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Tennis fable Chris Evert needled WNBA players for deficiency of sportsmanship pursuing Tuesday night’s skirmish that saw Indiana Fever prima Caitlin Clark get poked successful the oculus and shoved to the crushed successful a crippled against the Connecticut Sun.
Clark and Sun players Marina Mabrey and Tina Charles were deed with method fouls. Jacy Sheldon was fixed a flagrant foul. Later, Fever defender Sophie Cunningham appeared to retaliate with a hard foul connected Sheldon. Both players were ejected from the crippled with 40 seconds left.
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Nov. 2, 2023; Cancun, Mexico; Chris Evert successful a associated property league with Martina Navratilova connected time 5 of the GNP Saguaros WTA Finals Cancun. (Susan Mullane-USA TODAY Sports)
Evert was among those who commented connected the Clark incident.
"When volition these ladies realize, accept, and admit @CaitlinClark22 is the champion happening that ever happened to women's basketball. This is simply a atrocious look for the athletics and what's happened to sportsmanship?" Evert wrote connected X.
She responded to a societal media station made by columnist Christine Brennan, who is acceptable to merchandise a publication connected Clark adjacent month.
FEVER'S SOPHIE CUNNINGHAM RECEIVES PRAISE FOR HAVING CAITLIN CLARK'S BACK IN WILD GAME VS SUN
Connecticut Sun guardant Olivia Nelson-Ododa (10) fouls Indiana Fever defender Caitlin Clark (22) successful the archetypal fractional of a WNBA hoops crippled successful Indianapolis, Tuesday, Jun. 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)
"The WNBA continues to neglect to conscionable the moment. Terrible determination to let Marina Mabrey to enactment successful the game. People are watching arsenic ne'er before. And this is what they see?" Brennan wrote connected X.
It's acold from the archetypal clip Clark has been poked, prodded and shoved to the floor. She was deed successful the oculus during a crippled against the Sun past twelvemonth arsenic good – and that's conscionable been the extremity of the iceberg.
Crew main Ashley Gross spoke to a excavation newsman aft the crippled and was asked astir the Clark method foul.
"After the foul by Sheldon, Clark reacted successful an unsportsmanlike manner," Goss said.
Fever manager Stephanie White told reporters after the crippled she didn’t person immoderate mentation for the method foul connected Clark.
Jun. 17, 2025; Indianapolis, Indiana, USA; Connecticut Sun defender Jacy Sheldon (4) fouls Indiana Fever defender Caitlin Clark (22) successful the 2nd fractional astatine Gainbridge Fieldhouse. (Trevor Ruszkowski-Imagn Images)
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She implored WNBA officials to beryllium amended successful their efforts to power heated matchups.
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