{"id":11601,"date":"2025-07-20T23:36:09","date_gmt":"2025-07-20T23:36:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/11601\/"},"modified":"2025-07-20T23:36:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-20T23:36:09","slug":"espn-host-elle-duncan-makes-crude-joke-during-wnba-all-star-game-broadcast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/11601\/","title":{"rendered":"ESPN host Elle Duncan makes crude joke during WNBA All-Star Game broadcast"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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The WNBA<\/a> All-Star Game\u2019s high-offensive output led ESPN host Elle Duncan to say something many viewed as quite crude on live television.\u00a0<\/p>\n

It\u2019s not uncommon to see a lack of defense in a basketball All-Star Game, no matter if it\u2019s the WNBA or the NBA<\/a>. But Duncan had an interesting way to describe that side of the game at halftime during ABC\u2019s broadcast on Saturday night.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“We hope it gets a little bit more competitive,” Duncan started off after watching Napheesa Collier\u2019s team put up 82 puts to Caitlin Clark\u2019s squad\u2019s 60 in the first half. “Because like a girls\u2019 trip to Cancun, right now, there\u2019s no D.”<\/p>\n

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ESPN host Elle Duncan and ESPN analysts Andraya Carter and Chiney Ogwumike look on following the 2025 AT&T WNBA All-Star Game at Gainbridge Fieldhouse on July 19, 2025 in Indianapolis, Indiana.\u00a0 (Steph Chambers\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n

ESPN analyst Chiney Ogwumike quickly said, “Elle, you\u2019re in timeout. You\u2019re done.” Then, the broadcast went to commercial.\u00a0<\/p>\n

After the one-liner found its way working through social media, there were a few who didn\u2019t like Duncan\u2019s humor.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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“Add this to a long list of why no one takes @WNBA or @espn seriously,” one X user said under a video of Duncan, posted by Awful Announcing.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"Elle <\/p>\n

Elle Duncan before the AT&T WNBA All-Star Game 2025 on July 19, 2025 at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Indiana.\u00a0 (Amelia McAnear\/NBAE via Getty Images)<\/p>\n

“If Shane Gillis said that, they\u2019d try to cancel him,” another wrote, referencing the comedian\u2019s ESPYs monologue that turned heads this past week.\u00a0<\/p>\n

When the second half eventually started, there was more offense than defense yet again, as Collier led the way with 36 points to help her squad beat Clark\u2019s, 151-131, to win the All-Star Game.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Clark didn\u2019t play in the game, as she continues to nurse a groin injury that has been nagging throughout this 2025 WNBA season. She suffered it on Tuesday against the Connecticut Sun, which forced her to be sidelined for the Indiana Fever during their game against the New York Liberty<\/a> on Wednesday.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"Elle <\/p>\n

Elle Duncan, Andraya Carter and Chiney Ogwumike pose for a photo during the AT&T WNBA All-Star Game 2025 on July 19, 2025 at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Indiana.\u00a0 (Ron Hoskins\/NBAE via Getty Images)<\/p>\n

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The WNBA second half will kick off on Tuesday after All-Star festivities this weekend.<\/p>\n

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Scott Thompson is a sports writer for Fox News Digital.<\/p>\n