{"id":2239683,"date":"2024-05-07T22:41:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-08T02:41:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/reporter-suspended-after-bizarre-interaction-with-wnba-star-caitlin-clark\/"},"modified":"2024-05-07T22:43:22","modified_gmt":"2024-05-08T02:43:22","slug":"reporter-suspended-after-bizarre-interaction-with-wnba-star-caitlin-clark","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/reporter-suspended-after-bizarre-interaction-with-wnba-star-caitlin-clark\/","title":{"rendered":"Journalist Suspended Following Strange Encounter with WNBA Player Caitlin Clark"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/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%2Freporter-suspended-after-bizarre-interaction-with-wnba-star-caitlin-clark%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=2239683&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>The journalist Gregg Doyel was suspended after an uncomfortable exchange with WNBA player Caitlin Clark. \u2062Doyel, a columnist for the Indianapolis Star, received a two<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/i-will-destroy-you-biden-deputy-press-secretary-threatens-politico-reporter-for-pursuing-story-he-wanted-kept-private\/\" title=\"\u201cI Will Destroy You\u201d \u2013 Biden Deputy Press Secretary Threatens Politico Reporter For Pursuing Story He Wanted Kept Private\">-week suspension<\/a> for the incident, during which\u2064 he made an inappropriate gesture at Clark during a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gov-whitmer-media-caught-in-another-lie-anarchist-arrested-for-plot-to-kidnap-and-kill-whitmer-hates-president-trump-trump-is-a-tyrant-video\/\" title=\"Gov. Whitmer, Media Caught in Another Lie - Anarchist Arrested For Plot to Kidnap and Kill Whitmer Hates President Trump, 'Trump is a Tyrant' (VIDEO)\">press conference<\/a>. The suspension includes restrictions on \u200dattending Fever games. Journalist Gregg Doyel faced suspension \u200bafter an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gavin-newsom-is-running-the-campaign-ron-desantis-should-have-run\/\" title=\"Newsom runs the campaign DeSantis should've\">awkward encounter<\/a> with WNBA player Caitlin Clark. The Indianapolis Star columnist \u2063received a two-week suspension for an incident where he\u2062 made an \u2064inappropriate gesture towards Clark during a press conference. As\u2062 part of the suspension, Doyel is prohibited\u200d from attending Fever games.  <\/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<header> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/sports\/\">  Sports <\/a>    <span> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/russdavis\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<p> <span>   By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/russdavis\/%20\"><span>Jack Davis<\/span><\/a> <\/span> <span>   May 7, 2024 at 5:45pm <\/span> <\/span>  <\/header>\n<section>\n<p>A new report said that a journalist who had an odd interaction with Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark last month has been suspended.<\/p>\n<p>Sportswriter Bob Kravitz revealed the suspension on his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bobkravitz.com\/p\/stars-gregg-doyel-has-been-suspended\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In a post filed Tuesday, he wrote that Gregg Doyel, a columnist for the Indianapolis Star, was in the midst of a two-week <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-jason-whitlock-fire-racial-comments-white-girl-caitlin-clark\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">suspension<\/a> imposed by both Gannett, which owns the paper, and the Star. Doyel has not written a column since April 29.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Star had hoped to keep this under wraps,\u201d\u00a0Kravitz wrote. \u201cBut it\u2019s hard to hide the fact a lead columnist at a major metro has disappeared just weeks after an uncomfortable and unfortunate give-and-take with Clark at a significant press conference.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But the punishment does not end there.<\/p>\n<p>Kravitz wrote that Doyel will not be allowed to attend Fever games, although he can watch the games on TV and file columns that way. Doyel would not comment on the suspension, which is supposed to end Monday, Kravitz wrote.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Reporter: \ud83e\udef6<\/p>\n<p>Caitlin Clark: \u201cYou like that?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Reporter: \u201cI like that you\u2019re here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Caitlin: \u201cYeah, I do that at my family after every game.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Reporter: \u201cStart doing it to me and we\u2019ll get along just fine.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Caitlin: \ud83d\ude33<\/p>\n<p>(via <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IndianaFever?\">@IndianaFever<\/a> \/ YT)<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BBjU881K7a\">pic.twitter.com\/BBjU881K7a<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ClutchPoints\/status\/1780681923553017878?\">April 17, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>During an April 17 news conference, Doyel used his hands to make a heart gesture at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/reporter-slammed-bizarre-interaction-caitlin-clark-news-conference\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Clark<\/a>, who made the gesture toward her family during her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-caitlin-clark-makes-antonio-brown-180-feud-big-game-respect\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/al-michaels-headed-to-amazon-to-host-thursday-night-football\/\" title=\"Al Michaels Headed to Amazon to Host \u201cThursday Night Football\u201d\">college games<\/a><\/a>, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/05\/07\/sports\/gregg-doyel-suspended-banned-from-fever-games-for-caitlin-clark-exchange\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York Post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-container\">\n<p>Do you believe this was the right move?<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cYou like that?\u201d Clark said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI like that you\u2019re here. I like that you\u2019re here,\u201d Doyel said.<\/p>\n<p>After Clark explained she made the gesture for her family, Doyel said, \u201cStart doing it to me, and we\u2019ll get along just fine.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Although Clark had a quizzical look on her face at the comment, she made no further response, and Doyel went on to ask a question. However, the interaction was criticized at the time.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">He\u2019s been unprofessional for YEARS &#038; not only does he get away with it, he gets rewarded. Unprofessional, Inappropriate, unfair, judgmental..just do your job &#038; stop trying to be funny. This \u201cman\u201d is another example of why no one trusts the media anymore. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/indystar?\">@indystar<\/a> \u2013 do better. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dwiZ40Zpuu\">https:\/\/t.co\/dwiZ40Zpuu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sage Steele (@sagesteele) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sagesteele\/status\/1780943936288063782?\">April 18, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>He later wrote an <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\">apology column<\/a> in which he noted, \u201cWhat happened was the most me thing ever, in one way.\u00a0I\u2019m sort of known locally, sigh, for having awkward conversations with people before asking brashly conversational questions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In the column, he said he had come to realize having conversational moments with men was different from having them with women.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">No matter HOW you feel about this Gregg Doyel and Caitlyn Clark situation, we all need to accept that the landscape has CHANGED.<\/p>\n<p>Comments and actions that may have been commonplace and \u201cgenerally\u201d accepted just a few years ago can land you in HOT WATER.<br \/> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2HoZ8NGw08\">pic.twitter.com\/2HoZ8NGw08<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u2728 Ed \ud83e\udd26\ud83c\udffd\u200d\u2642\ufe0f \u2728 (@eddluxe) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/eddluxe\/status\/1787956338666205335?\">May 7, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cI was just doing what I do, talking to another athlete, another person, and didn\u2019t see the line \u2014 didn\u2019t even know there was a line in the vicinity \u2014 until I crossed it. In my haste to be clever, to be familiar and welcoming (or so I thought), I offended Caitlin and her family,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCaitlin Clark, I\u2019m so sorry,\u201d he concluded.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<div>\n<p><b><i>A Note from Our Deputy Managing Editor:<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span>I heard a chilling comment the other day: \u201cWe don\u2019t even know if an election will be held in 2024.\u201d <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>That wasn\u2019t said by a conspiracy theorist or a doomsday prophet. No, former U.S. national security advisor Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn said that to the founder of The Western Journal, Floyd Brown.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Gen. Flynn\u2019s warning means that the 2024 election is the most important election for every single living American. 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Since then, he has written extensively for The Western Journal on the Trump administration as well as foreign policy and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-s-military-issues-dire-warning-about-chinas-rapid-military-nuclear-weapons-buildup\/\" title=\"U.S. Military Issues Dire Warning About China\u2019s Rapid Military, Nuclear Weapons Buildup\">military issues<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>  Jack Davis is a freelance writer who joined The Western Journal in July 2015 and chronicled the campaign that saw President Donald Trump elected. Since then, he has written extensively for The Western Journal on the Trump administration as well as foreign policy and military issues. <br \/> Jack can be reached at jackwritings1@gmail.com. <\/p>\n<p>  Location <\/p>\n<p>  New York City <\/p>\n<p>  Languages Spoken <\/p>\n<p>  English <\/p>\n<p>  Topics of Expertise <\/p>\n<p>  Politics, Foreign Policy, Military &#038; Defense Issues <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sportswriter Bob Kravitz disclosed on his website that columnist Gregg Doyel was suspended for an unusual encounter with Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark. 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