Caitlin Clark and Sophie Cunningham. Image via: Daniel Bartel/ Getty Images)
8, when DiJonai Carrington caught Sophie Cunningham in the head during a fast break, leaving her with a bloody mouth. Officials reviewed it and upgraded the call to a Flagrant 2, ejecting Carrington from the game. Clark is averaging 22.1 points, 8.3 assists and 3.8 rebounds a game this season, numbers that have kept her firmly in the MVP conversation as Indiana heads toward the playoffs. 28.
Carrington posted “WHITE PRIVILEGE” on social media shortly after, tagging the Fever, then later said she never meant the foul itself was about race without clarifying what she did mean. Period,” he said, brushing aside any attempt to complicate what he saw as a simple hard foul. Instead, he said, the headlines keep circling back to hard fouls and social media fights instead of the games themselves.
Charles Barkley does not hesitate to tiptoe around a topic, and recently, the WNBA’s roughest stretch of the season gave him plenty to swing at. Talking through the league’s ugliest recent headlines, the Hall of Famer landed on a claim that had nothing to do with basketball skill and everything to do with why two of the league’s biggest names keep drawing so much heat from their peers. The comments came on The Michael Smerconish Program, where Barkley and the host spent time picking apart what Barkley called the WNBA’s “awful year. Barkley’s comment stems from DiJonai Carrington’s hard foul on Sophie Cunningham. The foul itself happened on Aug. What turned a rough basketball play into a national story was what came next. Barkley wasn’t interested in overthinking the play. “A dirty play. The league is growing, players are earning more under a new labor deal, and there’s a wave of young talent that should be the story. “I don’t think it works like that anymore, Michael. When’s the last time you heard something positive about the WNBA? I can’t even remember. Cowherd backed the praise with numbers, noting Clark’s status among the league leaders in assists and scoring while running what he called the best offense in WNBA history. The Fever’s next test comes at home against the Sun on Aug.
