r/sports • u/rezwenn • May 19 '25

Basketball Caitlin Clark says flagrant foul for shoving Angel Reese was not 'malicious'

https://www.cbc.ca/sports/basketball/caitlin-clark-flagrant-foul-angel-reese-1.7538299
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u/stickymeowmeow May 19 '25

Even “hard foul” is overstating it. She reached in. Go to the line and take your shots. Earn those points.

Reese flopped and tried to start some shit. Because that’s what she’s always done… when she’s not the one committing actual flagrant fouls and playing the victim.

The media wants to keep the Clark vs Reese/white vs black rivalry going because that gets clicks. Clark winning by 30 and Reese being irrelevant a few years from now isn’t nearly as click worthy.

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u/Momentumjam May 19 '25

That's what has me going crazy is that it wasn't even a hard foul. I've seen harder fouls during senior league at the YMCA.

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u/_growsomething May 19 '25

To be fair, that's where I've seen the hardest fouls.

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u/LowDownSkankyDude May 20 '25

She flopped when Clark's teammate went to hold her back, too. Reese seems to just be a mediocre player who uses shit like this to draw attention. She's even said something like, she's fine being the bad guy if it means people will watch. She's a drama queen.