewByrne1/status/1796956603721117828" target="_blank" rel="noopener">knocked</a> to the hardwood by Chicago Sky player Chennedy Carter during a game on Saturday. Footage of the incident has gone viral and drawn a great deal of controversy.
A review of the away-from-the-ball common foul led to it being elevated to a flagrant 1 violation, the league <a href="https://www.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/40256748/caitlin-clark-fever-edge-angel-reese-sky-first-home-win" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told ESPN</a> on Sunday, though Carter will not be fined or suspended for the infraction. <a href="https://www.wnba.com/archive/wnba/analysis/rule_twelve.html#sectionXI">According</a> to WNBA rules, a flagrant 1 is assessed &#8220;if contact committed against a player, with or without the ball, is interpreted to be unnecessary.&#8221;
Carter knocked Clark, who was the <a href="https://apnews.com/article/wnba-draft-2024-caitlin-clark-6aa5dddaedbe7da5a2b147da6d39e832" target="_blank" rel="noopener">No. 1 pick</a> in the WNBA draft this year, to the floor in the third quarter. Carter then walked away as a Fever teammate walked over and helped Clark back up to her feet.
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Chennedy Carter fouls Caitlin Clark on the inbound. Away-from-play foul called. <a href="https://t.co/LodLF5oKMF">pic.twitter.com/LodLF5oKMF</a>
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The shove and subsequent foul drew millions of views on social media, as well as criticism.
&#8220;Okay, this IS HATING on Caitlin Clark,&#8221; former Washington Redskins quarterback Robert Griffin III <a href="https://x.com/RGIII/status/1796987889655394784" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> on X.
&#8220;Face guarding, extremely aggressive play and the occasional hard foul can be describe as competitiveness,&#8221; he added. &#8220;Going out of your way to call her out of her name and body check her to the floor without the ball is HATING.&#8221;
Christie Sides, who coaches the Fever, said in a post to X the initial away-from-the-ball common foul was <a href="https://x.com/christiesides/status/1797007207269016033?s=" target="_blank" rel="noopener">&#8220;unacceptable.&#8221;</a>
During news conferences after the game, which the Fever won 71-70, players on both teams faced questions about the third-quarter shove.
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&#8220;It is what it is. It&#8217;s a physical game,&#8221; Clark <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBQNdunwMbc" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>. The point guard added later that she is &#8220;at the point where you accept it and don&#8217;t retaliate &#8230; I&#8217;m trying not to let it bother me.&#8221;
Sides noted that the Fever would be &#8220;sending&#8221; plays, including the shove, to the league for review and praised Clark for how she had responded to &#8220;getting hammered the way she does and to not get rewarded with free throws or, you know, just the foul calls.&#8221;
The coach added, &#8220;She&#8217;s continued to fight through that. Appreciate that from her. Really, really proud of her for doing that.&#8221;
Carter declined to discuss what transpired on the court with Clark. &#8220;I ain’t answering no Caitlin Clark questions,&#8221; she <a href="https://x.com/MatthewByrne1/status/1796974564259353069" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> a reporter.
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Rookie Angel Reese, another player on the Sky who is known for <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaaw/2023/04/02/caitlin-clark-taunted-angel-reese-during-lsu-championship-win/11589919002/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">taunting</a> Clark when they played each other in college, appeared to <a href="https://x.com/JoePompliano/status/1796981067628388538" target="_blank" rel="noopener">jump up</a> from the bench after the foul and applaud.
At the end of the third quarter, Reese could be seen <a href="https://x.com/stoolpresidente/status/1796971502140555567" target="_blank" rel="noopener">embracing Carter and smiling</a>.
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Why do none of Caitlin Clark’s teammates ever do anything to stop this from happening??<a href="https://t.co/j2BGddbdGX">pic.twitter.com/j2BGddbdGX</a>
&mdash; Joe Pompliano (@JoePompliano) <a href="https://twitter.com/JoePompliano/status/1796981067628388538?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 1, 2024</a></blockquote>
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The WNBA separately announced on Sunday that Reese had been fined $1,000 for failing to make herself available to the media for interviews after the game.
In addition, the WNBA <a href="https://x.com/chloepeterson67/status/1797285108065374227" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> the Sky organization had been fined $5,000 for failing to ensure all players comply with the league&#8217;s media policies.

Chicago Sky guard Chennedy Carter (7) is whistled for a flagrant foul for knocking Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark (22) to the ground on June 1, 2024, at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Indiana.

WNBA Upgrades Foul On Star Caitlin Clark To Flagrant 1 Violation

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Basketball legends <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/lebron-james-hundreds-of-top-celebrities-side-with-israel-after-terror-attacks" target="_blank" rel="noopener">LeBron James</a> and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/charles-barkley-rips-san-francisco-during-live-nba-all-star-broadcast-you-cant-even-walk-around-down-there" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Charles Barkley</a> came to the defense of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/caitlin-clark">Caitlin Clark</a> against naysayers after her new team fell to 0-5 with Wednesday night&#8217;s loss to the Seattle Storm.
During TNT&#8217;s “Inside the NBA” <a href="https://x.com/ComplexSports/status/1793432883966706169">pregame show</a>, host Barkley reacted to the backlash against Clark — who was picked number 1 overall in the 2024 WNBA draft — and said &#8220;You women out there, y&#8217;all petty, man.” He also talked about the comments James made on the “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqJ2u11OTY0">Mind the Game</a>&#8220; podcast when he slammed the criticism against the rookie of the Indiana Fever team.
&#8220;LeBron, you&#8217;re 100% right on these girls hating on Caitlin Clark,” Barkley said. “Y&#8217;all petty, girls. I expect men to be petty because we&#8217;re the most insecure group in the world.”
“Y&#8217;all should be thanking that girl for getting y&#8217;all a** private charters, all the money and visibility she&#8217;s bringing to the WNBA,” he added.
James — drafted No. 1 overall in the NBA draft in 2003 — said he’s been where Caitlin is now and offered her support, saying that the best thing she could do was put on blinders and keep working, calling the criticism “the weirdest thing in the world.”
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Caitlin Clark’s popularity is about ‘White privilege’ and ‘pretty privilege’: host of ‘The View’ <a href="https://t.co/LjNrM7nm8F">https://t.co/LjNrM7nm8F</a> <a href="https://t.co/Mv8Qe4LEIP">pic.twitter.com/Mv8Qe4LEIP</a>
— New York Post (@nypost) <a href="https://twitter.com/nypost/status/1793630850392715323?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 23, 2024</a></blockquote>
&#8220;My advice to Caitlin, and my advice to anyone that comes in with this level of notoriety, out-of-this-world expectation, whatever the case may be, be a horse, man,&#8221; James said on the podcast. &#8220;The Kentucky Derby. Put your blinders on, go to work, show up to work, punch your clock in, prepare yourself, work on your game, work on your craft.&#8221;
&#8220;Kind of keep your mouth shut and just learn from the vets,&#8221; he added. &#8220;When they ask, voice your opinion if they want your opinion early on because everybody is looking for you to say anything and they&#8217;re gonna splice it and cut it and make it a negative thing.&#8221;
&#8220;The one thing I love that she&#8217;s bringing to her sport: More people want to watch,&#8221; James continued. &#8220;More people want to tune in. &#8230; Don&#8217;t get it twisted, don&#8217;t get it f**ked up. Caitlin Clark is the reason why a lot of great things is gonna happen for the WNBA. &#8230; I&#8217;m rooting for Caitlin because I&#8217;ve been in that seat before. I&#8217;ve walked that road before. I hope she kills.&#8221;
Criticism of Clark has come from all over, including outside the sports world with “The View” cohost <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/wnba/article-13449307/caitlin-clark-pretty-white-privilege-sunny-hostin.html">Sunny Hostin</a> saying the WNBA player benefits from “pretty privilege.”
&#8220;I do think that there is a thing called pretty privilege,&#8221; Hostin said. &#8216;There is a thing called white privilege. There is a thing called tall privilege, and we have to acknowledge that&#8230;But I do think that she is more relatable to more people because she&#8217;s white, because she&#8217;s attractive, and unfortunately, there still is that stigma against the LGBTQ+ community.”

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