Dave Portnoy goes scorched earth on USA Today columnist over controversial Caitlin Clark take: Fire this lady

Dave Portnoy slammed the latest Caitlin Clark critic — and he is not alone.USA Today’s sports columnist Nancy Armour invoked Emmett Till in her piece on Clark’s flopping and arguing foul calls.

The tragic story of Till, a 14-year-old African-American boy who was abducted and lynched during a family visit to Mississippi in 1955, was used by Armour as a comparison for the apparent dangers Clark’s actions pose to her WNBA colleagues.Her story, which has since been updated, had one paragraph that was particularly controversial.“It shouldn’t need reminding this country has an awful history of Black people being harmed, even killed, in the name of ‘defending’ white women,” Armour originally wrote in her column for USA Today.“The WNBA’s All-Star Game this weekend is in Chicago, Emmett Till’s hometown, and a local art gallery is currently hosting an exhibit imagining his life if he hadn’t been lynched.“While it’s incumbent on the WNBA to do more to protect its players, there also should be an expectation on Clark to recognize the wider consequences of her actions.”Portnoy — the Barstool Sports founder and outspoken Clark supporter — didn’t mince words when he directly called out Armour in a post on X.“Congrats to USA Today’s Nancy Armour! She has written the dumbest [paragraph] not only of my lifetime but in the history of sports.

This is an article that says @CaitlinClark22 arguing calls has become dangerous for the @wnba and civil rights.Nancy Armour should be out in a straight jacket and locked up.

We can’t have these types of smooth brains roaming freely in society,” Portnoy wrote in a post on X.Armour later released a statement apologizing for the Till comparison, but upheld her belief that abuse and threats directed toward WNBA players should be taken more seriously.“In my recent column, I made an inartful comparison with the murder of Emmett Till.I intended to connect the issues the WNBA is currently facing with it...