Folks, let me tell you about this incredible story, absolutely tremendous, about Sheryl Swoopes, who, by the way, was a big deal in the WNBA—nobody denies that. Hall of Famer, four-time champion, a real winner, people loved her! She had it all: a fancy broadcast seat, influence, the whole package. But then, she made a huge mistake, a terrible mistake, believe me, and it all came crashing down because of one name: Caitlin Clark. This young star, fantastic player, just phenomenal, changed everything!
Now, Sheryl, she started saying things about Caitlin that weren’t true—lies, folks, total lies! She claimed Caitlin was taking 40 shots a game, said she was a fifth-year senior, even questioned her records. Wrong! Caitlin’s out there breaking records left and right, drawing massive crowds, making the WNBA more popular than ever—nobody’s done it better, maybe ever. Sheryl’s comments? Total nonsense, fake news, and people saw right through it.
The WNBA, smart folks, they didn’t stand for it. They said, “Sheryl, you’re out!” Fired her from all 2025 TV broadcasts—gone! You can’t go around spreading lies about a superstar like Caitlin Clark, who’s bringing in millions of viewers, selling out arenas, and making the league great again. Sheryl’s history, by the way, wasn’t so clean either—fired from coaching for being toxic, players quitting on her. Sad! She could’ve been part of this new era, but she chose to hate instead of celebrate. Big mistake.
Caitlin Clark? She’s a winner, folks, a total game-changer. The WNBA’s thriving because of her, and they’re not letting anyone, not even a Hall of Famer, drag her down. This is about fairness, about truth, about making basketball great. Sheryl had her shot, but she blew it. Now, the league’s moving forward, stronger than ever, and Caitlin’s leading the way. Nobody does it better.
Sheryl Swoopes didn’t like one aspect of how Caitlin Clark handled the aftermath of her flagrant foul on Angel Reese.
Just about every single analyst and pundit in the women’s basketball community has been rifling off takes regarding Caitlin Clark’s flagrant foul on Angel Reese during the May 17 game between the Indiana Fever and Chicago Sky.
Not only was the foul itself noteworthy, but the aftermath of when Reese got up and began charging at Clark in order to express some choice words, only before getting pushed away by Clark’s teammate Aliyah Boston (which earned both Boston and Reese technical fouls), is also causing discussion.
WNBA legend Sheryl Swoopes shared her sentiment on this aftermath of the actual foul during a May 19 episode of Gil’s Arena.
“I don’t have an issue with the foul. I thought it was a hard foul, yep, I thought the refs got it right,” Swoopes said. “My issue wasn’t even with the foul. If you’re going to foul somebody, I was always taught you don’t give up an easy basket, period. And that’s what I thought Caitlin did. My thing with that was, stand in it. Don’t walk away.
“My other issue was, I also have always been taught when I played, go grab your own teammate, don’t come grab my teammate. So, where Aliyah Boston went over to Angel… to me, you gotta get your own teammate. I didn’t have a problem with the foul… I got issues with all the other stuff that came along with that, not that foul.”
It’s interesting to hear Swoopes share her sentiment about how Clark handled what took place after the play, along with her thinking that Boston didn’t act quite correctly.
Regardless, things surely happened very fast for everybody on the court, and it’s a good thing that nothing escalated more than it already had.
