Indianapolis columnist apologizes to Caitlin Clark over ‘awkward’ heart gesture
An Indianapolis sports columnist has apologized for flashing a heart symbol with his hands, as well as for his subsequent comments, to new Indiana Fever player Caitlin Clark in what soon became an âawkwardâ interaction.
Indianapolis Star columnist Gregg Doyel made the heart symbol while he was speaking to Clark at her introductory news conference with the WNBA team, to which she responded, âYou like that?â Doyel replied, âI like that youâre here.â
Clark, who broke the NCAA scoring record for both women and men as an Iowa Hawkeye and was the No. 1 pick in Mondayâs WNBA draft, said, âI do that at my family after every game, so itâs pretty cool.â
âOK, well, start doing it to me and weâll get along just fine,â Doyel replied, before he asked a question about Clarkâs decision to turn pro and enter the draft.
Doyel apologized in a column published online Wednesday night.