Everyone in the WNBA, including former First Lady Michelle Obama, is talking about the Caitlin Clark-Angel Reese argument. The two have elevated women’s basketball to unprecedented heights since their WNBA debut seasons last year and their collegiate basketball days.
However, their rivalry reached a new height during their most recent matchup, which took place in Week One of the season between the Chicago Sky and Indiana Fever. When Clark knocked Reese to the ground during the game, which the Fever won 93-58, the Chicago forward reacted angrily and Clark was brought up for a flagrant foul.
League authorities opened an investigation into Reese’s alleged “racist” remarks after the game.
Michelle Obama opens up on Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese rivalry
Obama claims that while if the rivalry between the two 23-year-olds attracts a lot of viewers, it just makes it harder to ignore people’s “horrible opinions.”
She stated this during an appearance on an edition of the podcast “All the Smoke,” which included Matt Barnes and Stephen Clark:
“I think the tough thing is the social media element to it – but that’s true across the board.” “These young kids today, what they have to go through, what they have to be able to withstand, because social media is such a huge part of the world.” “Now the hate is in your room, on your phone, with you all the time.”
“And you can’t, for whatever reason, tell these kids to turn it off, because they’re making their living that way.” “Now they are expected to stay engaged. So, I think that makes it feel even worse.” “But I think, as you point out, that’s happening in sports across gender.”
“It’s just harder not to withstand other people’s horrible, horrible opinions.”
In its investigation into the alleged racism directed against Reese, the WNBA stated that it was unable to “substantiate” claims of such behavior.
