On the night Gregg Doyel’s cringeworthy exchange with Caitlin Clark went viral, the veteran sports reporter wrote about the incident for the Indy Star. “I’m devastated to realize I’m part of the problem,” he wrote in the opening of his article where he apologized to the Indiana Fever’s draft pick. “And then, along comes a story about another insensitive man … and I decided to write about that idiot. Me,” Doyel added. The writer took a first-person POV in the piece and owned up to his own “ignorance” for causing the awkwardness. “Caitlin Clark, I’m so sorry,” was the closing line of the article.
For many fans, the article that ended with an apology was not enough to make up for Doyel’s behavior. “Just stop, man. Stop. Writing a column for hits after issuing an apology on Twitter doesn’t say much about your sincerity,” an X user replied to Doyel’s tweet with a link to the piece. Several users questioned his sincerity. “Nothing says, ‘I’m sorry,’ like making us click on your column so you can get clicks,” one X user wrote. “Not part, you were the only problem,” another added.
Doyel was also ripped online for his question to Fever coach Christie Sides about Clark. “You just were given the keys to that. What are you going to do with it?” he asked, emphasizing “that.” Unfortunately, Clark is no stranger to sexist comments and addressed the issue while appearing on “Saturday Night Live.”
