Wnba Official Believes Players 'have Zero Idea What Real Media Exposure Is,' New Book Says

The WNBA is much popular than it's ever been, but apparently, 1 WNBA charismatic believes nan players don't cognize really to grip it.

USA Today columnist Christine Brennan launched her caller book, "On Her Game: Caitlin Clark and nan Revolution successful Women's Sports," connected Tuesday, and successful it, she highlighted nan behind-the-scenes of her back-and-forth pinch DiJonai Carrington that prompted a scathing connection from nan Women's National Basketball Players Association successful September.

Carrington poked Caitlin Clark successful a crippled earlier past season, and galore connected societal media believed that she whitethorn person done it connected intent and laughed astir it afterward.

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Washington Mystics defender Brittney Sykes handles nan shot against nan Sun connected May 18, 2025, astatine Mohegan Sun Arena successful Uncasville, Connecticut. (Amy Abramson-Denhoff/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

In a move she described arsenic "journalism 101," Brennan asked Carrington astir nan incident and whether she made nosy of it later connected – she denied doing both.

However, different 1 of Clark's rivals, DeWanna Bonner, confronted Brennan conscionable minutes aft her backmost and distant pinch Carrington, Brennan claimed.

Bonner, who was Carrington's teammate astatine nan Connecticut Sun astatine nan time, approached Brennan, saying that she had "attacked" and "disrespected" Carrington. She utilized some accusations doubly each.

Brennan past discussed nan business pinch members of nan Sun, then-head coach Stephanie White (who is now Clark's coach pinch nan Indiana Fever), and a WNBA official, who said her questions were "fine."

Brennan revealed that nan WNBA charismatic said to her that arsenic agelong arsenic questions are not "vulgar, rude aliases inappropriate," past they walk nan official's "test."

But then, nan charismatic dropped a explosive connected Brennan.

Connecticut Sun defender DiJonai Carrington fouls Indiana Fever defender Caitlin Clark successful Indianapolis, Aug. 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)

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"Unfortunately, astir of our players person zero thought what existent media vulnerability is," nan charismatic said, according to nan book. "They don’t cognize what existent sum is, they person been shielded astatine assemblage and past they travel to nan WNBA not knowing what existent questions are. Frankly, our players conscionable don’t get it."

Brennan said nan charismatic "requested their sanction not beryllium utilized owed to nan delicate quality of nan issue."

Neither nan WNBA nor nan WNBPA person responded to Fox News Digital's requests for remark regarding nan official's reported sentiments.

In her book, Brennan besides wrote, "A apical WNBA charismatic told maine ‘this happens everywhere. Why are our players truthful surprised. Why are they not prepared for it?’"

Christine Brennan speaks astatine nan SiriusXM Business Radio Broadcasts "Beyond The Game: Tackling Race" connected Feb. 5, 2016, successful San Francisco. (Kimberly White/Getty Images for SiriusXM)

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Brennan said Carrington besides took rumor pinch reporters, including herself, nan adjacent day, claiming they were "talking s---" astir NaLyssa Smith, her partner who conscionable truthful happened to beryllium connected nan Fever. Brennan claimed nan 2 different reporters were simply discussing "a spot of a Fever strategy that had conscionable been noticed connected nan court."

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