ESPN Faces Backlash Over Unique Comparison Amid Caitlin Clark’s Absence originally appeared on Athlon Sports. “Men lie, women lie, but numbers don’t.” — Jay-Z

Following a show of solidarity at the WNBA All-Star Game last weekend, all generations of WNBA players have reportedly formed a united front in their quest for a new and more favorable collective bargaining agreement.

Sports journalist and author Christine Brennan is pushing back against ESPN’s recent claim that the 2025 WNBA All-Star Weekend had “historic” viewership. Brennan, who wrote “On Her Game: Caitlin Clark ” and the “Revolution in Women’s Sports,” took to social media to correct what she called a “misleading” statement.

Brennan, known for her book On Her Game: Caitlin Clark, took to social media after ESPN posted celebratory numbers around the event’s television audience. The network claimed the Skills Challenge and 3-Point Contest drew a “historic” average of 1.3 million viewers.

"Geno never came" - Caitlin Clark on never being recruited by Geno Auriemma to come to UConn originally appeared on Basketball Network.

Although viewership rose 89% for the Skills Challenge and 3-Point Contest this year, many fans took exception with ESPN celebrating the 158% increase in viewership from 2023 to 2025. The common consensus being that ESPN purposefully did so to ignore the decline in views, and attempted to mitigate just how important Clark is.

An ESPN reporter got clear about Team Caitlin Clark's role in the iconic "Pay Us What You Owe Us" t-shirts, despite what Kelsey Plum claimed.

Not regarding the home team Liberty, who are likely to be at full strength to kick off the second half of the season but rather that Caitlin Clark is unlikely to be on the court for Tuesday’s game.

Off the court, Clark has become a marketing magnet: Forbes named her to its "World’s 100 Most Powerful Women," citing Clark as the reason for driving 54 million viewers to ABC, NBC, ESPN and their cable peers to watch the WNBA's 2024 regular season.

ESPN's Ari Chambers made a strange comment about Caitlin Clark after the won the ESPY for best WNBA player on July 16.