If, as a male sports writer, you feel the need to compare a young female athlete to a sports car, try not to do so immediately after asking her to flash you a heart symbol. In fact, better yet, try not to make it about yourself in the first place.
At a press conference on Wednesday introducing basketball superstar Caitlin Clark, whom the Indiana Fever selected first overall in Monday’s WNBA Draft, Indianapolis Star sports columnist Gregg Doyel forced an awkward, inappropriate and now mega-viral exchange with Clark. He then followed it up with a similar exchange involving Clark’s new coach, Christie Sides.
ESPN columnist Jemele Hill called it a “terrible moment for Gregg Doyel,” according to the New York Post.
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Hill, of course, normally
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