In an attempt to remain relevant, retired U.S. female soccer player Megan Rapinoe has gone on record insisting that journalist Christine Brennan should first be ridden out of town on a rail, then tarred and feathered, and only then drawn and quartered for daring to ask the WNBA’s (Connecticut Sun) DiJonai Carrington if her hard foul on Indiana Fever guard, and sole reason anyone watches the WNBA, Caitlin Clark during their playoff game on September 22, 2024, that left Clark with a black eye was intentional.

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In a podcast with Rapinoe’s partner, retired WNBA player Sue Bird, Rapinoe dragged out the Rated R for Redundant word when discussing Brennan’s questioning Carrington about the foul.

'My visceral reaction was like: ''That's not good. That doesn't feel good. That feels racist, to be honest,''' Rapinoe told Bird.

She went on (and on and on):

Rapinoe, on the other hand, believes the columnist was instinctively defending Clark, who happens to be the subject of Brennan's next book.

'I think it's so disingenuous for Christine Brennan and other media members to be like ''I am just asking the question,''' Rapinoe said.

'But really what is happening is your natural instinct to protect and narrate white players versus ''go after and narrate black players.'' That to me is the issue.

One can only wonder if had the roles been reversed, with Clark swatting Carrington in the eye, Rapinoe would have been so swift to criticize a sports reporter for the previously acceptable act, yet now one considered to be the unforgivable sin, of asking an athlete involved in a play a question regarding said play.

Rapinoe and Bird next revealed, without directly saying so, they have never seen a Three Stooges short.

'The premise of the question relies on the belief that DiJonai is targeting, that DiJonai is specifically swatted or swiped into Caitlin's eyeball,' Rapinoe continued.

Both Bird and Rapinoe were quick to dismiss the eye poke as unintentional.

'First of all, the square footage of Caitlin's eyeball is very small,' Rapinoe said.

'That was my first thought,' Bird agreed. 'Do you know how hard it would be to aim and poke someone in the eye?'

Larry, Curly, and Moe would like a word.

It bears mention that Carrington has been nursing a grudge against Clark for committing heinous crimes such as being a better player, better person, and, worst of all, white for some time. She wrote this in response to Clark calling out racism.

Dawg. How one can not be bothered by their name being used to justify racism, bigotry, misogyny, xenophobia, homophobia & the intersectionalities of them all is nuts. We all see the sh*t. We all have a platform. We all have a voice & they all hold weight. Silence is a luxury.

— dιjonaι carrιngтon♛ (@DijonaiVictoria) June 13, 2024

One can only imagine what Carrington would have said had Clark not condemned bigotry.

It warrants mention that since Clark and the Indiana Fever’s playoff exit, the WNBA’s television ratings at a time when they should be ascending, as the league is presently in its semifinals, have fallen off a cliff.

A record WNBA audience of 2.54 million tuned in to watch the 22-year-old's season draw to a close in Connecticut, while a previous record of 1.84 million watched the first game of the series on September 22.

Yet with Indiana no longer in the competition, the first weekend of WNBA playoff games without Clark failed to drum up the same interest.

The first semifinal showdown between the New York Liberty and the Las Vegas Aces - two of the league's most popular and successful teams - drew an audience of just 929,000, according to ESPN (via Fox News).

Oops.

The phenomenon of Trump Derangement Syndrome has often been discussed on this site. It is now clear that Clark Derangement Syndrome is rapidly catching up. Instead of killing the goose that laid the golden eggs, the WNBA seems intent on letting a large contingent of jealous, unmarketable women attempt to scratch their provider of all good things’ eyes out.