By Warner Todd Huston – 21 May 2024 – Breitbart

Atlantic writer and ex-ESPN talker Jemele Hill is once again targeting WNBA star Caitlyn Clark and insisting that Clark is only earning her fame because she is a straight white woman.

Clark came off a winning college basketball season and ended her college career by breaking a list of women’s basketball records not to mention doing her part to wildly increase viewership on TV and in person for women’s college basketball games.

She parlayed her college fame into a WNBA career after being signed by the Indiana Fever this season as the No. 1 pick in the 2024 WNBA Draft. On top of that, she earned herself a $28 million shoe deal with Nike.

But, proving the leftists really don’t care about the achievements of women in general — only minority or homosexual women who fit within the liberal ideal — the left has spent every waking minute over the last year accusing Clark of any manner of violation of wokeness and dismissing her achievements as that of a privileged white girl.

Now, uber-leftist and race grievance writer Jemele Hill is again chiming in and proclaiming that Clark is undeserving of her fame because she is merely a straight white girl.

Sports journalist Jemele Hill accepts the William C. Rhoden Sports Media Award at the Advancement of Blacks in Sports (ABIS) Champions and Legends Awards at Resorts World Las Vegas on May 28, 2022, in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Ethan Miller/Getty Images)

Like WNBA player A’ja Wilson, Hill, who has blasted Clark before, was particularly incensed by the Nike Shoe deal Clark received and accused the sports attire company of making sure that “Black women are often erased from the picture.”

Hill told the L.A. Times that the main reason Clark gets so much media coverage is because of her “race” and her “sexuality.”

“We would all be very naive if we didn’t say race and her sexuality played a role in her popularity,” said Hill bloviated. “While so many people are happy for Caitlin’s success — including the players; this has had such an enormous impact on the game — there is a part of it that is a little problematic because of what it says about the worth and the marketability of the players who are already there.”

Hill added that there is a silver lining in the undeserving Clark, though. Her media profile, Hill claims, will force the WNBA to up its diversity game.

Caitlin Clark, #22 of the Indiana Fever, dribbles the ball while being guarded by Betnijah Laney-Hamilton #44 of the New York Liberty in the fourth quarter at Gainbridge Fieldhouse on May 16, 2024, in Indianapolis, Indiana. (Dylan Buell/Getty Images)

Hill went on to emphasize Clark’s “success in forcing accountability.” The former ESPN host continued, “And I think that’s a great thing. Now the WNBA has to evaluate everything they do. While it’s shameful that they waited until they got the right player to start behaving in ways they could have been doing all along, the point is that her presence is going to force a level of accountability in the sport that wasn’t always there.”

It is unclear just what Hill thinks the WNBA needs to “elevate.” After all, 70.3 percent of WNBA players are already black. And another 11 percent are “women of color.” On top of that, nearly 30 percent identify as gay, lesbian, or queer. These numbers are already wildly over the top of the national representation of these groups.

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By Pam Key – 23 May 2024 – Breitbart

ABC legal analyst Sunny Hostin said Wednesday on ABC’s “The View” that Indiana Fever star Caitlin Clark was “more relatable to more people because she’s white.”

Co-host Whoopi Goldberg said, “She is the NCAA’s all-time leading scorer of men and women. In February she broke the woman’s record, in March she broke Pistol Pete Maravich’s 3,667-point record. She’s had more 30-point games than anyone in the past 25 years. She holds the single season three-point record for men and big ten’s all-time leader in assists. Now, listen, when people say stuff like that, that’s like people saying you only got into this Ivy league college because you’re black or you only got this because of this. This girl on this, I’m sorry, there are great players, but nobody else has done this.”

Hostin said, “I you know, I’ve been a basketball fan since I can remember. I played basketball with my dad in Harlem when I was five-years-old. So I remember loving the game, and the game not necessarily loving women back, right? The WNBA started in 1996, first games played in 1997. It’s 2024, and we’re just now really talking about it. So if Caitlin Clark is the vehicle that will bring this sport that I have loved so much and so long to little five-year-old girls playing in Harlem, I say, ‘Yes, bravo.’ I have no problem with that. With that being said, I do think that there is a thing called pretty privilege. There is a thing called white privilege. There is a thing called tall privilege. And we have to acknowledge that. So part of it is about race, because if you think about the Brittney Griners of the world, why did she have to go to play in Russia?”

Goldberg said, “Not because she was black but because they didn’t believe in the WNBA.”

Hostin said, “That’s part of my point. Now, So now, Caitlin Clark is bringing this money, these sponsorships — we hope — into the league and other players will benefit from it. But I do think that she is more relatable to more people because she’s white, because she’s attractive and unfortunately, there still is that stigma against the LGBTQ community.”

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10 Things to Know About Caitlin Clark

April 15, 2024

By Jordan Morey | FeverBasketball.com

Entering the franchise’s 25th season, the Indiana Fever chose Iowa senior Caitlin Clark with the first pick in the 2024 WNBA Draft. Clark is Indiana’s second straight No. 1 overall pick, and it is also the second top pick ever for the Fever, as the organization took Aliyah Boston with the top spot in last year’s draft.

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Here are some relevant stats and 10 things to know about the newest Fever player.

Caitlin Clark
Position: Guard
College: University of Iowa (2020-2024)
Hometown: Des Moines, Iowa
Age: 22
Height: 6-0
Weight: 155 pounds

2023-24 Season Stats (Game averages)
Games played: 39
Minutes: 34.8
Points: 31.6
Assists: 8.9
Rebounding: 7.4
Steals: 1.7
Field goal %: 45.5
3-point %: 37.8
Free throw %: 86.0

Career Stats (Averages and Totals)
Games played: 139
Minutes: 34.8
Points: 28.4 per game, 3,951 total
Assists: 8.2 per game, 1,144 total
Rebounds: 7.1 per game, 990 total
Steals: 1.5 per game, 210 total
Field goals: 46.2 percent, 9.3 per game, 1,293 total
3-pointers: 37.7 percent, 3.9 per game, 548 total
Free throws: 85.8 percent, 5.9 per game, 817 total

10 Things to Know About Caitlin Clark

A record-breaking career
Clark shattered dozens of NCAA and Big Ten records throughout her four-year career at Iowa. At the top of her list of accomplishments is the most points scored all-time by any college player — men’s or women’s — in NCAA history, with 3,951 points. With 1,144 career assists and 990 rebounds, she is also the first collegiate player to notch at least 3,800 points, 1,000 assists and 950 rebounds in a career. Clark’s 28.4 points per game average for her career and 548 made 3-pointers are women’s NCAA Division I records, and her 201 3-pointers and 1,234 points were both women’s D-I records for a season. Clark also finished as the record-holder for points (491), assists (152) and 3-pointers (78) in women’s tourney all-time play, among her other significant records.

Filling the trophy case
The list of awards Clark has collected during her college career is lengthy. Among the most prestigious, which she has won each of the last two seasons, are the AP Player of the Year, John R. Wooden Award, Naismith College Player of the Year, and USBWA National Player of the Year honors. Clark was also a three-time unanimous NCAA First Team All-American member, four-time First Team All-Big Ten honoree, and three-time Big Ten Player of the Year winner.

Must-watch TV
Clark’s popularity exploded during her junior and senior seasons, translating to record-breaking broadcasts. The 2024 NCAA Championship between Iowa and South Carolina drew around 18.7 million viewers on average — the most ever measured for a women’s basketball game. This year’s NCAA men’s final drew 14.8 million viewers on average, so the women’s final outdrew the men’s for the first time. The Hawkeyes progressively built up to that 18.7 million, as their game against the University of Connecticut in the Final Four drew 14.2 million viewers after their game against defending champs Louisiana State University averaged 12.3 million viewers. For measure, the 2023 final between LSU and Iowa drew 10 million viewers on average.

Lethal shooting range
No women’s college basketball player in the sport’s history has shot 3-pointers like Clark. In her senior season, Clark shattered the record for 3-pointers in a women’s season by making 201 from deep, 54 more than the second-place holder in the record books. She also finished with 548 career 3-pointers, which is 11 more than second place, and averaged a record 5.15 made 3-pointers per game. Clark also made shots from deep when it mattered most, as she holds the record for women’s D-I tourney play with 78 total 3-pointers.

Flashy dime dropper
While Clark’s incredible scoring skills often dominated TV highlights during her college career, she’s also highly accomplished in distributing the ball. Clark led the NCAA in assists in her last three seasons and is just one of six women’s basketball players to finish with over 1,000 career assists. Her career mark of 1,144 is third-most all-time, trailing just Andrea Nagy (1,165) and Suzie McConnell (1,307). Many analysts believe that, of all Clark’s skills, her playmaking ability will shine immediately.

Seeing Gold?
Clark has been invited to practice with Team USA this spring leading up to the 2024 Olympics in Paris. If Clark makes Team USA, it wouldn’t be the first time she wore the Red, White, and Blue. Clark won three gold medals with USA Basketball on junior national teams, most recently with the 2021 USA Women’s U19 National Team. Fever teammate Aliyah Boston was also invited to practice with the team. The WNBA will take a month-long break from July 18 to Aug. 14 for the Olympics.

Big Ten dominance
Teams outside Iowa will be glad that Clark has graduated from the Hawkeyes’ program. Clark dominated the Big Ten during her college career, as she’s the only player in NCAA D-I men’s or women’s history to lead her conference in scoring and assists in four straight seasons. Clark is the Big Ten all-time leader in points and assists and was named to the All-Big Ten First Team all four years. She was the Big Ten Freshman of the Year, three-time Big Ten Player of the Year, and three-time Big Ten Tournament Most Outstanding Player during her time at Iowa. The Hawkeyes had a record of 55-18 in Big Ten play while Clark was there, and won the Big Ten Tournament three times (2022-2024) and regular season title in 2022.

Midwest nice
Clark was born and raised in West Des Moines, Iowa, and attended Dowling Catholic High School. In he early years, she played on boys’ basketball teams due to a lack of AAU options. She was a two-time Gatorade Player of the Year at Dowling, Iowa Miss Basketball, and was invited to the McDonald’s All-American and Jordan Brand Classic games in her final year. In her senior season, Clark averaged 33.4 points, 8.0 rebounds, 4.0 assists, and 2.7 steals per game, leading the state for a second straight year in scoring. In her junior season, she scored 60 points in a game, the second-highest single-game point total in girls’ basketball state history. Her 13 made 3-pointers in that game is a state record. She finished her career with the fourth-most points (2,547) in Iowa girls’ basketball history.

A family of athletes
Clark comes from a family of athletes. Often shown during TV broadcasts in the stands, Clark’s father, Brent, played basketball and baseball at Simpson College in Indianola, Iowa. Her grandfather, Bob Nizzi was a football coach at Dowling Catholic, where she attended high school. Caitlin’s older brother, Blake, won two state football championships at Dowling Catholic and went on to play at Iowa State. Two of Clark’s uncles are also former college athletes: Tom Faber played basketball at Drake and Utica, and Mike Nizzi played football for Nebraska-Omaha.

Multisport athlete
Clark is a multisport athlete. As a kid, she played softball, volleyball, tennis, and golf before focusing on basketball. Clark was a starter on her high school soccer team in her freshman and sophomore seasons and was named to the Class 3A All-Iowa team as a freshman. While basketball is her main focus now, Clark is still an avid golfer. According to Golf Digest, Clark tries to play golf four times weekly during the offseason.