ESPN anchor Elle Duncan stands firm after crude WNBA broadcast joke sparks online debate

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ESPN anchor Elle Duncan caught some flak for a particularly crude comment during the network’s broadcast of the WNBA All-Star Game. 

It was during halftime when Duncan made her comment regarding the offensive output by both teams. 

"We hope it gets a little bit more competitive," Duncan said after watching Napheesa Collier’s team put up 82 points to Caitlin Clark’s squad’s 60 in the first half. "Because, like a girls' trip to Cancun right now, there’s no D."

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Elle Duncan before the WNBA All-Star Game 2025 July 19, 2025, at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis.  (Amelia McAnear/NBAE via Getty Images)

ESPN analyst Chiney Ogwumike quickly said, "Elle, you’re in timeout. You’re done." Then, the broadcast went to commercial. 

Duncan doesn’t have any regrets about her comments despite the vitriol on social media. During an appearance on "The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz," she defended her comment.

"My thing with the Cancun joke is, I feel like whenever I say something, it’s like sometimes a reintroduction for some people who clearly don’t know me or my work over the last 10 years," Duncan said, according to Awful Announcing. 

"I’m like, ‘Bro, I said on-air one time that if you celebrate too early, it’s called premature I’m-Jacked-Elation.’ Like, I can’t actually imagine this is worse than that. Like I feel like I constantly have to remind people I have been saying things like this for the 10 years I have been at ESPN.

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"So, I thought it was silly.