There has been quite the brouhaha these past few days since women's basketball phenom Caitlin Clark was picked first in the WNBA draft, and it was announced that her annual salary for her rookie season would be $76,535. The shrieking harridans of the "GENDER PAAAAAAAY GAP!!!!!!" squad were immediately deployed, and they haven't yet stopped shouting.
Black sports pundits cannot stop complaining about Caitlin Clark’s skin color because they cannot get over that a white player is the face of a sport predominantly played by black athletes. Jim Trotter, formerly of Sports Illustrated and ESPN and now writing for the Athletic, has joined the pile-on. While claiming he is not dismissing […]
All this outrage over WNBA pay is uninformed, misguided and defeatist. Yes, Caitlin Clark’s WNBA salary seems unjust when compared to her NBA peers’ salaries. But as Kavitha Davidson wrote this week, the details matter. Because the WNBA cannot and should not be compared to the NBA, which is expected to generate $13 billion this year. The WNBA will not match that. Nor can it match the NBA’s massive national media deals, which are expected to pay the league $2.8 billion this year alone. The WNBA...
The school of thought that Caitlin Clark would not only lose money but the notoriety that came with being a transcendent superstar in women’s college basketball was overblown (looking at you, Darren Rovell). In the days leading up to the 2024 WNBA Draft, in which she will undoubtedly be the No. 1 overall pick, the
Women’s basketball star Caitlin Clark joined “Saturday Night Live” this weekend to poke back at the program’s coverage of women’s sports.
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Lucy Olsen makes a game-changing decision to transfer from Villanova to Iowa, aiming to fill the shoes of WNBA draftee Caitlin Clark. In her exclusive interview with The Mercury, Olsen shares her confidence in Iowa's coaching staff, her reflections on her time at Villanova, and her aspirations for her final year of college basketball. Discover why Olsen sees Iowa as the perfect fit for her next challenge.
New York — A male columnist has apologized for a cringeworthy moment during former University of Iowa superstar and college basketball’s highest scorer Caitlin Clark’s first news conference as an Indiana Fever player. The Wednesday exchange went viral on social media, and critics said it underscored the difficulties many female athletes have in gaining respect and equal treatment from sports journalists, who are frequently male. The discussion began with Gregg Doyel, a columnist for The...
Caleb Williams is officially a bigger star than Caitlin Clark. They play very different sports in very different markets, but the jersey sales numbers do not lie! Williams smashed Clark’s record just 10 days after the WNBA Draft. It was announced less than five hours after the greatest scorer in college basketball history was drafted […]
In a historic moment at the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM), Caitlin Clark, the two-time Naismith College Player of the Year, was chosen as the first overall pick in the WNBA Draft 2024 presented by State Farm®. This selection marks a pivotal moment in the young athlete’s career, representing a significant milestone for both Clark […] The post SOURCE SPORTS: Caitlin Clark Drafted to Indiana Fever, Angel Reese and Kamilla Cardoso Form Duo in Chicago first appeared on The Source.
"Every female you know has had countless encounters like this one with a male. It’s, unfortunately, very much a part of our existence."View Entire Post ›