Megan Rapinoe condemns journalist for asking player about giving Caitlin Clark black eye: 'That feels racist'

Indiana Fever rookie Caitlin Clark and Connecticut Sun forward DeWanna Bonner jaw at each other during their Game 2 matchup.

Former American women's soccer player Megan Rapinoe spoke out against USA Today journalist Christine Brennan for asking WNBA player DiJonai Carrington about an incident in which she gave Caitlin Clark a black eye. 

Clark suffered the black eye when Carrington poked her with one of her fingernails in Clark's first playoff game on Sept. 22. 

Brennan asked Carrington about the incident and if she did it on purpose during a media scrum on Sept. 24 ahead of Game 2 between the Connecticut Sun and Indiana Fever. Carrington responded by insisting it was not on purpose.

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Rapinoe commented on the exchange during an episode of her podcast, "A Touch More with Sue Bird and Megan Rapinoe," on Wednesday, saying the question was "loaded" and "felt racist."

"Hearing it initially, my visceral reaction was, ‘That’s not good, that doesn't feel good, that feels racist, to be honest. That feels like you're putting DiJonai in an impossible situation,'" Rapinoe said.

"I think it is so disingenuous for Christine Brennan and other media members to say, ‘I’m just asking the question,' but really what's happening is your natural instinct to protect and narrate White players vs. go after and narrate Black players, that to me is really the issue."

Rapinoe and Bird, her spouse, mocked the idea that Carrington was even capable of intentionally poking Clark in the eye. 

Indiana's Caitlin Clark is shown after being hit in the eye during the first round of the WNBA Playoffs at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Conn., on Sept. 22, 2024. (Mark Smith-Imagn Images)

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