Whitlock’s tinfoil-hat theory: Is Caitlin Clark’s injury delay part of a darker WNBA agenda?



On a recent episode of Sophie Cunningham’s “Show Me Something” podcast, the fiery Indiana Fever guard weighed in on teammate Caitlin Clark’s injury status.

Clark, who has been sidelined with a groin injury since mid-July, has no idea when she’ll return to the court, Cunningham vowed. “It's just like a day-by-day legit type of thing,” she told co-host West Wilson.

“I'm not holding out any information. I just literally don't know,” she reiterated.

But Jason Whitlock isn’t buying it. “I think there's something to be read into these comments,” he says.

Clark fans have complained that Nike has slighted the superstar by delaying her signature shoe despite her $28 million deal. Others feel the same about the WNBA, arguing that the league treats Clark poorly through limited promotion, harsh officiating, and inadequate protection compared to other stars.

Jason thinks “somebody in [Clark’s] camp” — maybe her parents or her agent — has had enough of the unfair treatment, and perhaps that’s what’s actually prolonging her return to the court.

Unlike David Stern’s NBA, which strategically promoted stars like Magic Johnson, Larry Bird, and Michael Jordan by adjusting rules and forming partnerships to maximize their marketability, the WNBA is trying to “break Caitlin Clark,” says Jason.

“When you've gone 30 years and making money has never mattered, well, don't expect in year 31 or year 30 that money is going to matter now,” he says. “No, this is about a message [the WNBA is] trying to send out.”

And that message is: The WNBA is about promoting LGBTQ+ ideology and creating lesbian icons.

But because Clark is straight, she doesn’t further that agenda.

Jason thinks Clark’s pairing with Coach Stephanie White is strategic. White is a woman who was once “just like [Caitlin]” in that she was a straight, white basketball star from the Midwest. But it wasn’t long before she divorced her husband and came out as a lesbian. Now she raises a blended family with longtime partner and ESPN reporter Lisa Salters.

White is “right where” the WNBA wants Clark, says Jason, arguing that the entire league, from the executives to the coaches and players, is centered around promoting the “LGBTQ alphabet mafia.”

“I see this as: Until they break Caitlin Clark, there's always going to be a mystery around what's really going on.”

To hear more of his theory, watch the episode above.

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A third dildo has hit the WNBA court — now sports fans are betting when the next will strike



After one fan was arrested for throwing a sex toy at a WNBA game, other fans did not heed the warning — as they have continued throwing them on the court.

On Tuesday night, green dildos were thrown at Barclays Center during the Liberty-Wings game and at the Crypto.com Arena.

In the Los Angeles game, the sex toy was thrown onto the court and appeared to hit Fever star Sophie Cunningham, before Sparks star Kelsey Plum kicked the green object away from the court.

“Stop throwing dildos on the court,” Cunningham posted on X following the incident. “You’re going to hurt one of us.”

While the women of the WNBA are not happy, BlazeTV host Alex Stein is a fan of the development.


“The WNBA is being barraged by a bunch of fake penises, and America loves it actually. So much so that the betting lines are getting more action on whether or not a dildo will be thrown on the court than on who will win or lose the game,” Stein says on “Prime Time with Alex Stein.”

And it’s true. Crypto-based prediction market Polymarket is allowing users to put money on whether or not more dildos will fly. One user even earned more than $6,000 following the latest sex toy stunt.

“I, for one, am all about this. I’m actually going to start going to a lot of WNBA games,” Stein says.

“This is brilliant,” he continues. “I just love that we have hacked the WNBA where we can have a gambling edge.”

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Whitlock: Sophie Cunningham's 'barbie brawl' makes Caitlin Clark and Fever title contenders



Jason Whitlock was thrilled with the Indiana Fever’s offseason acquisitions. The team, which already boasts basketball goddess Caitlin Clark, signed veterans Natasha Howard and DeWanna Bonner as well as WNBA draft Makayla Timpson, among others.

However, the player Jason was most excited about was Sophie Cunningham, the sharpshooting guard traded from Phoenix Mercury.

“When they signed Sophie Cunningham, I was like, ‘Oh that's a championship move,”’ he says. Although Sophie’s short stint with the Fever has been injury-ridden, she’s nonetheless proved a solid defender, adding grit and clutch shooting to complement Caitlin Clark’s playmaking.

During the Fever’s June 17 matchup against the Connecticut Sun, however, Cunningham was ejected in the final minute when she committed a flagrant-2 foul on Jacy Sheldon, pulling her to the ground during a fast break, which was seen as retaliation for Sheldon’s earlier flagrant-1 foul on Caitlin Clark.

While critics condemned the foul as reckless and evidence of lack of discipline, fans reveled in the scuffle, arguing that the retaliation was protective loyalty to Caitlin Clark. Jason falls in the latter category.

“She's exactly — exactly — what the Indiana Fever needed; she's what Caitlin Clark needed. She is the energy button; she is the toughness; she is the enforcer that the Indiana Fever desperately needed,” he says. “I feel more confident today than at any point that the Indiana Fever have a real chance at winning the championship.”

Cunningham tackling Sheldon with 46 seconds left in the game when the Fever were up by several points was perceived as unnecessary retaliation by many, but Jason says the move was meant to “put everybody in the WNBA on notice: We’re not remotely scared."

“She snatched Jacy Sheldon by the back of her hair to let the entire league know we're not punks here,” he says. “They needed an enforcer on this team,” and Sophie — “the most fearless girl in the WNBA” — is the perfect person to do it.

Even if the foul was unnecessary, it was nonetheless “a championship moment” because it was “a tone-setting moment,” he says, arguing that going forward, Caitlin Clark will know someone “has [her] back.”

“This will be a rallying cry and a confidence boost to the Indiana Fever,” Jason predicts. However, it will also likely “put a bit of a bullseye on the Indiana Fever's back.”

He speculates that Dallas Wings’ DiJonai Carrington and Chicago Sky’s Angel Reese will be looking to “get spicy” the next time they face off against the Fever. While Cunningham’s play set the right aggressive tone for the remainder of the season, it also set the team up to “get tested.”

To hear more of Whitlock’s commentary and see the footage of Cunningham’s tone-setting foul, watch the video above.

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