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Unfit to Print: JE SUIS CAITLIN CLARK

The WNBA is scared to cash in its winning lotto ticket

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Amber Duke
Jun 26, 2026
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Caitlin Clark got punched in the throat and the WNBA only cared after online fan backlash.


JE SUIS CAITLIN CLARK

Three seasons into the Caitlin Clark era and the WNBA is doing everything it can to stifle the success of its star.

Caitlin Clark did what the league spent decades begging someone to do: she made America care about women’s professional sports. She sells tickets, drives ratings, and moves merchandise.

But because of the optics of a white woman dominating what was believed to be a black women’s sport, Clark’s opponents and the WNBA itself won’t be satisfied until she leaves the court on a stretcher.


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