Basketball standout Caitlin Clark set the college basketball world on fire during her time at the University of Iowa. In April, she was selected first overall in the WNBA Draft by the Indiana Fever.
Clark has indeed put a new set of eyes on the sport. But not all publicity is good publicity. Caitlin’s first viral WNBA moment was a down one. It came as a result of an awkward, inappropriate exchange with Indianapolis Star writer Gregg Doyel.
BREAKING: #Colts reporter Gregg Doyel has been SUSPENDED for 2 weeks after his inappropriate comments to Caitlin Clark in her presser, per @bkravitz.
— MLFootball (@_MLFootball) May 7, 2024
Doyel is not allowed to cover any of Clark games live this summer.
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Reporter Gregg Doyel Suspended After Exchange With Caitlin Clark
According to PEOPLE, Doyel has now been suspended and is no longer permitted to attend Indiana Fever Games this season.
“Gregg Doyel, the Indianapolis Star reporter whose awkward interaction with Caitlin Clark sparked backlash, has been penalized by the Indianapolis news outlet as the Indiana Fever begins their season,” PEOPLE wrote.
“According to former Star writer and longtime Indianapolis reporter Bob Kravitz, the Star and its owners, Gannett, handed Doyel a two-week suspension following the exchange with Clark during her debut press conference with the Indiana Fever on April 17.”
Dawn Staley Reacts to Beating Iowa
Clark had one of the best college basketball careers ever. Men or women. And she may have been able to cement herself as possibly the greatest women’s college basketball player of all time had she won the championship. But Coach Dawn Staley and the University of South Carolina foiled her plans after they defeated Iowa in the National Championship Game.
Coach Staley says reaching the mountaintop when nobody expected them to be there makes the victory that much sweeter.
“Quite honestly, God is funny. He’s funny. We lose like we lost and then, he says, ‘Okay, you’re going to have to believe me. I’m about to take you through something that no one expected. Not even you with a team that nobody thought would get back to the final four. Let alone win the national championship and do it in an undefeated fashion,’” Staley said.
“It’s fairytale-ish. It’s, to me, godly. And that’s just me, that’s my personal feeling on it because there’s no other way to explain it because it wasn’t supposed to be. Lose all your starters, can’t bring back a team.”