There’s a line you don’t cross in life and Ryan Clark sprinted past it.
Ryan Clark didn’t like my take on Angel Reese hating Caitlin Clark. That’s fine. Disagreement is part of the game. But instead of debating my point, he personally attacked me and my family. That shows how low of person he is.
I gave a sports opinion: I said Angel Reese hates Caitlin Clark, based on repeated, visible actions on the court and in press conferences. I backed it up with five separate examples from the game of basketball because that’s what I do. I analyze sports. I stay in the arena.
Just because Angel Reese is Black doesn’t mean that her game and actions can not be critiqued.
A Black man or woman is not restricted from giving a sports opinion on another Black man or woman just because you don’t like it.
Everyone can give their opinion on everyone no matter what color they are.
We’ve got to be better in this space. Debate the game. Don’t play with people’s families. Because if you need to cross that line and attack the person and their family instead of the point just to win an argument, then you already lost.
Ryan Clark said I don’t understand the struggles of Black women because I’m married to a white woman. That’s wrong and way out of bounds.
He suggested I don’t value my wife as the woman I love, protect and raise a family with but only value her because of the color of her skin. That’s wrong and way out of bounds.
He implied that he, a man who has never sat at our dinner table, values my wife and knows my marriage better than I do. That’s wrong and way out of bounds.
He dismissed my Blackness because I have a different opinion about Angel Reese than he does. That’s wrong and way out of bounds.
He claimed that I’m not having conversations about the struggles of Black women in my own home because my wife is white. That’s wrong and way out of bounds.
We also raise Black daughters together and don’t teach them to hate people or disqualify their opinions based on the color of their skin.
He claimed that I want to appeal to a certain audience. The only audience I’m focused on is the audience of one, God. I support all people, not some people.
My support is not based on the color of someone’s skin, but the content of their character.
My sports opinions are not based on the color of someone’s skin, but from what I see and my experience as a player and analyst.
Let me be clear. It is wildly inappropriate, wrong and extremely low to weaponize and attack a person’s wife, marriage and their family because you disagree with a sports take.
I didn’t make it personal with Angel Reese. I didn’t drag her family. I didn’t question her soul. I spoke about basketball.
But Ryan? You crossed the line. You made it personal and some.
There should be no space in Sports Media for personal attacks and wives and children are alway off limits. You attacked me and my family in a public forum on a level that shows how low of a person you are.
Disagree with me all you want. Challenge my take. But keep my family and wife out of it. That’s a boundary that should always be respected.
Ryan Clark personally attacking me and my family personally over a sports opinion is cowardly, spineless, and weak.
Ryan Clark personally attacking me and my family personally over a sports opinion is a bad look for ESPN and for him as a man.
Full response here ⬇️⬇️⬇️
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#RG3 #GreteGriffin #Family #OuttaPocket #AngelReese #CaitlinClark
🚨BREAKING: “N*GGER” carved in BLACK teens chest 😱
A Rącist @gettysburg College Swimmer at @swimswamnews ‘No Longer Enrolled’ After carving “N*GGER” on a BLACK Student’s Chest
🚨Racist carves “N*GGER” on black teens chest
🚨College removed black victim from swim team 😱
The incident, in which the N-word was cut into a BLACK student’s chest using a box cutter, happened at a gathering of the Pennsylvania college’s swim team at which the victim was the only person of color, the victim’s family said in a statement.
📌 “In less than 48 hours after the incident, our son was interviewed by the members of the coaching staff and summarily dismissed from the swim team,”
📌 The punitive action was taken prior to the commencement of the Office of Student Rights and Responsibilities own investigation.
📌 This does NOT follow the policies and procedures stated in the Gettysburg College Student-Athlete Manual.
🚨It was unclear if the rącist student left on their own terms or was booted.
SHOULD THIS RĄCIST BE CHARGED WITH A HATE CRIME? 🤔
Man this was BY FAR the realist 💩 I’ve heard a player speak since Coach Prime got to Boulder. 💯 Yeah they moving real different right now. Salute to @Young_Cam20 🫡 it had to be said King‼️🦈
🎥 - @theepregameshow
HOLY SH*T!
Minnesota National Guard Leaders Expose Tim Walz for Stolen Valor, Lying About His Rank, and Quitting When His Unit Was Deployed to Iraq.
"As soon as the shots were fired in Iraq, he turned and ran the other way and hung his hat up and quit," said Tom Behrends, a retired command sergeant major who replaced Gov. Tim Walz on a deployment to Iraq.
When he was a congressman, you know, he bragged that he was a retired command sergeant major: "I'm the highest-ranking person ever in the House," and, you know, all this lie that he was telling the state of Minnesota came out after 2018. After this was exposed, they said, "Well, he can say that he served as a command sergeant major, but he can't say he's a retired one because he's not."
Just tooting his own horn, hanging on the coattails of people that actually are command sergeant majors, who went through all the process and put all the time in.
It's stolen valor, really, what it is.
If he went to Iraq, he'd still be hiding under his desk over there, 'cause that's just the cowardice that I saw portrayed with him.