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Pat McAfee has walked back his wording after a segment about Caitlin Clark drew backlash because he referred her as a \u201cwhite bitch\u201d in a monologue during his ESPN show that was complimenting her for how much attention she has drawn to the WNBA.<\/p>\n
In a post on X on Monday, McAfee apologized for wording it in that manner.<\/p>\n
\u201cI shouldn\u2019t have used \u201cwhite bitch\u201d as a descriptor of Caitlin Clark. No matter the context.. even if we\u2019re talking about race being a reason for some of the stuff happening.. I have way too much respect for her and women to put that into the universe,\u201d McAfee wrote.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy intentions when saying it were complimentary just like the entire segment but, a lot of folks are saying that it certainly wasn\u2019t at all. That\u2019s 100% on me and for that I apologize\u2026 I have sent an apology to Caitlin as well. Everything else I said\u2026 still alllllll facts. #Journalism #WNBAProgrum #SheIsTheOne\u201d<\/p>\n
Clark has remained a hot button topic as she moved from contributing to record women\u2019s college basketball ratings to the WNBA, and just about every sports talk show has weighed in over the cheap shot she received from Sky guard Chennedy Carter during a game on Saturday. <\/p>\n
McAfee, who lives in Indianapolis and was at the Fever-Sky game in question, disputed the idea that the whole WNBA rookie class, which also includes Angel Reese, Cameron Brink and Kamilla Cardoso, is responsible for the growth of the league \u2014 when so much of the spotlight has been squarely on Clark. <\/p>\n
\u201cI do have a message for the sports media or the ex-WNBA players, there seems to be this notion, and maybe we\u2019re wrong on it, that this whole evolution of success and popularity in the WNBA is because of this entire rookie class. I think there\u2019s a chance Chennedy Carter of Chicago, whenever she\u2019s going to Caitlin, you see [Sky rookie] Angel Reese get all jacked up about it and celebrating, I think that\u2019s because she thinks Angel Reese deserves more credit than what she\u2019s getting,\u201d McAfee said. <\/p>\n
\u201cCaitlin\u2019s getting all this credit and you hear a lot of sports media, \u2018This is an entire class, this rookie class is the reason why this is happening it\u2019s the next generation,\u2019 well that\u2019s fun.\u201d<\/p>\n
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McAfee then introduced a sarcastic quiz game called \u201cGuess which rookie?\u201d and pointed to the fact that Clark\u2019s Fever games have drawn higher TV ratings than the games involving Reese and Brink, who play in big market cities Chicago and Los Angeles.<\/p>\n
\u201cI would like the media people that continue to say, \u2018this rookie class, this rookie class, this rookie class.\u2019 Nah, just call it for what it is, there\u2019s one white bitch for the Indiana team who is a superstar, and is it because she stayed in Iowa and put an entire state on her back and took a program from nothing to a multiple-year success story?\u201d McAfee asked.<\/p>\n
Clark, who is averaging 15.6 points, 5.1 rebounds and 6.4 assists, is coming off one of the worst games of her career after being held to just three points in a loss to Liberty at Barclays Center on Sunday, <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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