{"id":2634768,"date":"2026-07-24T14:06:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-24T18:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/usa-today-writer-apologizes-for-inartful-comparison-of-caitlin-clark-and-emmett-till-murder-claims-you-didnt-get-her-point\/"},"modified":"2026-07-24T14:11:29","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T18:11:29","slug":"usa-today-writer-apologizes-for-inartful-comparison-of-caitlin-clark-and-emmett-till-murder-claims-you-didnt-get-her-point","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/usa-today-writer-apologizes-for-inartful-comparison-of-caitlin-clark-and-emmett-till-murder-claims-you-didnt-get-her-point\/","title":{"rendered":"USA Today Writer &#8216;Apologizes&#8217; for &#8216;Inartful Comparison&#8217; of Caitlin Clark and Emmett Till Murder, Claims You Didn&#8217;t Get Her Point"},"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\">40<\/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%2Fusa-today-writer-apologizes-for-inartful-comparison-of-caitlin-clark-and-emmett-till-murder-claims-you-didnt-get-her-point%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=2634768&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 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/raw-milk-enthusiasts-are-demanding-milk-infected-with-bird-flu\/\" title=\"Raw milk advocates are seeking Bird Flu-contaminated milk\">provided content features<\/a> a contentious article criticizing sportswriter Nancy Armour for her comments about Caitlin Clark adn the WNBA. Armour alleged that Clark\u2019s perceived racial fanbase and behavior have led to dangerous situations, including racial threats and abuse, referencing the history of racial violence like lynching for context. She also suggested that Clark\u2019s actions, such as arguing calls and flopping, are linked to racist elements and could incite violence, drawing a controversial comparison to the lynching of Emmett Till. <\/p>\n<p>This sparked widespread backlash, including from critics like Dave Portnoy, who condemned Armour&#8217;s comparisons as both inaccurate and inappropriate.Armour issued a vague apology, admitting her comparison lacked context but still emphasizing concerns about racial threats faced by Black WNBA players. Critics accused her of inflating the situation and exploiting racial tensions for sensationalism. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/eight-men-arrested-on-suspicion-of-isis-ties-in-major-us-cities\/\" title=\"Eight men detained in major US cities for suspected ISIS connections\">incident highlights ongoing debates<\/a> over race, politics, and media commentary in sports.  <\/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\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>When is an apology not really an apology? I can think of any number of ways, but I can easily identify the most infuriating: when someone \u201capologizes\u201d to anyone not for what they said, but because you didn\u2019t get what they <em>were actually saying<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>The current champion in this category is Nancy Armour, a sportswriter for USA Today.<\/p>\n<p>Armour has already received her rainbow jacket for induction to the Woke Nonsense Hall of Fame, having famously declared in 2020 that the decidedly average activist and even <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/usa-today-columnist-supports-kaepernicks-induction-nfl-hall-fame\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">more average quarterback Colin Kaepernick<\/a> should be inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame since he \u201csacrificed his career because he wanted to make his country better.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However, that merely proved she was a sportswriter who couldn\u2019t read a stats sheet, or at least <em>wouldn\u2019t<\/em> read one if it disabused her of some cockamamie premise for a thinkpiece.<\/p>\n<p>Now, she\u2019s also proved she can\u2019t read the room or watch short internet clips of the WNBA\u2019s biggest star getting fouled constantly, sometimes to the point of being choked on the ground.<\/p>\n<p>In that vein, she published a piece Wednesday entitled, \u201cCaitlin Clark\u2019s flopping isn\u2019t just annoying \u2014 it\u2019s becoming dangerous.\u201d How is it becoming dangerous, per se? Is she putting other players at risk on the court?<\/p>\n<p>Oh, no, hardly: It\u2019s because apparently the Klan is behind <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ex-nfl-quarterback-boomer-esiason-says-everyones-thinking-caitlin-clark-abuse-racial\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Caitlin <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ex-nfl-quarterback-boomer-esiason-says-everyones-thinking-caitlin-clark-abuse-racial\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Clark\u2019s<\/a> fanbase and something something something, Emmett Till got murdered by white supremacists and was born in the same city as the WNBA All-Star Game is being played this weekend, something something something, and therefore it\u2019s Clark\u2019s fault <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ex-nfl-quarterback-boomer-esiason-says-everyones-thinking-caitlin-clark-abuse-racial\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">she\u2019s getting fouled like this<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">NEW: WNBA player Alyssa Thomas has been suspended after she cheap-shotted Caitlin Clark in the throat.<\/p>\n<p>No foul was called during the game as Thomas was caught on camera jamming her fist into Clark\u2019s throat.<\/p>\n<p>The league has now suspended Thomas for one game and will fine her\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dsFXNroz2L\">pic.twitter.com\/dsFXNroz2L<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/CollinRugg\/status\/2070257011397447895?\">June 25, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s Armour\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/columnist\/nancy-armour\/2026\/07\/22\/caitlin-clarks-reaction-to-noncalls-puts-wnba-players-at-risk\/91002124007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">piece<\/a> from Wednesday:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>It seems there is a white nationalist element to Clark\u2019s fandom that is deeply, deeply problematic, made even more so because the WNBA is made up predominantly of Black women, many of them queer. When Clark claims fouls that don\u2019t exist, when she goes on profanity-laced tirades at referees, those racists see her as a white woman in need of saving and take matters into their own hands.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Gray posted just one of the messages she got following the Fever game, in which a man called her a racial slur. After fans identified the man, he was fired by his employer, Hilton Grand Vacations.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cEnough is kind of enough,\u201d Gray said on July 15. \u201cThese messages are not the first of its kind. There was other stuff too \u2026 It was just time. I got fed up with it and I just decided to  it.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>It shouldn\u2019t need reminding this country has an awful history of Black people being harmed, even killed, in the name of \u201cdefending\u201d white women. The WNBA\u2019s All-Star Game this weekend is in Chicago, Emmett Till\u2019s hometown, and a local art gallery is currently hosting an exhibitimagining his life if he hadn\u2019t been lynched. While it\u2019s incumbent on the WNBA to do more to protect its players, there also should be an expectation on Clark to recognize the wider consequences of her actions.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Till was the victim of a 1955 lynching in Mississippi at the age of 14. To put this into perspective, this happened 42 years before the WNBA\u2019s first season, and the NBA champions were the Syracuse Nationals, who defeated the Fort Wayne Pistons 4-3. (You probably know those teams better these days as the Philadelphia 76ers and the Detroit Pistons.)<\/p>\n<p>In short: <em>What<\/em>? I\u2019m sorry that there are still drunk and racist people in the world, but this has nothing to do with a lynching and the preternatural focus on loathing Caitlin Clark is far more adjacent to any sort of problematic political philosophy (i.e., the kind that connects Clark almost directly to the lynching of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/gop-rep-byron-donalds-scorches-hakeem-jeffries-trying-peddle-jim-crow-hoax-house-floor\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Emmett Till<\/a> and says she should take her beatings like a good non-woke person should or else she\u2019s putting black lives in danger) than Clark herself is.<\/p>\n<p>Anyhow, Armour was forced to reckon with \u201cthe wider consequences of her actions\u201d when they were brought to the attention of the wider internet, especially by Barstool Sports\u2019 Dave Portnoy:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\ud83d\udea8\ud83d\udea8\ud83d\udea8\ud83d\udea8\ud83d\udea8\ud83d\udea8 Congrats to USA Today\u2019s Nancy Armour! She has written the dumbest paragraph not only of my lifetime but in the history of sports. This is an article that says <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/CaitlinClark22?\">@CaitlinClark22<\/a> arguing calls has become dangerous for the <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/WNBA?\">@wnba<\/a> and civil rights. Nancy Armour\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4nWGZf0gin\">pic.twitter.com\/4nWGZf0gin<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Dave Portnoy (@stoolpresidente) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/stoolpresidente\/status\/2080301640179990800?\">July 23, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>So, of course, thus came the coward\u2019s half-apology: <em>Sorry you were too stupid to understand what I was really saying.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>She admitted that this was an \u201cinartful comparison\u201d between the Till lynching and Caitlin Clark, but this was because she \u201cdid not provide enough context for that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Oh? Do tell:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>However, this point stands: There is a history in this country of perceived threats to white women being weaponized against African-Americans, and the danger that poses to Black players in the league.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Players have been abused online and have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/twitter-employees-debate-banning-libs-of-tiktok-account\/\" title=\"Twitter Employees Debate Banning &quot;Libs of TikTok&quot; Account\">reported receiving death threats<\/a>. That has to be taken more seriously.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>I sincerely regret that my lack of appropriate context is overshadowing that important conversation and the action that needs to be taken by the WNBA to address it directly \u2014 for the benefit of ALL players.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Statement from USA Today sports columnist Nancy Armour <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wif3P9Yg82\">pic.twitter.com\/wif3P9Yg82<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Joe Schad (@schadjoe) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/schadjoe\/status\/2080343864632541657?\">July 23, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Nancy Armour, you literally said that Caitlin Clark is directly responsible for racial antagonism that could lead to consequences akin to the lynching of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/black-actor-slams-california-commissions-223k-reparations-recommendation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Emmett Till<\/a>. You can\u2019t just walk that back to \u201cmy lack of appropriate context\u201d and dealing with isolated incidents of abuse \u201cfor the benefit of ALL players.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Right. This got the responses it deserved:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Caitlin Clark is punched in the throat without a foul called.<\/p>\n<p>Nancy Armour: It\u2019s as if that evil white devil just lit a cross on fire in front of the arena.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Shooting News Weekly (@SN_Weekly_) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SN_Weekly_\/status\/2080389344112570789?\">July 23, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">There are \u201cperceived\u201d threats and there are actual assaults.<\/p>\n<p>Which does this look like ? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5vht6YZg6q\">pic.twitter.com\/5vht6YZg6q<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Leave Legacy Media (@LeaveTheMedia) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/LeaveTheMedia\/status\/2080380956439965908?\">July 23, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Also, it\u2019s worth noting that the article, according to an editor\u2019s note, \u201chas been updated to provide further context and clarity,\u201d the lynching section <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/columnist\/nancy-armour\/2026\/07\/22\/caitlin-clarks-reaction-to-noncalls-puts-wnba-players-at-risk\/91002124007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">remains untouched<\/a> as of Friday morning.<\/p>\n<p>But the thing is, Nancy Armour is not concerned about stuff like this until it comes back to bite her in the posterior.<\/p>\n<p>She\u2019s turned her X profile on protected and will no doubt be back once the news cycle moves on, lamenting how she\u2019s really the victim because people online were mean to her.<\/p>\n<p>She\u2019ll portray herself as a regular white adult female Emmett Till, I can safely guess, if perhaps wise enough now not to invoke that name. (White adult female Colin Kaepernick, perhaps?)<\/p>\n<p>Armour isn\u2019t the only one who\u2019s annoyed that the WNBA is no longer a corner of the sports world where the woke attention economy reigns supreme, but she does deserve credit for being the stupidest thinkpiece-peddler to use the league as vehicle to histrionically present cultural struggles in the most obnoxious context possible.<\/p>\n<p>She is the worst so far, however. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wnba-star-stuck-russian-prison-msnbc-columnist-says-gender-pay-equity-us-part-reason\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Considering what\u2019s already been penned<\/a> over the years, that\u2019s really saying something \u2014 which is about all I\u2019ll say for her.<\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #171717; display: flex;font-size: 16px;font-weight: 600;line-height: 1.5;margin: 24px 0;padding: 18px 20px 18px 30px;text-align: left;\">\n<div style=\"align-self: stretch;border-left: 3px solid #171717;flex-shrink: 0;padding-left: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<p><a style=\"text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/\">Choose The Western Journal as your preferred source on Google and never miss reporting that defends truth, protects freedom, and advances Western civilization<\/a><\/div>\n<p style=\"border: 1px solid #f5f5f5; padding: 16px;\">Advertise with The Western Journal and reach millions of highly engaged readers, while supporting our work. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/advertise-us\/?wj_source=article\">Advertise Today<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey == typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts = { \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs = [ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i = 0; i < inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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