The discussion began with Gregg Doyel, a columnist for the Indianapolis Star newspaper, making a heart with his hands to Clark, a gesture Clark often used during her college basketball career. I sincerely apologize.”In a separate post on X, he added: “Caitlin Clark, I’m so sorry. Caitlin Clark Introductory Press ConferenceDoyel’s back and forth with Clark was almost universally panned online. — I now realize what I said and how I said it was wrong, wrong, wrong. “Caitlin Clark, I’m so sorry.”But users on X accused him of using the incident as a way to produce content and of missing the point of the offending behavior.

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