{"id":2225652,"date":"2024-04-19T20:41:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-20T00:41:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/second-creepy-exchange-surfaces-involving-caitlin-clark-and-a-member-of-the-press\/"},"modified":"2024-04-19T20:42:28","modified_gmt":"2024-04-20T00:42:28","slug":"second-creepy-exchange-surfaces-involving-caitlin-clark-and-a-member-of-the-press","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/second-creepy-exchange-surfaces-involving-caitlin-clark-and-a-member-of-the-press\/","title":{"rendered":"Another unsettling interaction emerges involving Caitlin Clark and a media representative"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsecond-creepy-exchange-surfaces-involving-caitlin-clark-and-a-member-of-the-press%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2225652&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Indy Star columnist \u2063Gregg\u2063 Doyel faced backlash\u200c after \u2064two uncomfortable exchanges\u200c with newly drafted\u200b WNBA player Caitlin Clark \u2064surfaced. \u2063In one \u200cincident,\u2064 Doyel used\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-top-health-insurance-provider-tells-employees-not-to-hire-white-men\/\" title=\"Report: Top Health Insurance Provider Tells Employees Not To Hire White Men\">inappropriate language<\/a> while\u2062 addressing \u200bthe coach about drafting Clark.\u2063 Another viral clip showed Doyel making \u2063gestures at Clark. Social media criticized Doyel&#8217;s behavior, leading to\u2062 his public apology on X. Indy Star columnist Gregg Doyel faced \u2063criticism following\u2062 two contentious interactions with newly drafted WNBA \u200bathlete Caitlin Clark. One instance involved inappropriate language\u2062 directed at\u200c the coach regarding Clark&#8217;s\u200c drafting, while another clip depicted Doyel\u200d making questionable gestures towards Clark. The online community \u2064condemned Doyel&#8217;s actions, prompting him to issue a public apology on X.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Indy Star columnist Gregg Doyel is back in the spotlight after a second uncomfortable exchange surfaced involving newly drafted WNBA star <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/caitlin-clark\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Caitlin Clark<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In the clip posted on <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SHEscoresbanger\/status\/1780720186816974929\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">X<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  from the Indiana Fever press conference, Doyel was asking questions directed to the team\u2019s coach <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Christie Sides about drafting Clark, referring to the NCAA <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/super-bowl-lv-all-the-best-commercials\/\" title=\"Super Bowl LV: All The Best Commercials\">basketball star<\/a> as \u201cthat\u201d and \u201cit\u201d while she\u2019s sitting next to the coach.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cYou were just given the keys to that,\u201d Doyel said to Sides. \u201cWhat are you going to do with it?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Earlier in the week, a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JackMacCFB\/status\/1780658279565213892\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">clip<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  of Doyel speaking to Clark at the same press conference went viral in which the columnist has a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/7-woke-categories-awards-shows-should-start-including\/\" title=\"7 Woke Categories Awards Shows Should Start Including\">cringe-worthy moment<\/a> with the basketball star after giving her a heart sign gesture with his hands, something Clark does at games.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Gregg Doyle had second exchange that would also be categorized as\u2026creepy.<\/p>\n<p>GD to the Fever coach Christie Sides: \u201cYou just got the keys to THAT, what are you gonna do with IT?\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2fyWLTMj6y\">pic.twitter.com\/2fyWLTMj6y<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 SHE scores bangers (@SHEscoresbanger) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SHEscoresbanger\/status\/1780720186816974929?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 17, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cYou like that?\u201d Clark asked, and Doyel replied, \u201cI like that you\u2019re here.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">She then explained, \u201cYeah, I do that at my family after every game.\u201d And Doyel said to the young star, \u201cOK, well listen, start doing it to me and we\u2019ll get along just fine.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">People on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sf-restaurant-slammed-after-kicking-out-dining-cops-because-they-had-guns-later-apologizes\/\" title=\"SF Restaurant Slammed After Kicking Out Dining Cops Because They Had Guns, Later Apologizes\">social media slammed<\/a> the columnist for the comments, the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/college-basketball\/article-13329013\/wnba-caitlin-clark-gregg-doyel-indianapolis-star.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Daily Mail<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  reported. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Doyel then issued an <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/GreggDoyelStar\/status\/1780735900000866690\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">apology<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  for his \u201cuniquely oafish way, while welcoming Caitlin Clark to Indy.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cI formed my hands into her signature,\u201d the reporter wrote on X. \u201cMy comment afterward was clumsy and awkward. I sincerely apologize. Please know my heart (literally and figuratively) was well-intentioned. I will do better.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1700760801843000&#038;usg=AOvVaw2PQrVSrJfhxNb4LcARqniG\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">He later wrote a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indystar.com\/story\/sports\/columnists\/gregg-doyel\/2024\/04\/17\/caitlin-clark-im-so-sorry-on-wednesday-i-was-part-of-the-problem\/73364922007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">column<\/a> in the Indy Star titled, \u201c<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Doyel: Caitlin Clark, I\u2019m so sorry. On Wednesday I was part of the problem.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cI\u2019m devastated to realize I\u2019m part of the problem,\u201d Doyel wrote. \u201cI screwed up Wednesday during my first interaction with No. 1 overall draft pick Caitlin Clark of the Indiana Fever.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cWhat I\u2019ve learned is that I need to be more aware about how I talk to people \u2013 not just athletes,\u201d he added. \u201cI realized that only after my exchange with Clark went viral and I navigated the first two stages of grief during a discussion with the people I care about the most.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cIn my haste to be clever, to be familiar and welcoming (or so I thought), I offended Caitlin and her family,\u201d Doyel continued. \u201c<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">After going through denial, and then anger\u2026I now realize what I said and how I said it was wrong, wrong, wrong. I mean it was just <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">wrong<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Caitlin Clark, I\u2019m so sorry.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/former-nba-star-paul-pierce-was-only-impressed-by-caitlin-clark-after-she-beat-a-bunch-of-black-girls\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Former NBA Star Paul Pierce Was Only Impressed By Caitlin Clark After She \u2018Beat A Bunch Of Black Girls\u2019<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Indy Star columnist Gregg Doyel faces scrutiny as a second awkward exchange with WNBA draftee Caitlin Clark emerges. 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