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Caitlin Clark, Chicago Coach Say They Did Not Hear Alleged Racial Slurs Hurled at Angel Reese at Sky-Fever Game Being Investigated by WNBA

May 21, 2025

The WNBA announced on Sunday the league is investigating alleged racial slurs by fans at the Chicago Sky–Indiana Fever game in Indianapolis on Saturday. Reports state the alleged racist taunts were directed at Sky star player Angel Reese.

The Fever crushed the Sky in the teams’ season opener, 93-58. The game heated up in the third quarter when Clark did a hard take foul on Reese to force her to the free throw line after Reese shoved a Fever player to grab a rebound for an easy layup. Reese came after Clark, but was blocked as Clark walked away.

Indiana Fever player Caitlin Clark walks away from Chicago Sky player Angel Reese after giving Reese a hard foul in a game at Indianapolis, screen image via ESPN, May 17, 2025

The ESPN clip starts (curious edit choice) right after Reese shoved Howard out of the way. Afterward, Reese got up to confront Clark, but Clark turned her back and walked away.

This angle appears to show Clark shoving Reese with her left arm:

One problem with the WNBA’s investigation is that there appears to be no evidence of any racial slurs. No video has been produced as of yet, nor have any players or coaches said they heard them.

Fever star player Caitlin Clark told reporters Tuesday she did not hear any racism at the game.

Chicago Sky coach Tyler Marsh also told reporters Tuesday no one on the Sky heard any racist taunts.

Angel Reese addressed the WNBA investigation in comments to reporters on Tuesday without mentioning what, if anything, she heard in response to leading questions from reporters.

In a video posted Sunday, Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy, who was courtside at the game Saturday, said he did no hear any racial taunts from the crowd, which he noted was made up of a lot of families and young girls:

Portnoy later defended himself over unfounded allegations that he said something wrong to Reese during the game, “To clarify I yelled “Ball Don’t Lie” when Angel missed the tech. WNBA wants to cuff and stuff me for it.”

Sports reporter Christine Brennan reported on the status of the investigation, and its apparent lack of evidence, in a post on X Tuesday, “Nearly three days after allegations of racist comments in the Sky-Fever game, I’m being told the WNBA has no timeline for completion of its investigation and there will be no announcement — either if racist behavior occurred or if it did not occur — until the review is completed.”

The WNBA is apparently responding to online complaints of “monkey sounds” picked up on the broadcast that apparently was just a fan making absurd yodeling sounds:

A video report on the fan:

But as Portnoy says, the WNBA has given Indian Fever fans a bad rap just as the season started.

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