Sportscaster slams WNBA team for letting OutKick in to ‘harass’ Brittney Griner with ‘disingenuous’ Caitlin Clark question

Atlanta Dream center Brittney Griner is one of the best players the WNBA has seen over the past decade. However, the former WNBA Champion had to defend herself yet again when reporters approached her about the Dream's game against the Indiana Fever and alleged comments she made towards All-Star guard Caitlin Clark.

Griner is a two-time Defensive Player of the Year and a WNBA Champion. However, the 34-year-old is better known for issues that follow her off the court than what she does on it. Her detainment in Russia in 2022 and her inclusion in the fake announcement regarding the WNBA's sext testing has put her in the spotlight over the past few seasons.

Dan Zaksheske from OutKick, a media company run by Fox, approached Griner after the Dream's 89-56 victory over the Washington Mystics on Sunday. However, they did not want to ask the center about the game, instead focusing on what she said after fouling out against the Fever a week ago. Griner denied the accusations that she called Clark a "f***ing white girl".

"No, I would never say that," Griner said to Zaksheske. "There's no place for that in our league, wouldn't say that. I was mad about a call."

Sportscaster Chris Williamson took to Griner's defense on social media on Monday, calling out Zaksheske and OutKick reporters for asking her such questions at all. He also called out the Mystics for allowing OutKick members in if their only goal was to get Griner to speak about what she is accused of saying.

"Disappointed in the mystics org for allowing Outkick into that Atlanta-Washington game all so they could simply harass BG with dumb and disingenuous questions," Williamson said.

Williamson went on to explain that even if Griner were to complain to the league about the interaction, it is unlikely that things would change. The Dream center cannot request those kinds of questions to be banned by the WNBA during her media availability.

OutKick founder Clay Travis offered his thoughts on Griner's response

Clay Travis, the founder of OutKick, was one of many to respond to Griner's comments about the incident against the Fever. According to him, his reporters are in the right when they asked the Dream center about what she said, considering no other member of the WNBA media has bothered to ask her anything about it.

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No one else in WNBA media has asked Griner about this video for weeks. Interesting that she specifically remembers the play and situation, but nothing about the viral video — which she has definitely seen.

Travis expanded on his thought, calling Griner's race into question. According to him, the response around the sports media landscape would have been different if the accused player was white.

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How do you think the sports media would respond if a white player had a mega viral video where it appeared she used a racial slur against black women and then when asked about it said she didn’t remember it?

For now, Griner continues to deny that she said anything that crossed the line against Clark during their game. However, networks like OutKick continue to follow her and ask questions about it, putting the Olympian's character into question, even a week after it happened.