There’s no doubt that Caitlin Clark has many haters, both from fellow players and others in the media. Sheryl Swoopes has emerged as someone who is not afraid to ignore Clark or just trash her.
Sheryl Swoopes and Caitlin Clark (Photos via Getty Images)
During a Las Vegas Aces and Dallas Wings game that Swoopes was in the booth for, she went completely silent for 50 seconds while the other analysts discussed Clark’s being one of the players to win Player of the Week.
Of course, this infuriated many WNBA fans who have had enough of the disrespect from Swoopes.
“Swoopes is classless. I don’t get the hate she spews for CC. She’s has really tarnished her legacy by being such a jealous bigot. Grow up Sheryl,” one comment said.
“She’s gonna have a miserable decade or so Caitlin is just getting started. Imagine hating on a rookie for literally no reason,” said another.
“All she had to say was well deserved by both players and would’ve been a non story But she is so Jealous of Clark its embarrassing at this point, she’s the one that’s been making up lies about CC WNBA needs to fire her, how can an employee hate the Face of the WNBA so petty,” a third added.
“Obviously she doesn’t need to be calling a game if she can’t even respect a player and acknowledge and accomplishment of a player they need to pull her from calling any type of games or being a part of any network she can’t be professional,” a fourth continued.
It’s become very evident that Swoopes is becoming very disliked by a large amount of WNBA fans.
Sheryl Swoopes Caught More Backlash From Stephen A Smith
Smith has not been afraid to unload on Swoopes for not giving Clark any credit. He exposed Swoopes for not mentioning Clark when talking about how well the Indiana Fever played on her “Queens of the Court” Podcast.
“No Caitlin Clark?” Smith said. “Respectfully, Sheryl Swoopes, do you have any idea how that makes you look?
“You have any idea how that serves to stain any kind of critique of Caitlin Clark, because that gives fodder to those who believe she’s being hated on and ostracized to some degree?” he continued.
MINNEAPOLIS — — Angel Reese became the WNBA’s single-season rebounding leader with eight games left on Sunday in the Chicago Sky’s 79-74 loss to the Minnesota Lynx, who got 22 points from Courtney Williams.
Reese finished with 17 points and 19 rebounds for her 24th double-double, a league rookie record. She has 418 rebounds for an average of 13.1 per game, with her total surpassing Sylvia Fowles’ record of 404 in 2018. The 6-foot-3 Reese also broke the record for offensive rebounds with 165, passing Yolanda Griffiths (162 in 2001).
Reese and A’ja Wilson of the Las Vegas Aces are the only players in the league with at least four games of 15-plus points and 15-plus rebounds this season.
Williams tied a season high in scoring for the Lynx. Kayla McBride added 17 points and Napheesa Collier scored 15 for Minnesota (24-9).
The Lynx, who had their six-game win streak snapped Friday with a 94-76 loss to Dallas, are a league-best 8-1 since the Olympic break.
Chicago (11-21) lost its sixth straight. The Sky fell into a tie with Atlanta for the final playoff spot when the Dream beat the Los Angeles Sparks later Sunday.
Kamilla Cardoso led the Sky with a career-high 22 points on 7-of-11 shooting and had nine rebounds. Michaela Onyenwere scored 15 points.
Collier and Williams each scored four points in a 14-4 opening run and Minnesota never trailed.
The Sky went on an 11-2 run to open the fourth quarter and tied it at 62-all when Diamond DeShields made a driving layup with 7:41 to play. Williams answered with back-to-back pull-up jumpers 24 seconds apart to put the Lynx in front for good.
