Over the previous 2 years, Chicago Sky forward Angel Reese and Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark have actually established among the specifying specific sports competitions of the 2020s.
As holds true with any sports competition that permeates the larger cultural discussion, nevertheless, Reese and Clark’s friendly fight has actually grown to incorporate more than simply sports– for much better or for even worse. On Thursday’s best of Unapologetically Angel— her brand-new podcast– Reese talked about how a few of Clark’s fans had actually turned to bigotry towards her.
“I believe it’s truly simply the fans,” Reese stated. “Sometimes it’s extremely ill-mannered. I believe there’s a great deal of bigotry when it pertains to it, and I do not believe (Clark) stands with any of that.”
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Clark, for her part, knocked bigotry perpetuated in her name in June.
Reese went on to state she had actually gotten death hazards from fans of Clark.
“People have actually boiled down to my address, followed me home,” Reese stated. “It’s truly tough that I need to go through that.”
Reese and Clark are thought about the 2 frontrunners for the WNBA’s Rookie of the Year award; their competition appears set to make headings for several years to come. Time will inform whether those headings are produced the ideal factors.