ESPN will release a four-part docuseries about Caitlin Clark, Kamilla Cardoso and Kiki Rice on Saturday afternoon. ‘Full Court Press,’ produced by Omaha Productions, followed three of the biggest stars in women’s college basketball throughout a historic year for the sport.
However, the Walt Disney-owned sports and entertainment company made a strange decision on social media prior to its release.
ESPN deleted a video of Clark cussing up a storm in the locker room after a loss to Nebraska. The video was wiped from all of its online platforms, including TikTok, Facebook and X. No explanation was given.
The clip in question focuses on the greatest scorer of all-time. Iowa lost a game that it should have won to an inferior opponent behind what was arguably Clark’s worst single quarter of her career. The Hawkeyes completely collapsed and the Cornhuskers came back from 14 points down in the final 10 minutes. It was ugly.
Clark, understandably, was furious. She let loose in the locker room— on her teammates and herself.
Bulls—! That team is not f—— better than us. Are you f—— kidding me?
ARE YOU F—— KIDDING ME?
— Caitlin Clark
The short snippet from Full Court Press then shows Lisa Bluder address her players with equally as colorful language. Clark breaks the team huddle by throwing her towel at the wall.
That video is pretty harmless, no? It shows Clark as a competitor. It shows that she will not settle for anything less than perfection.
Caitlin Clark hates losing!
As for the language, it is relatively tame. That’s how humans in the real world talk.
And yet, ESPN has since deleted the video from all of its social channels. Here is how it looks on X:
It is the same for TikTok and Facebook. The video has been deleted.
Why? Great question. Your guess is as good as mine.
Maybe Clark’s representatives requested the deletion. Maybe ESPN decided that the language was not appropriate.
Neither of those reasons make sense. Especially if the video of Caitlin Clark in the locker room after losing to Nebraska was not removed from Full Court Press. What is the point of taking it down?