Indy Star columnist Gregg Doyel actually asked a pair of creepy questions during Wednesday's press conference with Indiana Fever rookie Caitlin Clark.
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...
Caitlin Clark was not interested in dancing with her new teammates in the locker room. Earlier this week, Clark made her debut at the Indiana Fever practice facility to put in work for the upcoming WNBA season. In her first practice, Clark got introduced to former college rival turned teammate Aliyah Boston on the court. […]
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Indianapolis Star columnist Gregg Doyel apologized on social media Wednesday night after an awkward and inappropriate interaction (4:18 mark) with WNBA top
Caitlin Clark's first appearance as a member of the Indiana Fever came to fruition Friday at Gainbridge Field House. The No. 1 pick in the WNBA Draft received
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...
Caitlin Clark signed a massive deal with Nike not long after being drafted No. 1 overall by the Indiana Fever. However, sports marketing executive Sonny Vaccaro believes that she (and her representation) left a lot on the table. He thinks that the greatest scorer in college basketball history should have demanded Michael Jordan treatment! Vaccaro, […]