Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese are ‘being used in a RACE WAR’, claims former NFL player – after their bitter feud was reignited by MORE brutal fouls on Indiana Fever star
Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese are not responsible for stirring up controversy in the WNBA, but rather are being used to start a race war, according to former NFL quarterback Robert Griffin III.
“Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese are being used in a race war that is not fair to the athlete or the game of basketball,” the NFL analyst and Heisman winner wrote on X after the Indiana Fever’s victory over the visiting Chicago Sky on Sunday in Indianapolis.
The game was marred by several hard fouls on Clark, who absorbed similar contact during Indiana’s win over Chicago two weeks earlier.
And this time the contact came from Reese, who ended up getting a Flagrant 1 for hitting Clark in the head while driving to the basket.
Curiously, both Reese and Clark downplayed the mistake afterwards, with the Sky rookie suggesting her rival took advantage of a ‘special whistle’.
Reese (far right) was whistled for a flagrant foul on Caitlin Clark during Sunday’s matinee
Angel Reese #5 of the Chicago Sky reacts after a foul on Caitlin Clark #22 of the Indiana Fever
But while Clark wrote it off as “part of basketball,” others quickly labeled Reese a “thug” on social media.
“I’m not going to watch that thug deliberately try to hurt Reese Clark while the league sits back and gets it done (sic),” one fan wrote on X. “The league was a joke to CC and will be out of business if they leaves.’
“Angel Reese should be suspended,” another Heisman winner, Matt Leinart, wrote on X. “Period. Not good for the game.’
Like Griffin’s, Leinart’s comment provoked meaningful responses online.
“Caitlin is cool with the offense, but not Matt Leinart?” sportswriter Chuck Modi wrote about X. “Again, it’s probably not Clark or Angel Reese. The problem is mostly men in the media, and especially white men, who ignored the WNBA until 2024 and eventually entered the chat to protect a white woman who never asked them to protect her.”
Former NFL quarterback Robert Griffin III believes Reese and Clark are being used by others
Griffin, a Heisman winner at Baylor, became a TV analyst after injuries derailed his NFL career
Caitlin Clark celebrates a basket during the first half against the Chicago Sky
Some, like Fever coach Christie Sides, liked the corrected call.
“The right decision was made at that moment,” Sides said. ‘Just make the right decision at those moments, then we can move on. But if we don’t make the right decision in those moments, then there is a problem and they made the right decision tonight.”
Reese disagreed with Sides’ statement.
“I think we played really hard,” Reese said. “I think a lot of times we’ve been up really high and we haven’t gotten a lot of calls.
“And looking back on the film, I saw a lot of calls that weren’t made,” Reese continued. “I guess some people have a special whistle.”
Clark finished with 23 points, nine assists and eight rebounds and now has a 3-1 record against Reese dating back to their college days. However, Reese’s LSU Tigers defeated Clark’s Hawkeyes in the 2023 NCAA title game.
Reese had 13 rebounds and 11 points while making five costly mistakes in the 91-83 loss.