{"id":10569,"date":"2024-10-11T16:38:48","date_gmt":"2024-10-11T16:38:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=10569"},"modified":"2024-10-11T16:38:48","modified_gmt":"2024-10-11T16:38:48","slug":"video-dijonai-carrington-takes-ruthless-shot-at-caitlin-clark-in-homemade-video-after-she-received-death-threats-for-poking-the-fever-superstar-in-the-eye","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=10569","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO: DiJonai Carrington Takes Ruthless Shot At Caitlin Clark In Homemade Video After She Received Death Threats For Poking The Fever Superstar In The Eye"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>DiJonai Carrington is nce again riling up the fan base of\u00a0<a class=\"mai-link-injected\" href=\"https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/tag\/caitlin-clark\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Caitlin Clark<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>During her rookie campaign, many moments of controversy brewed, like when she was pushed during the\u00a0<a class=\"mai-link-injected\" href=\"https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/wnba\/chicago-sky\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chicago Sky<\/a>\u00a0game.<\/p>\n<p>The other one that caused backlash was when\u00a0<a class=\"mai-link-injected\" href=\"https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/wnba\/connecticut-sun\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Connecticut Sun<\/a>\u00a0star DiJonai Carrington hit Caitlin Clark in the eye in Game 1 of their first-round\u00a0<a class=\"mai-link-injected\" href=\"https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/wnba\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WNBA<\/a>\u00a0playoff series.<\/p>\n<p>The Sun star was asked by a reporter in an interview if there was actually any intention on her end, and she scoffed at even being asked that question.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe 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Did you do it on purpose?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That was definitely a shot at the reporter who asked her if she intentionally poked Caitlin Clark in the eye.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"h-megan-rapinoe-ripped-racist-question-over-caitlin-clark-dijonai-carrington-drama\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Megan Rapinoe Ripped \u2018Racist\u2019 Question Over Caitlin Clark-DiJonai Carrington Drama<\/h2>\n<p>Megan Rapinoe was not a fan of a USA Today\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">columnist questioning<\/a>\u00a0Sun guard DiJonai Carrington after she poked Fever star Caitlin Clark in the eye during their first-round playoff opener.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cObviously hearing it, initially my visceral reaction was like, that\u2019s not good, that doesn\u2019t feel good,\u201d Rapinoe told her \u201cA Touch More\u201d podcast co-host and partner Sue Bird.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat feels racist, to be honest. That feels like you\u2019re putting DiJonai in an impossible situation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It should be noted that Caitlin Clark stated she did not believe the eye poke was intentional.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt wasn\u2019t intentional by any means,\u201d Clark said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou just watched the play. It wasn\u2019t intentional.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; DiJonai Carrington is nce again riling up the fan base of\u00a0Caitlin Clark. 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