{"id":671535,"date":"2026-05-29T05:28:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T05:28:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/671535\/"},"modified":"2026-05-29T05:28:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T05:28:10","slug":"cari-champion-angers-caitlin-clark-fans-with-blatant-favoritism-accusation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/671535\/","title":{"rendered":"Cari Champion Angers Caitlin Clark Fans With ‘Blatant Favoritism’ Accusation"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cari Champion sounded off on the treatment Caitlin Clark<\/a> receives from the WNBA<\/a> this week. Clark’s fans are not happy.<\/p>\n

The former ESPN host ripped the WNBA for giving Clark “special treatment” during a recent episode of her podcast with Jemele Hill.<\/a><\/p>\n

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\u201cThat type of blatant favoritism annoys the (expletive) out of me,\u201d\u00a0Champion said Wednesday on her\u00a0Flagrant & Funny\u00a0podcast<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t know if this is her fault, because I think it might be unfair for me to say that this is her fault. But at the same time, it\u2019s like, why is she getting this special treatment? And it just is, yet again, another example of the league and its fans\u2026 being so precious with her.\u201d<\/p>\n

Champion believes that the WNBA is mishandling Clark in many ways.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe more we get to catch these glimpses of Caitlin Clark, I\u2019m like, \u2018I don\u2019t like you. I don\u2019t like the way you behave on the court,\u2019\u201d Champion said,\u00a0per Awful Announcin<\/a>g.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd the league is positioning you to be its superstar because you are, and with leadership comes certain responsibility. And if you don\u2019t want that responsibility, I understand that. But the way that you behave, this entitlement, the way you are talking to your coaches\u2026 you enjoy that. So if that\u2019s what you enjoy, if you want to be the villain, if you want to be the tough person \u2026 then let it be. Because we\u2019re coming at you the same way we could come at anyone else. And her fans need to recognize that. Like, she chooses that behavior.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"NEWPORT<\/p>\n

NEWPORT BEACH, CALIFORNIA – OCTOBER 22: SportsCenter anchor Cari Champion speaks at the espnW Women + Sports Summit held at The Resort at Pelican Hill on October 22, 2019 in Newport Beach, California. (Photo by Meg Oliphant\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n

Champion is not winning over any Caitlin Clark fans with her criticism. In fact, she’s just made them angrier.<\/p>\n

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Clark’s fan base – arguably the biggest and most passionate in the WNBA, or women’s sports in general – is ripping Champion for her critical comments.<\/p>\n

Caitlin Clark fans sound off on Champion<\/p>\n

Clark’s fans are not happy with Champion. They very much disagree that Clark gets special treatment, too.<\/p>\n

“I think Champion selectively forgets CC has been near the top of the league in technical fouls received as well as cheap shots taken in her short career,” one fan pointed out.<\/p>\n

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“Champion must not have watched the last 2 years if she CC gets favorable calls,” one fan added.<\/p>\n

“Another jealous so called sports expert why can\u2019t all these wannabes. Just leave cc alone and let do what she does best just let her play the best basketball in the league,” one fan added.<\/p>\n

“Michael Jordan had the same policy by the NBA<\/a>. Did she say anything about that. I was in Chicago those years. It was great. Touch him and he gets free throws. Act like you touch him and he gets free throws,” one fan added.<\/p>\n

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Champion is standing by her takes, of course, but Clark’s fan base is not happy.<\/p>\n

This story was originally published by The Spun<\/a> on May 29, 2026, where it first appeared in the WNBA<\/a> section. Add The Spun as a Preferred Source by clicking here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Cari Champion sounded off on the treatment Caitlin Clark receives from the WNBA this week. Clark’s fans are…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":671536,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[73],"tags":[1760,292474,292992,99,434],"class_list":["post-671535","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wnba","tag-caitlin-clark","tag-cari-champion","tag-special-treatment","tag-sports","tag-wnba"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/671535","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=671535"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/671535\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/671536"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=671535"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=671535"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=671535"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}