Over the past two weeks, the narratives about Caitlin Clark and her fans have seemingly gone out of bounds. The Indiana Fever superstar has already pushed back against how the media has covered her and urged people not to engage in racism and online bullying. Still, the discourse surrounding her and her supporters has not been focused on basketball.
On Wednesday, a veteran sports media personality and writer expressed his frustrations about the situation.
Caitlin Clark Media Coverage Draws Fresh Criticism From Veteran Fever Writer
Last week, USA Today’s Nancy Armour wrote that there is a “white nationalist faction to Clark’s fandom.” She even brought up the 1955 lynching of Emmett Till to highlight how Clark’s actions on the court have allegedly enabled her supporters “to take matters into their own hands.”
A few days after Armour’s story went out, another USA Today article reported that the three-time All-Star missed the WNBA’s Orange Carpet event to get her hair done. As it turned out, Clark skipped it due to a prior commitment to hold a charity dinner arranged by the Caitlin Clark Foundation.
With so many off-court issues plaguing the superstar point guard, veteran Fever writer Robin Lundberg is pushing back.
“The days of the WNBA being agenda-based coverage and not basketball-based coverage need to go away,” Lundberg said on the latest episode of “The Robin Lundberg Show.”
“Everybody’s tired of it. This idea that the Fever fans and Caitlin Clark fans and the narrative around them, it’s done! People are sick of it. … Embarrassing themselves. The only conclusion I can draw is that some of these folks don’t wanna cover basketball.”
Robin with another great take:
“The days of the WNBA BEING AGENDA BASED COVERAGE AND NOT BASKETBALL COVERAGE, NEED TO GO AWAY.”
I personally believe a lot of the older WNBA media don’t know basketball well enough to write about the actual sport @robinlundberg pic.twitter.com/z7xU9Ah8oE
— X coach anderson X (@coachandere6xa) July 30, 2026
On Friday, Clark spoke to ESPN’s Malika Andrews to give her side about the media circus hounding her. The Fever franchise cornerstone told Andrews that there is “a false characterization of who I am.” She added that the media “are controlling the narratives about what people read and what people talk about” and “a lot of that is sometimes so far out of touch with what is reality.”
Clark’s words did not seem to make a dent. ESPN’s Monica McNutt said on Sunday that Clark must have more “accountability and self-awareness,” prompting the WNBA world to urge ESPN to fire the analyst.
Later in the week, Netflix lead sports host Elle Duncan implored Clark to denounce fans who use her name, image, and likeness for “misogynistic or racist” purposes.
Interestingly, Clark has already addressed those issues, strongly stating that people shouldn’t exploit her for those agendas. Earlier this month, she underlined the importance of keeping harassment and hate out of the narratives.
The 24-year-old has received some backing, but it seems stopping the outside noise is impossible.
Lundberg has joined a growing number of observers who believe the conversation around Clark has drifted too far from basketball. In his view, outside agendas have dominated the discourse for too long, and it’s time for the spotlight to return to her on-court performances.
