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Robert Griffin III was amongst those that chimed in on the newest saga within the rivalry between basketball stars Angel Reese and Caitlin Clark, saying the Chicago Sky star “hates Caitlin Clark.”
“After watching Caitlin Clark’s flagrant foul on Angel Reese and the aftermath, there is no way Angel Reese can continue the lie that she doesn’t dislike Caitlin Clark,” Griffin wrote on X. “I know what hatred looks like. Angel Reese HATES Caitlin Clark. Not some basketball rivalry hate either. Hate.”
Griffin later claimed his assertion was “purely based in basketball” and was merely a “sports take.”
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ESPN analyst Ryan Clark broadcasts from the sector earlier than the sport between the San Francisco 49ers and New York Jets at Levi’s Stadium on September 09, 2024 in Santa Clara, California. (Lachlan Cunningham/Getty Photos)
Tempers flared between Reese and Clark after the Fever guard dedicated a flagrant foul on the Sky ahead. It was one of many greater moments of Indiana’s 93-58 blowout win on Saturday.
Present ESPN NFL analyst and former Pittsburgh Steelers star Ryan Clark reacted to Griffin’s feedback on the Reese-Clark drama. Clark recommended Griffin was becoming a member of the “hate train” and was falling according to the positions different media figures have taken.
Might 17, 2025; Indianapolis, Indiana, USA; Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark (22) and Chicago Sky ahead Angel Reese (5) shake palms earlier than the sport at Gainbridge Fieldhouse. (Trevor Ruszkowski-Imagn Photos)
“When RG3 jumps onto the hate train or the angry train, it now follows what we saw from Keith Olbermann, what we saw from Dave Portnoy, as they poured onto Angel Reese to make her the villain, and Caitlin Clark heroic or hero story,” Clark mentioned throughout a latest episode of his “The Pivot” podcast.
“The one thing we know about RG3 is he’s not having conversations at his home about what Black women have to endure in this country. About what young Black women and athletes like Angel Reese have had to deal with being on the opposite side of Caitlin Clark’s rise and ascension into stardom.”
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Clark then highlighted the previous NFL quarterback’s marriage.
“If you’re RG3, when is the last time within your household you’ve had a conversation about what [Angel Reese is] dealing with?” Clark requested. “You haven’t been able to do that because in both of your marriages, you’ve been married to White women.”
Griffin is married to Grete Griffin, who’s a local of Estonia and a heptathlete.
Oct 16, 2023; Inglewood, California, USA; Robert Griffin III on the ESPN Monday Night time Soccer Countdown set SoFi Stadium. (Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports activities)
“You haven’t had opportunities to have those conversations to educate you on what they’re feeling, what Black women deal with, what they’re seeing when they think of a young Angel Reese. And the whole time that he’s mimicking Angel Reese and bobbing his head and moving his neck while he’s doing this whole piece, his wife is in the back amening and clapping.”
Griffin left ESPN in 2024. A number of retailers reported on the time that Griffin’s dismissal was a cost-cutting transfer.
“When I worked with RG3, he would make all of these sort of corny jokes about milk and how much he loved it and how important it was. And he always points out on social media the color of his wife’s white skin. As if the color of her skin is what makes her special. As if the color of her skin is what makes her a good wife,” Clark continued.
“I’ve met the lady. I’ve had a conversation with her. I think she’s more than that. But it also leads to what Black women deal with a lot from Black men who have chose to date or marry outside of their race. They always feel like they have to go the extra mile to prop up the woman that they married or the woman that they’re with over Black women by denigrating Black women.”
Griffin caught wind of Clark’s feedback and took to social media to share his response.
“Ryan Clark personally attacking me and my family personally over a sports opinion is cowardly, spineless, and weak,” Griffin wrote on X, together with a greater than two-minute-long video. Griffin additionally said a number of instances that Clark’s assertions had been “way out of bounds.”
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Caitlin Clark and Reese have main historical past, going again to the 2023 NCAA ladies’s basketball nationwide championship. Each gamers downplayed the incident.
Clark instructed ESPN’s Holly Rowe after the third quarter that there had been “nothing malicious” behind the foul.
Fox Information’ Ryan Gaydos contributed to this report.
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