Earlier this week, USA Today columnist Christine Brennan asked Sun guard DiJonai Carrington about an incident in Game 1 in which she jammed her fingernail into Caitlin Clark’s eye.
The poke caused Clark to have a black eye.
Several videos suggest Carrington poked Clark’s eye on purpose. And given Carrington’s year-long crusade against Clark, the incident became a national story.
Brennan did her job as a reporter by asking Carrington to address the matter.
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