WNBA official billing player “doesn’t get” how real media coverage works: a new book

The WNBA is more popular That’s more than ever, but obviously, one WNBA official thinks players don’t know how to handle it.

USA Today columnist Christine Brennan launched her new book, “Her Games: Caitlin Clark and The Revolution in Women’s Sports,” on Tuesday, in which she highlighted the behind-the-scenes scenes with Dijonai Carrington. Women’s National Basketball Players Association September.

Carrington thrusts in Caitlyn Clark in last season’s game. A lot of social media believed she might have done it on purpose and then laughed about it.

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In a move she described as “Journalism 101,” Brennan asked Carrington about the incident and whether she later made fun of it — she denied doing both.

But Brennan argued that another of Clark’s rivals, Dewanna Bonner, stood up to Brennan just minutes after he came in and out of Carrington.

Bonner, who was Carrington’s teammate at the Connecticut Sun at the time, approached Brennan and said he “attacked” Carrington and “disregarded”. She used both charges twice each.

Brennan then discussed the situation with Sun members and then head coach Stephanie White (now Clark’s coach). Indiana Fever), and WNBA officials said her question was “It’s okay.”

Brennan said WNBA officials told her as long as they passed the officials’ “test” unless the question was “vulgar, rude or inappropriate.”

However, officials then dropped a bomb on Brennan.

The “sequel” to Fever-Wings has moved to a 20,000-seat arena with Caitlin Clark and Paige Bueckers facing each other

“Unfortunately, most of our players have zero real media exposure,” authorities said. “They don’t know what the real coverage is. They’ve been protected in college. And they come to the WNBA without knowing what the real questions are. Frankly, our players don’t get it.”

Brennan said the official “requested not to use their names due to the sensitive nature of the matter.”

Neither the WNBA nor the WNBPA responded to Fox News Digital’s request for comment on official reported sentiments.

In her book, Brennan said, “A top WNBA official said, ‘This happens everywhere. Why are our players so surprised? Why aren’t they prepared for it?”

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Brennan said Carrington claimed the next day that he was “talking” about Narissa Smith, a partner who happened to have fever, having had issues with reporters, including herself. Brennan argued that two other reporters were simply discussing “a little heat strategy that just got attention in the court.”

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