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Caitlin Clark Is Already More Popular Than Patrick Mahomes in the US and Is Only Outnumbered by Three Other Athletes
Marca ^ | 22/06/2024

Posted on 06/22/2024 6:01:36 PM PDT by nickcarraway

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Mahomes - How much is popularity dragged down by his stupid brother, father, and wife.
1 posted on 06/22/2024 6:01:36 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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Envy seems to be in play here. Caitlin has been the target of vicious fouls , one of which resulted in a busted eardrum.


2 posted on 06/22/2024 6:03:59 PM PDT by Nateman (Democrats did not strive for fraud friendly voting merely to continue honest elections.)
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She’s never going to complain.


3 posted on 06/22/2024 6:10:17 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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“but are overlooked due to their race”

Ah, pigment content - we never guessed this must be the reason. All this time we thought it was because they are a-holes.


4 posted on 06/22/2024 6:13:39 PM PDT by quantim (Victory is not relative, it is absolute. )
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i think it is the alliteration

it has to be


5 posted on 06/22/2024 6:15:18 PM PDT by joshua c
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Of course, there are critics of how Clark's rise has been prioritized over other black players who are regarded as being on a similar level of talent, but are overlooked due to their race.

Caitlin can actually play ball. Other athletes, it's awkward to watch them to play.

6 posted on 06/22/2024 6:16:14 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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Women’s basketball is a financial loser both at the college & professional level.

The sport is big enough that WBB coaches demand high pay, but the numbers with the networks & the gate just aren’t there.

If you like it.....enjoy it while you can, because long-term.... WBB is a loser.


7 posted on 06/22/2024 6:20:47 PM PDT by unclebankster (Globalism is the last refuge of a scoundrel.)
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You know, sometimes such things help.


8 posted on 06/22/2024 6:28:21 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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According to ESPN's data..

..and just coincidentally, they happen to broadcast the games...

9 posted on 06/22/2024 6:28:44 PM PDT by Henchster (Free Republic - the BEST site on the web!)
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Will the WNBA recognize what they have? If no, they’re doomed worse than they already were.


10 posted on 06/22/2024 6:30:00 PM PDT by Libloather (Why do climate change hoax deniers live in mansions on the beach?)
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Sabrina Ionescu who came out of Oregon University, was the pre-Caitlin in 2020. During NBA all star weekend, she had a three point contest against Steph Curry, and she acquitted herself well.

I am surprised a player named Elena Delle Donne isn't more famous.

Once I was musing to myself that shooting (in basketball) might be something women could do about as well as men.

In the NBA there have been 14 50-40-90 seasons by 10 players since the first one in 86/87. (Larry Bird has two, Steve Nash has four, and is one free throw from five in a row.)

One G League player has done it. 11 player's have done it in men's NCAA basketball, with no one doing it more than once. I heard seven players in Euroleague have done it, but I don't have solid evidence.

Only one woman has done it at the pro or college level: Elena Delle Donne did it on 2019. (I can't find any list for this at the high school level.)

11 posted on 06/22/2024 6:38:15 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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Melting 3s from a step over the line?
Sweet


12 posted on 06/22/2024 6:38:25 PM PDT by Macoozie (Roll MAGA, roll!)
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Sabrina Ionescu who came out of Oregon University, was the pre-Caitlin in 2020. During NBA all star weekend, she had a three point contest against Steph Curry, and she acquitted herself well.

Maybe she's a good shooter. I'll take your word for it. But for whatever reason, she's not a "star".

13 posted on 06/22/2024 6:41:47 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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Well, the NBA owns the WNBA, so I would thing Adam Silver is ultimately in charge. I do consider him an idiot, but that big an idiot?

There is channel called ION, and they are now playing WNBA games, which I never saw before. Sports podcasts, YouTube, and radio shows actually talk about the WNBA, which never happened before. Right now, people may be talking more about WNBA than MLB.

14 posted on 06/22/2024 6:41:58 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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Well, she may not be as big as Caitlin, but she was on TV for the NBA All Star game, competing against Steph Curry, so for WNBA, she kind of was a star. If the league is going to grow, they need more players to be known. She is Orthodox, married to an NFL player, and could be one of the candidates.


15 posted on 06/22/2024 6:45:20 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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I heard one pundit actually say that Clark is known for her ability to trash talk other players, as if that explains the vicious hit she took on the court. I guess white girls can’t talk sh!t to black girls or they’ll get what’s coming to them.


16 posted on 06/22/2024 6:48:23 PM PDT by Prince of Space (Trump 2024!)
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If the league is going to grow, they need more players to be known.

That won't happen if they beat up CC.

17 posted on 06/22/2024 6:54:05 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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In the 2002 tournament, they said she trash-talked opponents, but I don't know what that entails in women's basketball.

Is she really a Larry Bird/Kevin Garnett/Gary Payton level trash talker?

18 posted on 06/22/2024 6:56:13 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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Look, she doesn’t complain about it or act hurt, so eventually they will stop doing it.


19 posted on 06/22/2024 6:56:51 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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Look, she doesn’t complain about it or act hurt, so eventually they will stop doing it.

Time will tell. But if she gets hurt, we'll go back to ignoring the WNBA like we did the past 25 years.

20 posted on 06/22/2024 6:58:09 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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