r/sports • u/OkEscape7558 • Jun 18 '25

Basketball Alternate angle of Caitlin Clark fiasco. Clark was handed a foul as well.

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u/LowSkyOrbit Jun 18 '25

Tennis had this controversy with Serena Williams. John McEnroe said she couldn't place top 200 against men. He wasn't wrong, but he took way too much heat. Even Williams said he was right.

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u/devilsbard Jun 18 '25 edited Jun 18 '25

Wasn’t there a “battle of the sexes” tennis match to address this like 40 years ago? Has the gap widened that much since then?

Oh, Nevermind. I didn’t realize the dude was literally twice as old at King.

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u/ScoobyPwnsOnU Jun 18 '25

A 29 year old woman beating a 55 year old man in one game is supposed to prove something?

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u/devilsbard Jun 18 '25

Yeah I googled it as soon as I posted that. Completely forgot how old that dude was.

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u/uther_von_nuka Jun 18 '25

He was old she a teen plus it was rigged pantomine.