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Indiana Fever's Caitlin Clark (22) gives a thumbs up to Los Angeles Sparks's Kelsey Plum (10) after she travels with the ball Saturday, July 19, 2025, during the WNBA All-Star Game at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis.
One day after columnist Nancy Armour invoked the lynching of Emmett Till to condemn the way Caitlin Clark plays basketball, USA Today tried and failed yet again to write a hit piece on the Indiana Fever superstar.
And yet again, it failed. This time, the formerly reputable newspaper needed to issue a correction to a story that seemingly attacked Clark for missing the WNBA’s Orange Carpet event on Thursday ahead of this weekend’s All-Star Game.
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“Caitlin Clark skipped the WNBA Orange Carpet on Thursday, opting to get her hair done in her hometown of Des Moines,” the paper said in a since-deleted post on X that linked to a story about the matter.
There’s just one problem. Clark was in Des Moines in order to a charity function for her Caitlin Clark Foundation.
The foundation states that its goal is to “uplift and improve the lives of youth and their communities through education, nutrition, and sports.”
However, nowhere in the initial article did writer Heather Burns note the reason why Clark was in Des Moines. Ultimately, USA Today posted a since-deleted tweet clarifying the reason, and Burns has now altered the article to include context.
USA Today Appears To Have A Vendetta Against Caitlin Clark
Clark is, whether through her own fault or not, a polarizing figure. But USA Today seems to have really taken aim at the superstar player.
On Thursday, Armour wrote a column claiming that Clark’s flopping put black players in the WNBA at risk of physical harm from fans. She’d later issue a half-hearted apology. But the apology wasn’t directed at Clark.
“In my recent column, I made an inartful comparison with the murder of Emmett Till. I intended to connect the issues the WNBA is currently facing with its All-Star Game being hosted in Till’s hometown of Chicago. I obviously did not provide enough context for that,” Armour said in a statement.
“However, this point stands: There is a history in this country of perceived threats to white women being weaponized against African-Americans, and the danger that poses to Black players in the league,” she added. “Players have been abused online and have reported receiving death threats. That has to be taken more seriously.”
So if Caitlin Clark doesn’t take any questions from USA Today reporters anytime soon, it’ll be easy to understand why.