{"id":2287572,"date":"2024-07-01T20:32:02","date_gmt":"2024-07-02T00:32:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/caitlin-clark-overcomes-migraine-defeats-major-wnba-critic-diana-taurasi-with-dominant-performance\/"},"modified":"2024-07-01T20:35:43","modified_gmt":"2024-07-02T00:35:43","slug":"caitlin-clark-overcomes-migraine-defeats-major-wnba-critic-diana-taurasi-with-dominant-performance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/caitlin-clark-overcomes-migraine-defeats-major-wnba-critic-diana-taurasi-with-dominant-performance\/","title":{"rendered":"Caitlin Clark Overcomes Migraine, Defeats Major WNBA Critic Diana Taurasi with Dominant Performance"},"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\">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%2Fcaitlin-clark-overcomes-migraine-defeats-major-wnba-critic-diana-taurasi-with-dominant-performance%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=2287572&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>Caitlin Clark, a \u2063<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mlb-roundup-cycle-helps-reds-run-win-streak-to-12\/\" title=\"Reds&#039; 12-game win streak continues with cycle.\">rookie phenom<\/a> in the WNBA, impressed fans and silenced critics when she \u2063led her team, the Indiana\u200b Fever, to a victory over \u2063Diana Taurasi&#8217;s Phoenix Mercury. Despite suffering from a migraine, Clark nearly recorded \u2062her first-ever triple-double, scoring 15 \u2062points, dishing out 12 assists, and pulling in 9 rebounds. Taurasi, who \u200bpreviously criticized Clark&#8217;s skills, has since praised\u200b her remarkable success and hard\u2063 work. Clark&#8217;s resilience and performance on the court have proven her critics wrong and earned her respect in the league. <br \/> <br \/>\n    Read more&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>  Sports           \u00a0By Michael Austin   \u00a0July 1, 2024 at 5:25pm      The WNBA community hasn\u2019t exactly been eager to welcome Indiana Fever superstar Caitlin Clark into the league. Perhaps because she\u2019s not outspoken politically, because she\u2019s more popular than any other women\u2019s basketball player has ever been, or maybe just because she\u2019s a soft-spoken white girl from the Midwest, the majority of leftist leaders in the league have been quick to attack Clark at every turn. Well, one of the biggest critics to do so, WNBA star Diana Taurasi, was served her just deserts on Sunday by none other than Clark herself.  And to make the revenge story even more satisfying, Clark did so in stunning fashion \u2014 by nearly recording her first-ever triple-double despite suffering from a migraine in a win over Taurasi\u2019s Phoenix Mercury. The Fever won 88-82, according to Sports Illustrated, and Clark was doing a little of everything (or rather, more than a little of everything).   The rookie phenom scored 15 points, dished out 12 assists and pulled in 9 rebounds. And she did it all with a persistent migraine, as her coach Christie Sides was quick to point out after the game.   Clark has a migraine, per the team. Clark has suffered with migraines throughout her whole college career, nearly always playing through them https:\/\/t.co\/2K3w8AeDj1 \u2014 Chloe Peterson (@chloepeterson67) June 30, 2024   It sure was good to see Clark prove one of her biggest haters, Taurasi, wrong in such stunning fashion.  Do you like Caitlin Clark?     For those who may not remember, Taurasi came after Clark when the latter was still playing for the Iowa Hawkeyes in the NCAA Women\u2019s Basketball tournament. Taurasi criticized Clark\u2019s skills, saying \u201creality is coming\u201d for Clark when she enters the WNBA to play against \u201cgrown women.\u201d   Diana Taurasi on Caitlin Clark coming to WNBA \u201cReality is coming\u2026.you look superhuman playing against some 18 years olds but you\u2019re going to come play with some grown women that have been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/caitlin-clark-lands-historic-nike-shoe-deal-worth-millions-just-before-her-rookie-season-kicks-off\/\" title=\"Caitlin Clark Secures Multi-Million Dollar Nike Deal Ahead of Rookie Season Kickoff\">playing professional basketball<\/a> for a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/joe-biden-knows-he-messed-up-on-fracking-at-debate-and-is-now-doing-damage-control-the-daily-wire\/\" title=\"Joe Biden Knows He Messed Up On Fracking At Debate And Is Now Doing Damage Control | The Daily Wire\">long time<\/a>\u201d pic.twitter.com\/fxBxGoRZCS \u2014 Gifdsports (@gifdsports) April 6, 2024    Thanks to Clark\u2019s stunning success, however, Taurasi has begun to change her tune. \u201cI mean, it\u2019s amazing what Caitlin\u2019s been able to do in her short career so far \u2014 just been nothing short of remarkable,\u201d Taurasi said, according to Sports Illustrated.  \u201cThe one thing that I really love about her, she loves the game. You can tell she\u2019s put the work in. Even throughout her short WNBA career, it\u2019s been a lot of pressure, a lot of things thrown at her. She keeps showing up, keeps getting better every single game.\u201d \u201cHer future is super bright. Being a veteran and being in this league for a long, long time, it\u2019s pretty cool to see that and going into the future.\u201d At least she\u2019s starting to understand how special Clark is. If only more WNBA stars and sports media personalities would follow suit.   An Important Message from Our Staff:  We who work here at The Western Journal have fought for years against Big Tech and the elites who want to shut us down and then shut America down.\u00a0  Make no mistake \u2014 nothing will be the same after November 2024. Will you help us fight? 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Manager of Writing and Reporting   SummaryMore Biographical InformationRecent PostsContact Michael wrote for a number of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/variety-woke-festivals-punish-problematic-films\/\" title=\"Variety: Woke Festivals Punish \u201cProblematic\u201d Films\">entertainment news outlets<\/a> before joining The Western Journal in 2020 as a staff reporter. He now manages the writing and reporting teams, overseeing the production of commentary, news and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/audiences-crave-older-movies-theatrical-re-release-trend-gains-steam-worldwide\/\" title=\"Movie Buffs Desire Vintage Films: Global Resurgence of Theatrical Re-Releases\">original reporting content<\/a>.   Birthplace  Ames, Iowa  Nationality  American  Education  Iowa State University  Topics of Expertise  Culture, Faith, Politics, Education, Entertainment           <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The WNBA community has not been welcoming Indiana Fever superstar Caitlin Clark into the league, possibly due to her lack of political outspokenness, her popularity, or her background as a soft-spoken white girl from the Midwest. Despite criticism from WNBA star Diana Taurasi, Clark proved her critics wrong by nearly achieving a triple-double in a game against Taurasi&#8217;s Phoenix Mercury, despite suffering from a migraine. 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