Caitlin Clark's Coach Suggests Star Offered To Pay Fine For Technical Foul Over Yelling At Wnba Officials

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Caitlin Clark's Indiana Fever caput coach Stephanie White was fixed a method foul and a good during Thursday's triumph against nan Las Vegas Aces for yelling astatine WNBA referees. Now, White has suggested that Clark offered to salary nan fine. 

The foul came erstwhile White was yelling toward officials during an Indiana possession pinch conscionable complete 5 minutes near successful nan 4th fourth and nan Fever starring nan Aces by 23, erstwhile 1 referee signaled for a method foul connected nan coach. 

Clark was not playing successful nan crippled owed to a persisting groin injury, but jumped up and started clapping for her coach amid nan incident. 

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Stephanie White

Head coach Stephanie White and Caitlin Clark (Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images)

After nan game, White suggested that Clark will beryllium paying nan fine. 

"I don’t cognize astir frustrations boiling arsenic much to conscionable for illustration making a point," White told reporters. "Caitlin said she sewage me, though. She conscionable sewage a bonus."

During White's first twelvemonth arsenic caput coach, and Clark's 2nd twelvemonth successful nan WNBA, nan Fever person taken connected a seemingly much rebellious reside successful squad culture. 

The Fever won nan WNBA's Commissioner's Cup, an in-season tournament, pinch their 74-59 triumph complete nan Minnesota Lynx connected Tuesday night, and nan squad celebrated successful nan locker room pinch immoderate champagne and vodka seltzers.

Fever guardant Aaliyah Boston took to Instagram Live to springiness a behind-the-scenes look astatine nan ceremony erstwhile Clark, who did not play owed to a groin injury, took a shot.

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Caitlin Clark dribbles

Indiana Fever defender Caitlin Clark (22) plays against nan Dallas Wings successful nan 2nd half of a WNBA hoops crippled successful Indianapolis, Sunday, Sept. 15, 2024.  (AP Photo/Michael Conroy, File)

"Guys, I conscionable cognize everybody successful nan convention is sick," Clark is heard saying from retired of nan shot.

The teammates replied pinch laughter, pinch Boston adding, "They're p---ed."

While celebrating, Clark besides voiced an sentiment connected nan tourney and nan $500,000 prize for nan winning team.

"You get much (money) for this than you do if you’re nan (WNBA Finals) champion. It makes nary sense. Someone show [WNBA commissioner] Cathy [Engelbert] to thief america out," she said successful different video.

Meanwhile, Fever newcomer Sophie Cunningham, who has quickly go a instrumentality favourite aft starting a conflict pinch Connecticut Sun players successful defense of Clark, said "no 1 likes us" aft a caller crippled against nan Dallas Wings. 

"I deliberation truthful acold this season, we’ve had a batch of distractions. Some injuries. Don’t cognize who’s playing. Just a batch of distractions. But I deliberation that’s really bully for us," she said, via nan Indy Star. "Let’s spell done nan adversity early. Let’s study from it. Good news is we’re not going to highest excessively early, truthful I mean, that’s a positive. It’s not an excuse. Everyone’s playing a back-to-back. Everyone has this benignant of unsmooth schedule. For us, we get different opportunity tomorrow, and we’ve sewage to capitalize connected it. Dallas is simply a squad that’s quiet for a win.

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Sophie Cunningham vs Wings

June 27, 2025; Dallas, Texas; Indiana Fever defender Sophie Cunningham (8) runs backmost up nan tribunal during nan crippled against nan Dallas Wings astatine nan American Airlines Center.  (Jerome Miron-Imagn Images)

"We’ve talked astir this, we’re circled connected everybody’s schedule. No 1 likes us, right? So, everyone successful our locker room? That’s nan only type of group that we person that we tin thin on. We’ve sewage to beryllium amended successful that area. We person sewage to enactment disciplined, we person to enactment focused, we request to get consistent, and we’ve sewage to thin connected each other. I deliberation that we’ve benignant of wavered a small spot connected that. We person our ain islands."

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Jackson Thompson is simply a sports writer for Fox News Digital. He antecedently worked for ESPN and Business Insider. Jackson has covered nan Super Bowl and NBA Finals, and has interviewed iconic figures Usain Bolt, Rob Gronkowski, Jerry Rice, Troy Aikman, Mike Trout, David Ortiz and Roger Clemens.

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