{"id":2260402,"date":"2024-06-05T12:45:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-05T16:45:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/even-sports-media-doesnt-know-about-the-wnba-calls-chennedy-carter-a-rookie-despite-playing-for-4-years\/"},"modified":"2024-06-05T12:48:02","modified_gmt":"2024-06-05T16:48:02","slug":"even-sports-media-doesnt-know-about-the-wnba-calls-chennedy-carter-a-rookie-despite-playing-for-4-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/even-sports-media-doesnt-know-about-the-wnba-calls-chennedy-carter-a-rookie-despite-playing-for-4-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Sports Media Unaware of WNBA: Labels Chennedy Carter as Rookie After 4 Seasons"},"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\">26<\/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%2Feven-sports-media-doesnt-know-about-the-wnba-calls-chennedy-carter-a-rookie-despite-playing-for-4-years%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=2260402&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 article\u2063 discusses the shift in focus towards supporting the WNBA due to players like Caitlin Clark, questioning the league&#8217;s\u200b marketability and worth. It highlights errors made by the AP writer,\u200c including labeling Chennedy Carter as a rookie despite her experience. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/easter-is-the-worlds-most-historically-verified-holiday\/\" title=\"Easter Is The World\u2019s Most Historically Verified Holiday\">piece underscores<\/a> the impact of players like Clark, Carter, and Reese \u2063on\u2064 recent WNBA discussions. The article explores the changing support for the WNBA fueled\u200b by \u2063players such as Caitlin Clark, raising concerns about\u200b the league&#8217;s perceived value. It points out inaccuracies \u200dby the AP writer, \u2063who mistakenly identified Chennedy Carter \u200das a rookie \u200ddespite\u200c her seasoned background. Additionally, it emphasizes the influence\u200b of players like\u200c Clark, Carter, and Reese in current WNBA dialogues.  <\/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\/cillianzeal\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<p> <span>   By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/cillianzeal\/%20\"><span>C. Douglas Golden<\/span><\/a> <\/span> <span>   June 5, 2024 at 8:51am <\/span> <\/span>  <\/header>\n<section>\n<p>The politically correct line from liberal sports pundits used to be that basketball fans needed to support the WNBA. Now, the line seems to be that we\u2019re supporting it for the <em>wrong reason<\/em>: namely, because of former University of Iowa star Caitlin Clark, who is playing for the Indiana Fever.<\/p>\n<p>Take Jemele Hill of The Atlantic, always reliable for the worst take on pretty much any sports issue. Speaking to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/sports\/story\/2024-05-20\/caitlin-clark-marketing-boom-questions-race-equity\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Los Angeles Times<\/a> last month, she said fans \u201cwould all be very naive if we didn\u2019t say race and her sexuality played a role in [Clark\u2019s] popularity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile so many people are happy for Caitlin\u2019s success \u2014 including the players; this has had such an enormous impact on the game \u2014 there is a part of it that is a little problematic because of what it says about the worth and the marketability of the players who are already there,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/jemele-hill-says-caitlin-clark-popular-race-sexuality-racial-meltdown\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">she said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Right. In other <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/doctor-says-trumps-health-is-complete-opposite-of-bidens-its-not-about-age\/\" title=\"Doctor: Trump and Biden's Health Differ Greatly, Age Not the Deciding Factor\">completely unrelated news<\/a>, The Associated Press\u2019 own WNBA writers apparently don\u2019t even know about the WNBA, making a glaring mistake in an article regarding two players who are only in wider cultural conversation this week because of their semi-proximity to Clark.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/espn-host-pat-mcafee-stands-ground-white-caitlin-clark-backlash-facts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chicago Sky<\/a> lost to the New York Liberty 88-75. The game was the Sky\u2019s first since a 71-70 loss to Clark\u2019s Indiana Fever in which the Sky\u2019s Chennedy Carter went viral for a hard off-the-ball flagrant foul on Clark and rookie forward Angel Reese \u2014 a rival of Clark\u2019s during their college years and fellow member of the 2024 WNBA Draft class \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-caitlin-clark-hit-violent-cheap-shot-angel-reese-appears-celebrate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">appeared to celebrate<\/a> on the sidelines.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Look how hyped Angel Reese is on the bench after Caitlin Clark takes a cheap shot \ud83d\ude2d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GyeG1Q6OhZ\">pic.twitter.com\/GyeG1Q6OhZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Emo Jimmy (@WheelerJaylen) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WheelerJaylen\/status\/1796956651255193727?\">June 1, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Wonderful. The foul started the usual prattling about race and our troglodytic failure to embrace the WNBA before Caitlin Clark came along, because clearly we should have been paying attention to Carter and Reese.<\/p>\n<p>For the record, Carter racked up 16 points and was the Sky\u2019s top scorer on 7-18 shooting, and Reese scored 13 on a woeful 3-12 shooting performance, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/wnba\/boxscore\/_\/gameId\/401620267\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ESPN<\/a> box score. Reese also managed to make headlines because she got kicked out for a double technical:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Angel Reese was ejected from tonight\u2019s game after being given a double technical on this exchange with the ref<\/p>\n<p>(via <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SkyMarquee?\">@SkyMarquee<\/a>)<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cCmfEZZU11\">pic.twitter.com\/cCmfEZZU11<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BleacherReport\/status\/1798185095217782792?\">June 5, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Good work. If you needed another reason as to why you didn\u2019t need to jump right into non-Caitlin Clark WNBA games, consider that the AP\u2019s own writer doesn\u2019t seem to really watch the league that much either.<\/p>\n<p>Consider <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/4k9rB#selection-4353.14-4356.0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">this<\/a> graf, still up on ESPN\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/wnba\/recap\/_\/gameId\/401620267\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">website<\/a> as of early Wednesday morning: \u201c<strong>Rookie Chennedy Carter<\/strong> scored 16 points and Reese had 13 points and 10 rebounds for Chicago (3-5).\u201d [Emphasis ours.]\n<p>Little problem there: Carter<em> has not been a rookie since 2020<\/em>. That\u2019s four years as a professional. Whoops.<\/p>\n<p>Just to be clear, pretty much any conversation about the WNBA these past few days has mostly revolved around three players: Clark, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-chennedy-carter-doesnt-regrets-caitlin-clark-shove-getting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Carter<\/a> and Reese. Clark and Reese we both know are rookies, having met in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/millions-watched-caitlin-clark-angel-reese-beating-average-viewers-nba-playoff-games-last-year\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">heavily hyped game<\/a> between Iowa and LSU during this year\u2019s NCAA Women\u2019s Basketball Tournament.<\/p>\n<p>As for Carter, who initially committed the foul on Reese, she was initially drafted in 2020 by the Atlanta Dream. Atlanta suspended her and shipped her to the Los Angeles Sparks after what the Dream called \u201cconduct detrimental to the team.\u201d (This conduct allegedly included not coming out of the locker room for the second half of a game and then trying to pick a fight with another teammate over playing time, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/justwomenssports.com\/reads\/what-led-to-the-dreams-suspension-of-chennedy-carter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Just Women\u2019s Sports<\/a>. )<\/p>\n<p>After a 2022 trade to the Los Angeles Sparks, she was \u201cbenched for poor conduct during the season,\u201d according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/sports\/sparks\/story\/2023-03-17\/los-angeles-sparks-waive-guard-chennedy-carter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Los Angeles Times<\/a>. She played in Turkey for a year before joining the Sky.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re at all familiar with WNBA discussion on social media, too, you\u2019ve probably seen this handy graphic explaining Carter\u2019s history:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Almost as if she\u2019s got issues. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YOl7E8aX0D\">pic.twitter.com\/YOl7E8aX0D<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 ruben_theiowan (@IAcitynative) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IAcitynative\/status\/1797836579446383097?\">June 4, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Now, did the AP writer here mean \u201cRookie Angel Reese\u201d instead of \u201cRookie Chennedy Carter\u201d? Maybe. However, mistakes happen for a reason.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re with the English-speaking world\u2019s premier wire service as an NBA writer and you file a story that has the graf \u201cNew York Knicks legend Michael Jordan and Chicago Bulls great <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-patrick-ewing-to-represent-knicks-at-draft-lottery\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Patrick Ewing<\/a> were in attendance,\u201d well, I hope you have contacts at Reuters, and I hope you have a specialty that isn\u2019t sports, because you\u2019re not going to be doing the NBA beat at the AP for long.<\/p>\n<p>I don\u2019t have to explain to you why that\u2019s so wrong. Meanwhile, Carter and Reese are probably the two most famous non-Caitlin Clark WNBA players for the moment \u2014 if just for negative reasons that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/view-hosts-show-know-sports-know-politics-absurd-take-caitlin-clark-cheap-shot\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">have to do with Caitlin Clark<\/a> \u2014 and the AP writer covering the story gets them mixed up. And you know what? Nobody\u2019s probably going to blame them for it.<\/p>\n<p>If you needed a lesson about what <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/words-not-thee-jemele-hill-exposes-rank-racial-double-standard-thug-remarks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jemele Hill<\/a> called \u201cthe worth and the marketability of the players who are already\u201d in the WNBA, you couldn\u2019t get one much better than this.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<div>\n<p><b><i>An Important Message from Our Staff:<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span>In just a few months, the world is going to change forever. 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Douglas Golden is a writer who splits his time between the United States and Southeast Asia. Specializing in political commentary and world affairs, he&#8217;s written for Conservative Tribune and The Western Journal since 2014.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>  C. Douglas Golden is a writer who splits his time between the United States and Southeast Asia. Specializing in political commentary and world affairs, he&#8217;s written for Conservative Tribune and The Western Journal since 2014. Aside from politics, he enjoys spending time with his wife, literature (especially British comic novels and modern Japanese lit), indie rock, coffee, Formula One and football (of both American and world varieties). <\/p>\n<p>  Birthplace <\/p>\n<p>  Morristown, New Jersey <\/p>\n<p>  Education <\/p>\n<p>  Catholic University of America <\/p>\n<p>  Languages Spoken <\/p>\n<p>  English, Spanish <\/p>\n<p>  Topics of Expertise <\/p>\n<p>  American Politics, World Politics, Culture <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the world of sports, liberal pundits once pushed for WNBA support. Now, the focus has shifted to supporting the league for the wrong reasons, citing former University of Iowa star Caitlin Clark as a driving force. &#8211; By C. 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