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Dave Portnoy will not let anyone say he is a fan of Caitlin Clark simply because she is white.
In a recent edition of his podcast, ESPN analyst Ryan Clark crossed the founder of Sports Sports as someone on the “hate train” by Angel Reese after his dispute with Clark during the weekend.
Clark said Portnoy, Keith Olbermann and Robert Griffin III have turned Reese into the “villain” and Clark “Heroico.”
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Barstool Founder and CEO Dave Portnoy (Michael Hickey/Getty images)
Portnoy published a video for more than six minutes in which he said that “he cannot believe that he is ranting about this again,” responding to Clark.
Portnoy set out to mention that he is “sure that there are some black people who hate Caitlin just because he is white. I’m sure there are white people who hate Angel just because it’s black.”
But he is not one of those people, and believed that Reese’s hatred is justified.
“Caitlin fans have all the reasons to hate Angel Reese … Fanned fans, Caitlin fans should hate Angel Reese. Angel Reese has been nothing more than an instigator, agitator and Jacka, basically for the last two years,” Portnoy said in his video.
“Angel Reese has doubled, tripled, quadrupled and has built his personality as Caitlin’s rival … It is one thing after another, after another … the jealousy that Angel Reese has towards her and has constantly shown that Caitlin’s fans hate her … when you have a player who constantly deceives you, constantly degrading you, you will do it f —
“I’m tired of ESPN to make him a racial problem,” he continued. “You have a superior basketball player who constantly has someone under the shots, does not shut up and then play the victim … if [Angel] I had no Caitlin, nobody would know who she is. If Caitlin had no angel, it would be the same popularity for Caitlin. “
Dave Portnoy intervened in the rivalry of the Angel Reese-Caitlin Clark. (IMAGN)
Caitlin Clark talks about WNBA’s investigation into the alleged ‘hate comments’ towards Angel Reese
Clark and Reese got into a mini argument after Clark committed a foul to reese strongly; He was ruled flagrantly. Later, Clark described the foul as a “good fault”, since he did not want him to ree had “two free points” under the basket. Reese later agreed despite his frustrations visible from the beginning.
Clark and Reese have a great story that dates back to the National Women’s Basketball Championship of the NCAA of 2023. Both players minimized the incident. Both have even said that there is no rivalry between them and that the media have led it.
Portnoy attended the contest and said Reese “deserved to be booed” after getting angry with Clark. I was also upset with WNBA’s investigation into the alleged comments of hate directed towards Reese.
“Listen, I was in the game. If there was someone being racist or said s —, obviously start them, he never let them return,” Portnoy said. “I would be surprised beyond belief if that were the case … The crowd in the fever game? Girls, families, ladies, good crowd. Were we angry when Angel Reese attacked Cailtin Clark for no reason? Yes. Do we abchaw it? Yes. Is it sports?
The founder of Barstool Sports, Dave Portnoy, analyzes the score during a game of May 17, 2025 between Indiana Fever and Chicago Sky in Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. (Grace Smith-Indistar through Imagn images)
“For the WNBA and now Indiana’s fever to issue statements, ‘we are investigating’, unless something so absurd happened that nobody in stadium Vio, there is no ounce of proof, there is no video of him, there are [no] Camera phone, unless something happened, which I know not. To recognize this and, again, they paint the fans of the Indiana fever, as, just say “we are investigating hate” … although it is 100% false, recognizing: “We do not convone hate”, and we do not see that this was a rumor of the internet founded for complete bulls —, you are providing credit to this. “
Clark told ESPN Holly Rowe after the third quarter that there had been “nothing malicious” behind the fault.
