22-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Indianapolis Star
'Every game there's a new meme of me': Caitlin Clark on her battles with officials
Caitlin Clark has been getting into it with game officials for a long time.
The Indiana Fever star joined Sue Bird and Megan Rapinoe on the "A Touch More" podcast during WNBA All-Star Game weekend for a half-hour conversation that included Clark's reaction to snapshots from her past.
One included her battling for a ball during a high school soccer match.
"I got a lot of yellow cards," Clark said. "In high school, they make you go to the bench for 15 minutes. It's like a timeout out when you're 10 (years old)."
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More recently, Clark got into an animated conversation with a referee during a Fever-Connecticut Sun game that prompted assistant coach Briann January to pull her to the bench.
Another photo that elicited a laugh from the audience featured Clark sitting on the bench as refs sorted out an interaction between her and an opponent before.
"I feel like every game there's a new meme of me," she said, adding with a laugh: "I thought I was tough."
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Clark's on-court demeanor leads to misconceptions about her, she said.
"People don't realize how goofy I actually am," she said, adding she provides comic relief in the locker room. "Once I step on the court I'm really fiery and I want to kill. Every moment that's not that, it's not serious. I have fun and I have a good time."
Here's the full episode:
