Caitlin Clark deserves an apology after false USA Today report about getting her hair done

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Fox News Latest6USA Today columnist who attacked Caitlin Clark has history of injecting far-left views into sportsJul 24, 09:00 UTCOpen ↗Fox News Latest6Nancy Armour's disastrous Caitlin Clark article exemplifies why sportswriting and sports media is failingJul 24, 10:49 UTCOpen ↗Fox News Latest6Caitlin Clark deserves an apology after false USA Today report about getting her hair doneJul 24, 21:27 UTCOpen ↗

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Days after USA Today "reporter" Nancy Armour compared Caitlin Clark allegedly flopping on the basketball court to the people who lynched Black people — no, this isn't satire — the outlet published a false report about why Clark skipped the WNBA Orange Carpet on Thursday.According to another USA Today "reporter," Heather Burns, Clark skipped the event to "get her hair done in her hometown of Des Moines."As expected, the report riled up the anti-Clark and anti-White brigades across the WNBA community. How dare she skip the event for a hair appointment?NANCY ARMOUR'S DISASTROUS CAITLIN CLARK ARTICLE EXEMPLIFIES WHY SPORTSWRITING AND SPORTS MEDIA IS FAILINGWell, she didn't.Clark missed the event because she was — wait for it — hosting a charity dinner in her hometown.USA Today finally corrected its false report on Friday, issuing the following note:"Clarification: Caitlin Clark was attending an event for the Caitlin Clark Foundation, which is why she missed the WNBA All-Star Weekend Orange Carpet."USA TODAY REPORTER APOLOGIZES FOR INVOKING EMMETT TILL IN COLUMN ABOUT CAITLIN CLARK AFTER UPSETTING THE WOKEThere is, of course, a problem with that "clarification." It wasn't a clarification. The entire premise of the original report was false.Further, the outlet owes Clark an apology for publishing inaccurate information that portrayed her in a negative light. USA Today framed Clark as selfish.

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