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Updated Jul 10, 12:21 PM ET

Conversations about whether Caitlin Clark is getting officiated fairly in the WNBA can be polarizing as fans, players, coaches, pundits and even lawmakers have opinions about whether the league needs to take some action about the physical play. “Millions of casual fans now tune in to watch her play,” 11 members of the House Republican Study Committee wrote in a letter sent to WNBA Commissioner Cathy Englebert. Clark has been hip-checked, poked in the eye and struck in the throat during games.

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Explaining the Caitlin Clark ’11th-best guard’ WNBA player vote controversy

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Updated Jul 11, 8:28 AM ET

If you’ve spent time on social media or perusing sports content over the last few days, you’ve no doubt come across the surprising news that WNBA players voted Caitlin Clark the 11th-best guard in the league heading into the WNBA All-Star Game. And lord knows, people have had opinions about that piece of information. But…

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“Enough With This Ridiculous Narrative”: Fever GM Addresses Claims of Favoring a Team Without Caitlin Clark

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Two months into the ongoing WNBA season, there has barely been an Indiana Fever game where the discourse around Caitlin Clark hasn’t taken over the conversation. So when the Fever faced the Phoenix Mercury — a rematch still fresh from the June 24 controversy — and pulled out a 92-89 comeback win without their injured superstar, Amber Cox’s postgame message reignited the familiar narrative that the franchise is anti-Clark.

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Lynx coach Cheryl Reeve celebrates record 380th win

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In Cheryl Reeve’s first game as head coach of the Minnesota Lynx in May 2010, she beat the now-defunct Tulsa Shock 80-74. But Minnesota would lose nine of the next 10 games. By the end of July, she held a 7-16 record. The Lynx closed the season second-to-last in league at 13-21, ahead of only the abysmal Shock. Reeve recalls a fan heckling her during a 30-point loss early in the season. “I had ...

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‘Caitlin Clark is the cash cow’: Stephen A. Smith says the quiet part out loud

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Former Fox Sports analyst Emmanuel Acho delivered one of the hottest takes of a WNBA season that has been filled with them when he said on his Speakeasy show that the WNBA would be better off without Indiana Fever star Caitlin Clark. “The W, at this junction in time, would be better without Caitlin Clark,…

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