Christine Brennan is a great journalist and has been for a really really long time. She has been the only one covering women's sports since like the 80's. She covers all women's sports and not just basketball so I forgive her for not knowing about 3 to the dome, I didn't know that either. Christine Brennan was one of the few in the media calling out the crap CC was getting at the beginning of the season before others jumped on board.
Well then, why didn't Carrington simply answer that Mabrey was doing a 3 to the dome? Carrington is a thug and liar. That eye poke was 100% intentional, and her body language and facial expressions during her reply to the questions were a dead giveaway. Kudos to Christine Brennan for exposing it.
@@serafinobueti7154Agree and 3 to the dome still could have been in referencing to the eye incident as a good play . What else could she have been referencing or Mabry laughing about?..her subsequent breakaway basket? BS!
Speak for yourself… I’m pretty psyched about a potential Liberty-Lynx playoff … please DONT’T put all of us Fever fans in your anti-WNBA rhetoric. I’ve had enough of such nastiness and negativity from BOTH sides, and from what CC said so has she … … Signed, an Iowa native/grad and newbie Fever fan.
@@marceybull excellent. Personally I believe that children should be deprived of certain things until they behave. I consider some, not the majority, to be childish and so depriving them of attention from fans may help them.
Oh yeah, now reporters can't ask questions. WNBA is a joke with the jokers in charge, with leader like Englebert who is frighten of players. Carrington is smirking while asking the question, the poster child for WNBA along with Cennedy Carter.
Questions like Cristine asked, have been asked to male athletes in other leagues for years, there was nothing wrong with it. The WNBA has become much to sensitive. I thought the question was a good one to give DJ an opportunity to clear the air.
Admit assault? That’s hyperbolic and lacks nuance and context. That’s what’s wrong with America today … … All DC had to say was We got caught up in a heated play, and I was trying to get the ball - and I’m glad Clark is okay and able to come out to compete tonight and I’m looking forward to the match-up … … it’s truthful, responsible, diplomatic, and professional … …. DC, who seems so smart, is caught in this narrative (some of which I get) but she cant also see beyond it … … it’s hurting her own value, and not allowing her to enjoy the overall positives of the growing game, and it’s distracting from her colleagues and leagues’s highlights/playoffs … with her expressed concerns (which I sadly agree with) about trolls and racism/rage-baiting and bullying and social media - sounds like she’s found a good cause to advocate against during her off season … .
Anyone who follows the Fever knows Christine asks dumb questions and hasn't covered sports very long, she is terrible in the post game press and should not cover sports.
You see now Robin? It's not everyone else. It's not the "fans". It's not "Fever fans". It's not "men" (white or otherwise). It's not the imaginary bus stalkers or threat makers. It's not podcasters, or actual journalists. It's the league. The leadership, the players, the administrators, the marketing and back office staff, and the ESPN/Nike/Woke helpmates. You keep sympathizing, apologizing, empathizing.... But it will never be enough. They want the ONLY (groundbreaking female) journalist who has consistently covered them in an uplifting way, to lose her job. They will turn on and blame you, no matter how much you grovel, because it's THEM.
First WNBA got to learn to be away from the Welfare league from NBA backflow funding and be more professional players behavior training....Once they are weaning off the welfare handout and learn to earn the money themselves and value the money they are pulling in then they will behave better.
Not for nothing ...if Carringtons eye poke was an innocent accident, she should have WELCOMED the question giving her a chance to say that, and maybe say she was sorry it happened and hoped Cc was okay.... Instead she was devastated by the question and we didn't hear any of that, did we.
In real pro leagues (NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL, etc) the players know their LEAGUE is the product, not them. Disrespect the league and you are gone. Most of the women in the WNBA seem to think they are the product and that everything should be about them.
There’s plenty issues in these men’s leagues as well. Gambling fixes on games, players having gaming problems, multiple baby mamas, adultery, assault on fans, assault on your own coach, gun waving, rec drugs, PEDs, corking your bat, bad refs (Angel Hernandez), refs fixing games, players fist fighting each other, deflate-gate?, pine tar, perpetual floppers… I’m sure there’s more… Male athletes still do play even after disrespecting their league (some had to serve jail time, so yes, they didn’t come back). Bad behavior is sometimes eclipsed by the scandalous revenue brought in for the league. Just reality. Society is filled with toxic people, cheating people, people with integrity, people with morals… the WNBA is a slice of this as with the male leagues. More eyes are on the WNBA now, so the critiques seem magnified. Still, the WNBA drama is more benign to me than these male leagues. For now…! 😅
When will you realize that they HATE Clark and want to see her broken and a lot of it has to do with her race, her sexuality, and where she is from in the US?
You can just tell by her response and her behavior she was lying. What happens when you aren’t a skilled player, you attack your opponent. Just shameful pathetic.
There is no overhaul coming if catlin stays in wnba all you will see is more of the same but worse next year! Watched a whole year of this drama and nonsense and not one thing changed.
@@FredWCriminger even if she left, it won’t change, the spotlight has been lit, and players have to find away to ignore the trolls. It won’t be easy, but if the league wants to thrive they will have to find away to educate players to avoid the hate.
It was never a real league. It was a charity league that does activism. Their website doesn’t even have the awards announced on their website. It’s disgraceful.
Carrington tried to make a play on the ball? So glad that she did NOT mention the word "basket". Carrington was making the play on Clark's Eyeball. What a dirty player who couldn't hid her lying eyes under her fake eyelashes.
She's incredibly bad liar. That's either entitlement or stupidity or both. If she stopped at the first "I didn't know I hit her" claim, it would've been almost believable. But claiming she didn't know she had hit her several minutes later...
Wake up people, Carrington is the victim of a vicious attack on her fingers by Caitlin's eye. Anything might have happened. Her fingernails could have broken, it might have hampered her ability to dribble, it might have got blood under her fingernails.
Trouble with the WNBPA is they pick to speak out against the wrong incidents but never call out the bad stuff. Not a Union in my book and I've been a union rep for over 34 years.
I am a new fan. I started watching the WNBA this year because of Angle Reese and Caitlin Clark. In 2024 I went to three WNBA games and even met an WNBA player by chance walking on the street. Caitlin Clark fans are not racist.
The WNBA really isn't handling this well. How dare journalists do their jobs! Re the Carrington Swipe: It looked intentional to me. If you're trying to block a basketball or deflect its path you spread your fingers wide and move your hand toward the ball, not close them to a point and dive at the ball handler's face.
It is very interesting that the NBA players who have spoken out, seem to understand this better than the WNBA players who are complaining. They know what's up.
NBA needs to stop subsidizing them. Let them sink or swim on their own. Then maybe they might appreciate the value of all the real fans. They act very entitled. I’m sure there are experts that could help them deal with becoming a big time league if they even want that. I don’t understand how legitimate criticism = racism. People had every right to question that hit.
There are like 10-15 players in the league who are constantly online, and are getting baited and they are stupid enough to engage with the trolls and bots. That stirrs the pot and suddenly they cry for protection. There is also a significant discrepancy between the attention the league is getting and the money these players are getting paid. Throw a couple of millions at these players and online stuff stops being a problem. They employ a PR team, stop reading the hateful comments online themselves and media stops asking about it. Everyone plays basketball and basketball is the main topic of conversation.
Kristine Brennan is pro-Caitlin so the fact they are calling her out her out by name is ridiculous. I watched the exit interviews of the Indiana Fever players and they were so professional but the media kept trying to to ask about racism to try to stir this whole thing up.
Forget about the three to the dome nonsense. What about the second celebration in game 2?? Mabrey is clearly saying to Carrington “poke me in the eye!”
The victim mentality is unbelievable. You have power to control the narrative, not by telling people what to do but by setting an example. Hopefully the w figures it out in the off season. And the “no one cares that cc and her team is getting the same hate” says it all too and I think is an underrated part of this story
It was a fair question that came day’s late. Should of been asked at 1/2 time. However there seems to be more trolls in the WNBA on a percentage basis than there are in the general public.
If Mabry hit the dagger shot in game two, she went back to the bench and told Carrington to scratch her eye. So Carrington plays along a couple hours after that question was asked of her. Which to me makes both of her questions appropriate after the fact.
Brennan had to ask that question because it probably sucks to have to cover such a lousy sport. Now if they cancel her she can go cover some more interesting sports.
How do these people not realize that they are making the problem much greater by feeding the trolls? People that would listen to these messages aren’t the one’s that are creating the problem. They should follow Caitlin’s example and ignore them.
WNBA will invent ways to keep Caitlin Clark in headlines now that Clark is no longer playing. It is crystal clear who was driving this new enthusiasm, whether it is attendance, TV ratings or merchandise sale. Anyone honest would not say any other name than Caitlin Clark.
I'm afraid Caitlin Clark will be injured or removed from the league BEFORE any substantive systemic changes happen. The toxicity is a cancer in the marrow of the WNBA.
No, you are wrong in how you would have asked the question. This is the first time the media has taken any assault against caitlin seriously instead of pretending that the WNBA is not targeting Caitlin!!!
They have much more to focus on than this reporter's question. Where are the comments on no call fouls clearly witnessed by refs and fans. I am glad USA backed their reporter, so often companies are too afraid to take a stand.
If this were true accident, why did carrington use her influence and WNBPA position to go after a Fever reporter. One could think that she would use her “player advocate” position for the Sun and welcome all questions from any reporter. This question was an opportunity for her to use communication skills to tone done the narrative. Instead, it now would appear that she used her position in the WNBPA to go after a reporter. Why so defensive if you did nothing wrong. Media Relations training needed ASAP
OK, I'm going to say something that might seen as controversial to some, but.... I think the the WNBA and powers that be needs to fire Cathy Engelbert and replace her with a strong, Black woman (preferably with a law degree), whose main objective is the success of the league and who is not afraid to stand up to the hate and pettiness of some players using the W as a way to spread their personal agendas.
The light shines and they are not ready for it. Again, leadership and perspective for the players. 1. have the players ignor social media 2. Insecurities and jealousy needs to be settled on the court not in the media. 3. Stop ruining the league W... be better
Caitlin crashed the party and made it popular and fun. But some in the status quo were offended because they themselves couldn't generate this level of excitement and interest. The 'W' wants to be big time and relevant? Well here's their chance! Hope those in charge take this opportunity and run with it!
Djonaius, got caught lying. Now its Brennans fault for asking questions. Im a mom of three girls and i know when somebody is lyin. So if it was an accident, why didn't she apologize? I'd feel awful were it me. But CC didn't get an apology, but joked about it. Karma is a bitch!
I havent seen one content creater post about the championship pairings, storylines, etc. Only goat ropings, cow rolls, and egg snatchers. What a barnyard the WNBA is.
There’s no substance, just hallow ideologies 😮… The cure is to higher adults based on merit; give these adults a mandate to be profitable… since this is a basketball league the emphasis would be on making a product people would want to watch 😊 Caitlin Clark sets that example.. polite, respectful, confident (without arrogance) hard working and a team player..
I kept waiting for the horrible thing that Christine Brennan asked it was never there was it phrased poorly yes. Did it give Carrington a chance to put her comment on the record yes. I have gone to both Oakland Raiders ( when in Oakland as a Colts fan) and a 49ers game ( at Candlestick as a bears fan) in my Jerseys. I have gone to SJ Sharks games in my Blackhwaks Jersey. Was it loud yes did I get abuse yes, did it cross a line for me no, and I will not accept mysoginistic, Homophobic or racist abuse. The people next to me at the sharks game said they were going to give the person who sold their seat to me a tough time for allowing the enemy in the fold. Did I feel threatened no I found it funny. Thank you for reporting on X since I refuse to carry a cesspool in my pocket.
Players in the Wnba have said they are an activist league, so that's how I see them. Activist league first and "professional" basketball ball players second. I'm not shocked with the chaos in their toxic league. 🤷🏾♀️
The WNBA players are overwhelmingly engaged in and influenced by their sociocultural activism. Basketball is a game about skill, talent, hard work and team chemistry. Sports reporters are allowed to and in fact responsible for asking questions about basketball and basketball play! Carrington FOULED Clark and gouged at her eye. It sure the hell looked intentional. Even if it wasn’t, the foul should have been reviewed and CALLED! It wasn’t. Brennan asking about this wasn’t racist. She didn’t promote any “ist” or “ism” thoughts, ideologies, or behaviors. A professional sports reporter asked an entirely appropriate question of a basketball player about a basketball play that looked damn dirty! A question that MANY of us wanted asked. I don’t give a rip that Carrington is black or that Caitlin is white! I care that Carrington poked Clark in the freaking eyeball and it looked intentional!
Yes, interesting of the source of the slow motion and different angle of the Spicy Dijon eye poke on CC. Where did it come from? Is it a zoom-in of a pulled back shot/or video shooting of the game? Is it from someone situated in the stands at the game (a ticket holder)?
Hey Robin, what if the Fever put out an official PSA about being against hate based on Race, Sex, Orientation etc. That might shut up their haters, and for the league maybe they should bring in consultants for each team to help them understand how to handle hateful online messages. Besides that not sure what can be gone. Trolls will always exist in the internet. Even if CC stopped playing Basketball today, the hounds have been unleashed on the internet and there is no true way to obliterate them.
The fever should instead file charges, first for multiple assaults against Clark, then, game-rigging against the refs and last but not least, for harassment and damage to the reputation of the organization, the players and the fan-base. Let law enforcement figure out, how much those "poorpoorpityfulme" snowflakes have suffered, the net doesn't forget, evidence would be out there!
@@JE-IC yes they did, but it sadly will not be enough for the rest of the league to give them their kudos. They are already attacking Mitchell and. Wheeler for their responses.
You all are out of your mind if you think a “statement” is going to stop the Tasmanian Devil that has been unleashed. From the career building don’t see my face one trick pony Reese to the Mustard alien looking Carrington and everyone in between, they are evil, vindictive race baiters. Bowing the knee must stop and you don’t need to apologize to the gang!
All of this is pretty much the media's fault. Everyone was so eager to cash in on Clark's popularity that they would make every little thing into a big thing.
That players union is a joke. Instead of focusing on what a union should focus on it’s wasting time trying to censor a journalist! No wonder the WNBA never had a decent CBA until CC came along. Here’s some advise union, have a campaign to safe up the sport, ban long dangerous finger nails and make it more serious for flagrant fouls, push for more suspensions, make sure the CBA doesn’t get violated grieve for those that are harmed….! Stop wasting time with nonsense!
There has never been anything social about social media. The best thing players can do is to get off social media during the season. The other major problem is the WNBA players, coaches, and owners who do and say inflammatory things which does nothing but throws gas on the fire of the fans. Also having referees who are consistently inconsistent (I'm being nice) adds to the social media problem too. The WNBA has been a giant disappointment to me as a first year viewer and they have only reinforced the negative stereotype that they have had for years. I'm not trying to be hateful, racist, sexist, or misogynistic with these comments. I'm just giving my honest assessment of my first WNBA experience. The league has more self-inflicted drama in it than it does basketball. I'm glad the season is over, I need a rest from it. I'm looking forward to watching women's college basketball, where there is more basketball than drama.
OMG grow up WNBA and its PA. If you want to be a pro sport, act like one, give suspensions and fines other than because of technicals. It feels like the W looooves its physical play but it's unwatchable at times and then a player blatantly flops and now it's a soft league. The refs are bad in the NBA but the W gets the ones that were not good enough for the NBA, college and the G. It really needs to find its footing or all this sudden exposure will have been for nothing.
If CC can create world peace while hooping! I’d say she needs to be paid way way more, and honestly if she’s that big of an influence.. maybe run for office too
The players don't care if they have to burn down the league. They want CC gone. They will never be satisfied with any other appeasement. They will keep pushing back on reality until they get their way, and CC is gone. Somehow they made a league which is run by the players and lost money for 20 years, yet still exists and calls itself Professional. More like pathetic.
She got caught off guard with a real question.
The amount of times Caitlin has been hit is far beyond what probability would predict.
She asked the right question and exposed DC.
Christine Brennan is a great journalist and has been for a really really long time. She has been the only one covering women's sports since like the 80's. She covers all women's sports and not just basketball so I forgive her for not knowing about 3 to the dome, I didn't know that either. Christine Brennan was one of the few in the media calling out the crap CC was getting at the beginning of the season before others jumped on board.
Well then, why didn't Carrington simply answer that Mabrey was doing a 3 to the dome? Carrington is a thug and liar. That eye poke was 100% intentional, and her body language and facial expressions during her reply to the questions were a dead giveaway. Kudos to Christine Brennan for exposing it.
@@serafinobueti7154Agree and 3 to the dome still could have been in referencing to the eye incident as a good play . What else could she have been referencing or Mabry laughing about?..her subsequent breakaway basket? BS!
USA Today response is great and they better not apologize
Today's sports section in USA Today? Gonna check that out in a sec.
This is exactly why people didn't watch before CC and why people dont watch the other teams . And why people won't watch the rest of the palyoffs.
@@aprilcook9827 and the only way you know how to support is inventing narratives? Using derogatory words on players?
@@comfortsheriff1352no, we just stop watching. Easy.
Speak for yourself… I’m pretty psyched about a potential Liberty-Lynx playoff … please DONT’T put all of us Fever fans in your anti-WNBA rhetoric. I’ve had enough of such nastiness and negativity from BOTH sides, and from what CC said so has she … … Signed, an Iowa native/grad and newbie Fever fan.
@@marceybull excellent. Personally I believe that children should be deprived of certain things until they behave. I consider some, not the majority, to be childish and so depriving them of attention from fans may help them.
@@marceybullagreed
WNBA looks so stupid right now
Understatement of the year!
Oh yeah, now reporters can't ask questions. WNBA is a joke with the jokers in charge, with leader like Englebert who is frighten of players. Carrington is smirking while asking the question, the poster child for WNBA along with Cennedy Carter.
Questions like Cristine asked, have been asked to male athletes in other leagues for years, there was nothing wrong with it. The WNBA has become much to sensitive. I thought the question was a good one to give DJ an opportunity to clear the air.
She's asking Carrington to publicly admit to legal assault - of course she's going to deny it
@@flux1968 that's not the point. The point is that it's fine for the reporter to ask the question.
Admit assault? That’s hyperbolic and lacks nuance and context. That’s what’s wrong with America today … … All DC had to say was We got caught up in a heated play, and I was trying to get the ball - and I’m glad Clark is okay and able to come out to compete tonight and I’m looking forward to the match-up … … it’s truthful, responsible, diplomatic, and professional … …. DC, who seems so smart, is caught in this narrative (some of which I get) but she cant also see beyond it … … it’s hurting her own value, and not allowing her to enjoy the overall positives of the growing game, and it’s distracting from her colleagues and leagues’s highlights/playoffs … with her expressed concerns (which I sadly agree with) about trolls and racism/rage-baiting and bullying and social media - sounds like she’s found a good cause to advocate against during her off season … .
@@marceybull Do you know what legal assault is? The actions described in the question are exactly that.
Anyone who follows the Fever knows Christine asks dumb questions and hasn't covered sports very long, she is terrible in the post game press and should not cover sports.
You see now Robin? It's not everyone else. It's not the "fans". It's not "Fever fans". It's not "men" (white or otherwise). It's not the imaginary bus stalkers or threat makers. It's not podcasters, or actual journalists. It's the league. The leadership, the players, the administrators, the marketing and back office staff, and the ESPN/Nike/Woke helpmates. You keep sympathizing, apologizing, empathizing.... But it will never be enough. They want the ONLY (groundbreaking female) journalist who has consistently covered them in an uplifting way, to lose her job. They will turn on and blame you, no matter how much you grovel, because it's THEM.
You’re saying Robin grovels?
@@KevinPauling he is naive
wnba not ready for primetime
By primetime you mean CC winning, well sorry she's not good enough, she's not even top 5 whyte girl in the league. Mabrey made an example outta her 😂
First WNBA got to learn to be away from the Welfare league from NBA backflow funding and be more professional players behavior training....Once they are weaning off the welfare handout and learn to earn the money themselves and value the money they are pulling in then they will behave better.
@@ghsense2626 your response didn’t even make sense - obviously primetime is implying increased viewership
@@ghsense2626Wasn't she a top MVP candidate 😂😂😂😂?
@@ghsense2626 🧌
Not for nothing ...if Carringtons eye poke was an innocent accident, she should have WELCOMED the question giving her a chance to say that, and maybe say she was sorry it happened and hoped Cc was okay.... Instead she was devastated by the question and we didn't hear any of that, did we.
In real pro leagues (NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL, etc) the players know their LEAGUE is the product, not them. Disrespect the league and you are gone. Most of the women in the WNBA seem to think they are the product and that everything should be about them.
Yes, I agree very self-centred people like it's all about them, not the league whoa.
There’s plenty issues in these men’s leagues as well. Gambling fixes on games, players having gaming problems, multiple baby mamas, adultery, assault on fans, assault on your own coach, gun waving, rec drugs, PEDs, corking your bat, bad refs (Angel Hernandez), refs fixing games, players fist fighting each other, deflate-gate?, pine tar, perpetual floppers… I’m sure there’s more…
Male athletes still do play even after disrespecting their league (some had to serve jail time, so yes, they didn’t come back). Bad behavior is sometimes eclipsed by the scandalous revenue brought in for the league.
Just reality. Society is filled with toxic people, cheating people, people with integrity, people with morals… the WNBA is a slice of this as with the male leagues.
More eyes are on the WNBA now, so the critiques seem magnified. Still, the WNBA drama is more benign to me than these male leagues.
For now…! 😅
When will you realize that they HATE Clark and want to see her broken and a lot of it has to do with her race, her sexuality, and where she is from in the US?
Who is “they” exactly?
It's not a sports league...it's an activist league.
And that's why no one watched before CC
They are bad activist as well.
Agree
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this W is trash definitely
You can just tell by her response and her behavior she was lying. What happens when you aren’t a skilled player, you attack your opponent. Just shameful pathetic.
There is no overhaul coming if catlin stays in wnba all you will see is more of the same but worse next year! Watched a whole year of this drama and nonsense and not one thing changed.
Not for the better anyway.
@@FredWCriminger even if she left, it won’t change, the spotlight has been lit, and players have to find away to ignore the trolls. It won’t be easy, but if the league wants to thrive they will have to find away to educate players to avoid the hate.
@@marga6252 Agreed! Thick skin, turn off the apps, focus on the positive, which is the game itself.
A big liar. And a bully.
NBA if you can’t fix the WNBA please make them a minor league and create another professional league!
LOL!
It all comes back to ACCOUNTABILITY. They don’t want it and they have developed tactics to avoid it. Well practiced.
It was never a real league. It was a charity league that does activism. Their website doesn’t even have the awards announced on their website. It’s disgraceful.
Carrington tried to make a play on the ball?
So glad that she did NOT mention the word "basket".
Carrington was making the play on Clark's Eyeball.
What a dirty player who couldn't hid her lying eyes under her fake eyelashes.
As soon as she starts lying she looks away, dead give away.
She's incredibly bad liar. That's either entitlement or stupidity or both. If she stopped at the first "I didn't know I hit her" claim, it would've been almost believable. But claiming she didn't know she had hit her several minutes later...
Yes she didn’t know or apparently see cc on the ground holding her eye clearly in pain. She was right there.
Wake up people, Carrington is the victim of a vicious attack on her fingers by Caitlin's eye. Anything might have happened. Her fingernails could have broken, it might have hampered her ability to dribble, it might have got blood under her fingernails.
The smirk on her face says it all 🙄
The statement put out by the players association was a complete embarrassment.
We will know if the wnba is serious if they make serious changes to the officiating, otherwise it's bush league.
Christine Brennan is writing a book on CC, perhaps that makes her a target for being associated with CC.
Christine Brennan has been the best journalist covering the WNBA as I see it.
I just want us to focus on the actual on court product. These ladies can ball !
it was NOT "3 to the dome"!!! Maurina Maubrey is seen mouthing...."poke me in my eye" to Dijonai !!!!!!!!!
Ominous feeling? oh those monstrous 8 year olds that are filling up the stadiums. The horror!
You can stop the hate by call out the abuse that Caitlin is getting!
Can’t wait to see the ratings after NFL Sunday.
Trouble with the WNBPA is they pick to speak out against the wrong incidents but never call out the bad stuff. Not a Union in my book and I've been a union rep for over 34 years.
WNBA players IQ levels are being exposed by the brightest light. FREE CC
Spot on. It’s all out in the open.
The commissioner needs to go next for not protecting all the girls and not running this league like a business
Spot on Robin
Aja was already celebrated and Caitlin has never been celebrated or acknowledged by the W
I am a new fan. I started watching the WNBA this year because of Angle Reese and Caitlin Clark. In 2024 I went to three WNBA games and even met an WNBA player by chance walking on the street. Caitlin Clark fans are not racist.
They should be promoting the playoffs, the general public doesn't know when the games are.
The WNBA really isn't handling this well. How dare journalists do their jobs!
Re the Carrington Swipe: It looked intentional to me. If you're trying to block a basketball or deflect its path you spread your fingers wide and move your hand toward the ball, not close them to a point and dive at the ball handler's face.
During the game I didn’t think so even though I’ve seen her do some interesting stuff on the court. It was that other angle. It was a yikes.
It is very interesting that the NBA players who have spoken out, seem to understand this better than the WNBA players who are complaining. They know what's up.
So go ahead and celebrate these women for their accomplishments. Be the change.
They all need sensitivity training like any corporate citizen
NBA needs to stop subsidizing them. Let them sink or swim on their own. Then maybe they might appreciate the value of all the real fans. They act very entitled. I’m sure there are experts that could help them deal with becoming a big time league if they even want that. I don’t understand how legitimate criticism = racism. People had every right to question that hit.
There are like 10-15 players in the league who are constantly online, and are getting baited and they are stupid enough to engage with the trolls and bots. That stirrs the pot and suddenly they cry for protection.
There is also a significant discrepancy between the attention the league is getting and the money these players are getting paid. Throw a couple of millions at these players and online stuff stops being a problem. They employ a PR team, stop reading the hateful comments online themselves and media stops asking about it. Everyone plays basketball and basketball is the main topic of conversation.
Kristine Brennan is pro-Caitlin so the fact they are calling her out her out by name is ridiculous. I watched the exit interviews of the Indiana Fever players and they were so professional but the media kept trying to to ask about racism to try to stir this whole thing up.
I don’t know how much longer the league can keep having these players back until they address the real issue?
Forget about the three to the dome nonsense. What about the second celebration in game 2?? Mabrey is clearly saying to Carrington “poke me in the eye!”
Calling your new fans 'racist', is not a business model I would go with, but hey, I don't have a business degree... I'm never watching again. So...
The victim mentality is unbelievable. You have power to control the narrative, not by telling people what to do but by setting an example. Hopefully the w figures it out in the off season.
And the “no one cares that cc and her team is getting the same hate” says it all too and I think is an underrated part of this story
It was a fair question that came day’s late. Should of been asked at 1/2 time. However there seems to be more trolls in the WNBA on a percentage basis than there are in the general public.
Your right and it seems these trolls are in uniform and on WNBA teams
What happened to Tuarasi's energy at the beginning of the season when she accused new fans of being "soft" and too sensitive?
It's like expecting a fire to go out by adding kindling . . . Instead, all should focus on something else and let the fire die . . .
If Mabry hit the dagger shot in game two, she went back to the bench and told Carrington to scratch her eye. So Carrington plays along a couple hours after that question was asked of her. Which to me makes both of her questions appropriate after the fact.
Thank you for your commentary this season.
Brennan had to ask that question because it probably sucks to have to cover such a lousy sport. Now if they cancel her she can go cover some more interesting sports.
How do these people not realize that they are making the problem much greater by feeding the trolls? People that would listen to these messages aren’t the one’s that are creating the problem. They should follow Caitlin’s example and ignore them.
WNBA will invent ways to keep Caitlin Clark in headlines now that Clark is no longer playing.
It is crystal clear who was driving this new enthusiasm, whether it is attendance, TV ratings or merchandise sale. Anyone honest would not say any other name than Caitlin Clark.
The overhaul is coming
Let's hope so
I highly doubt it..this is a trash league run by owners who make their money elsewhere.
It will be a silent overhaul, just like the Carter suspension
I'm afraid Caitlin Clark will be injured or removed from the league BEFORE any substantive systemic changes happen. The toxicity is a cancer in the marrow of the WNBA.
Until the commissioner grows a set of gonads, nothing will change
2:08 troll farms are closer than that lol
Simple follow-up: Did you reach out to CC and see if she was ok?
No, you are wrong in how you would have asked the question. This is the first time the media has taken any assault against caitlin seriously instead of pretending that the WNBA is not targeting Caitlin!!!
E+R=O Culture playbook
Every team should take this course
They have much more to focus on than this reporter's question. Where are the comments on no call fouls clearly witnessed by refs and fans. I am glad USA backed their reporter, so often companies are too afraid to take a stand.
I think to open up a question with "what do you say to those.." is so common these days, it's not longer journalistic//
cleaning house is so overdue
If this were true accident, why did carrington use her influence and WNBPA position to go after a Fever reporter. One could think that she would use her “player advocate” position for the Sun and welcome all questions from any reporter. This question was an opportunity for her to use communication skills to tone done the narrative. Instead, it now would appear that she used her position in the WNBPA to go after a reporter. Why so defensive if you did nothing wrong. Media Relations training needed ASAP
Potential sponsors are watching this clown show👀
OK, I'm going to say something that might seen as controversial to some, but.... I think the the WNBA and powers that be needs to fire Cathy Engelbert and replace her with a strong, Black woman (preferably with a law degree), whose main objective is the success of the league and who is not afraid to stand up to the hate and pettiness of some players using the W as a way to spread their personal agendas.
Do you not understand that all must bow down to Queen Aja?
She didn’t know she hit her? Yeah right, when your fingernails impact something you know you hit someone.
Dude admit that the reporter a goofy
I would jus think hre question from that reporter is no smart. What were you expecting the answer would be? "Yes i intentionally didi it."
They're still playing wnba games? Fooled me.
The light shines and they are not ready for it. Again, leadership and perspective for the players. 1. have the players ignor social media 2. Insecurities and jealousy needs to be settled on the court not in the media. 3. Stop ruining the league W... be better
Caitlin crashed the party and made it popular and fun. But some in the status quo were offended because they themselves couldn't generate this level of excitement and interest. The 'W' wants to be big time and relevant? Well here's their chance! Hope those in charge take this opportunity and run with it!
Wow, the WNBA management is so thin skinned and immature.
Djonaius, got caught lying. Now its Brennans fault for asking questions. Im a mom of three girls and i know when somebody is lyin. So if it was an accident, why didn't she apologize? I'd feel awful were it me. But CC didn't get an apology, but joked about it. Karma is a bitch!
The season's over. Until next year, bye.
I havent seen one content creater post about the championship pairings, storylines, etc. Only goat ropings, cow rolls, and egg snatchers. What a barnyard the WNBA is.
There’s no substance, just hallow ideologies 😮… The cure is to higher adults based on merit; give these adults a mandate to be profitable… since this is a basketball league the emphasis would be on making a product people would want to watch 😊 Caitlin Clark sets that example.. polite, respectful, confident (without arrogance) hard working and a team player..
I kept waiting for the horrible thing that Christine Brennan asked it was never there was it phrased poorly yes. Did it give Carrington a chance to put her comment on the record yes. I have gone to both Oakland Raiders ( when in Oakland as a Colts fan) and a 49ers game ( at Candlestick as a bears fan) in my Jerseys. I have gone to SJ Sharks games in my Blackhwaks Jersey. Was it loud yes did I get abuse yes, did it cross a line for me no, and I will not accept mysoginistic, Homophobic or racist abuse. The people next to me at the sharks game said they were going to give the person who sold their seat to me a tough time for allowing the enemy in the fold. Did I feel threatened no I found it funny. Thank you for reporting on X since I refuse to carry a cesspool in my pocket.
She definitely didn't ask the questions in a professional way and the laughs when respo0nding was also unprofessional.
Players in the Wnba have said they are an activist league, so that's how I see them. Activist league first and "professional" basketball ball players second. I'm not shocked with the chaos in their toxic league. 🤷🏾♀️
Bottom line is that they do not want the best player in the league to ever be a straight, white woman.
Mabrey said poke me in my eye?
I despise poor liars. If you’re gonna lie work on your body language and do better.
Put Jesus first in everything you do and say.. and he will guide your steps
You just now noticed this? It always has been this way. It always will be.
I would like to know more about the origin of that video also. There's something about it that looks very strange.
My guess is that it was leaked, by an honest person in the production crew, because they were pissed it wasn't shown during the broadcast.
The WNBA players are overwhelmingly engaged in and influenced by their sociocultural activism. Basketball is a game about skill, talent, hard work and team chemistry. Sports reporters are allowed to and in fact responsible for asking questions about basketball and basketball play! Carrington FOULED Clark and gouged at her eye. It sure the hell looked intentional. Even if it wasn’t, the foul should have been reviewed and CALLED! It wasn’t. Brennan asking about this wasn’t racist. She didn’t promote any “ist” or “ism” thoughts, ideologies, or behaviors. A professional sports reporter asked an entirely appropriate question of a basketball player about a basketball play that looked damn dirty! A question that MANY of us wanted asked. I don’t give a rip that Carrington is black or that Caitlin is white! I care that Carrington poked Clark in the freaking eyeball and it looked intentional!
Yes, interesting of the source of the slow motion and different angle of the Spicy Dijon eye poke on CC. Where did it come from? Is it a zoom-in of a pulled back shot/or video shooting of the game? Is it from someone situated in the stands at the game (a ticket holder)?
Hey Robin, what if the Fever put out an official PSA about being against hate based on Race, Sex, Orientation etc. That might shut up their haters, and for the league maybe they should bring in consultants for each team to help them understand how to handle hateful online messages. Besides that not sure what can be gone. Trolls will always exist in the internet. Even if CC stopped playing Basketball today, the hounds have been unleashed on the internet and there is no true way to obliterate them.
The Fever should absolutely NOT release that type of statement! They will never be able to appease the mob. They will never be satisfied.
The fever should instead file charges, first for multiple assaults against Clark, then, game-rigging against the refs and last but not least, for harassment and damage to the reputation of the organization, the players and the fan-base.
Let law enforcement figure out, how much those "poorpoorpityfulme" snowflakes have suffered, the net doesn't forget, evidence would be out there!
Multiple Fever people (GM, coach, players) spoke out against hate in yesterday's season-end press conferences.
@@JE-IC yes they did, but it sadly will not be enough for the rest of the league to give them their kudos. They are already attacking Mitchell and. Wheeler for their responses.
You all are out of your mind if you think a “statement” is going to stop the Tasmanian Devil that has been unleashed.
From the career building don’t see my face one trick pony Reese to the Mustard alien looking Carrington and everyone in between, they are evil, vindictive race baiters.
Bowing the knee must stop and you don’t need to apologize to the gang!
All of this is pretty much the media's fault. Everyone was so eager to cash in on Clark's popularity that they would make every little thing into a big thing.
This league doesn’t want Caitlin to succeed.
That players union is a joke. Instead of focusing on what a union should focus on it’s wasting time trying to censor a journalist! No wonder the WNBA never had a decent CBA until CC came along. Here’s some advise union, have a campaign to safe up the sport, ban long dangerous finger nails and make it more serious for flagrant fouls, push for more suspensions, make sure the CBA doesn’t get violated grieve for those that are harmed….! Stop wasting time with nonsense!
There has never been anything social about social media. The best thing players can do is to get off social media during the season. The other major problem is the WNBA players, coaches, and owners who do and say inflammatory things which does nothing but throws gas on the fire of the fans. Also having referees who are consistently inconsistent (I'm being nice) adds to the social media problem too. The WNBA has been a giant disappointment to me as a first year viewer and they have only reinforced the negative stereotype that they have had for years. I'm not trying to be hateful, racist, sexist, or misogynistic with these comments. I'm just giving my honest assessment of my first WNBA experience. The league has more self-inflicted drama in it than it does basketball. I'm glad the season is over, I need a rest from it. I'm looking forward to watching women's college basketball, where there is more basketball than drama.
💯 Well said.
OMG grow up WNBA and its PA. If you want to be a pro sport, act like one, give suspensions and fines other than because of technicals. It feels like the W looooves its physical play but it's unwatchable at times and then a player blatantly flops and now it's a soft league. The refs are bad in the NBA but the W gets the ones that were not good enough for the NBA, college and the G. It really needs to find its footing or all this sudden exposure will have been for nothing.
If CC can create world peace while hooping! I’d say she needs to be paid way way more, and honestly if she’s that big of an influence.. maybe run for office too
The players don't care if they have to burn down the league. They want CC gone. They will never be satisfied with any other appeasement. They will keep pushing back on reality until they get their way, and CC is gone. Somehow they made a league which is run by the players and lost money for 20 years, yet still exists and calls itself Professional. More like pathetic.
Welcome to the W-ENVY-A!🤪