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Dihony Carrington found herself last season when she accidentally plunged in Kate Rinklerk In the eyes,
When she was asked about it by Christine Brennan of USA Today, it turned into a war of words.
The Women’s National Basketball Players Association has issued a scathing statement, Call Brennan by name Through an interview with Carrington, who claimed that the union had fueled “racist, homophobic and misogynistic vitriol” online.
Brennan asked Carrington, who was in the Connecticut sun at the time, if she intended to see Clark after the video, and if Marina Mabry, who recently pushed Clark into the ground in the game, then made fun of the incident. Carrington denied that both were true.
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Indiana Fever Guard Kate Linklark drives on August 28, 2024 at Connecticut Sunguard Dehony Carrington in Indianapolis. (AP photo/Michael Conroy)
However, another of Clark’s rivals, Dewanna Bonner, faced Brennan minutes later between Carrington, and Brennan revealed in her new book in “Her Game: Caitlyn Clark and the Revolution of Women’s Sports.”
Bonner, who was Carrington’s teammate at the time, approached Brennan and said he “attacked” Carrington and “disregarded”. She used both charges twice each.
Brennan says she tried to introduce herself to Bonner, providing Bonner with the opportunity to listen to their interactions, but Bonner apparently has no use.
Brennan then said she texted then head coach Stephanie White, who is now Clark’s coach at Indiana Fever, to let her know about the situation she called “Journalism 101.” She also said in the book that WNBA officials told her that her questions were “alright.”
Connecticut Sunguard Dehony Carrington, Indiana Fever Guard Kate Rinklerk, Indianapolis, August 28, 2024. (AP photo/Michael Conroy)
“Unfortunately, most of our players have zero ideas about what their actual media exposure is,” admitted Brennan. “They don’t know what the real coverage is. They’ve been protected in college. And they come to the WNBA without knowing what the real questions are. Frankly, our players don’t get it.”
Brennan said Carrington claimed the next day that he was “talking” about Narissa Smith, a partner who happened to have fever, having had issues with reporters, including herself. Brennan argued that two other reporters were simply discussing “a little heat strategy that I just noticed in court.”
Smith confronted Brennan and told her he didn’t say anything negative to Smith, but Smith said she was “liing,” Brennan wrote in the book.
Bonner signed a one-year contract with Heat during the offseason, but was abandoned after it was reported that she was “not interested” in playing for them anymore.
Indiana Fever Guard Kate Rinklerk and Sunforward De Wanna Bonner will exchange words on September 25, 2024 during the WNBA playoffs in Wxville, Connecticut. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)
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Carrington and Smith appeared to be joking about the eye-opening incident Instagram Live October video.
Paulina Dedaj of Fox News contributed to this report.
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