Caitlin Clark and the WNBA culture war, explained

Basketball superstar Caitlin Clark has brought more eyeballs to the WNBA than ever before, but the spotlight hasn’t always been about the wins and losses. For The National, CBC’s Jamie Strashin breaks down how the league got sucked into America’s culture war this season.

00:00 The Caitlin Clark effect
00:46 Sucked into culture wars
01:22 The Alyssa Thomas incident
02:33 An ‘insanely physical sport’
03:04 The ‘great white hope’ narrative
04:01 Sophie Cunningham’s comments
05:14 Big spotlight, big scrutiny

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