Reporter Apologizes After Viral Caitlin Clark Video at Fever's WNBA Draft Presser | News, Scores, Hi

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Indianapolis Star columnist Gregg Doyel apologized on social media Wednesday night after an awkward and inappropriate interaction (4:18 mark) with WNBA top overall pick and new Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark.

Gregg Doyel @GreggDoyelStar

Today in my uniquely oafish way, while welcoming <a href="https://twitter.com/CaitlinClark22?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@CaitlinClark22</a> to Indy, I formed my hands into her signature 🫶. My comment afterward was clumsy and awkward. I sincerely apologize. Please know my heart (literally and figuratively) was well-intentioned. I will do better.

The exchange came during a press conference and centered on the heart sign Clark will make at the end of games, which she directs toward her family.

ClutchPoints @ClutchPoints

Reporter: 🫶<br><br>Caitlin Clark: "You like that?"<br><br>Reporter: "I like that you're here."<br><br>Caitlin: "Yeah, I do that at my family after every game."<br><br>Reporter: "Start doing it to me and we'll get along just fine." <br><br>Caitlin: 😳<br><br>(via <a href="https://twitter.com/IndianaFever?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@IndianaFever</a> / YT)<a href="https://t.co/BBjU881K7a">pic.twitter.com/BBjU881K7a</a>

There was quickly a backlash regarding Doyel's unprofessional behavior:

Shireen Ahmed @_shireenahmed_

Almost every one of my women colleagues &amp; students in sport media and sports journalism are sharing that clip of Gregg Doyel and Caitlin Clark with disgust. We are rightly furious and fed up.<br>His creds should be revoked and offered to an unentitled journalist who respects women.

Chris Williamson @CWilliamson44

I would totally understand if the Fever revoked Gregg Doyel's credentials for this creepy back and forth with Caitlin. <a href="https://t.co/n52jrEc6tv">https://t.co/n52jrEc6tv</a>

Peter Edmiston @peteredmiston

Nasty business from Gregg Doyel here. Just try being normal and not a creepy weirdo. Men, we gotta do better. Don't let this slide if you see it. And men of a certain age - y'all really have to come to grips with women playing a prominent role in the sports you consume and cover <a href="https://t.co/JNv8PiW5mx">https://t.co/JNv8PiW5mx</a>

Heather Burnside 🐦 @HeatherRadio

Gregg Doyel is THE reporter for the <a href="https://twitter.com/indystar?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@indystar</a> and has a Pulitzer so yeah, more women should be covering women's sports

Whatever Doyel's intentions, he seemingly made a young woman feel uncomfortable and made himself the center of the story on a day that was about Clark.

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