In the opinion piece published earlier this week, Armour compared the lynching of Emmett Till to Caitlin Clark putting "Black" and "queer" WNBA players "in danger.""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.The irony of the WNBA's All-Star Game is that it's happening this weekend in Chicago, the hometown of Emmett Till, who became an icon of the civil rights movement after his tragic murder," Amour wrote.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COMUS conservative political activist Riley Gaines speaks outside the US Supreme Court as justices hear arguments in challenges to state bans on transgender athletes in women's sports on January 13, 2026, in Washington, DC.
(Oliver Contreras / AFP via Getty Images)"The 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 broader implications of her actions being weaponized.
"Of all the bad takes about Clark, Gaines said Armour’s was the "worst one by a mile," adding that she was dumbfounded by the comparison."Do you realize what Nancy Armour is doing there? She's connecting Emmett Till's lynching to Caitlin Clark's talent and skill set and behavior on the basketball court.Excuse me?" Gaines said on a recent episode of "The Riley Gaines Show."Gaines continued her excoriation of Armour, calling the writer "insane" for comparing Till’s lynching to Clark’s actions on the basketball court.
Till was a 14-year-old Black teen who was abducted, tortured and eventually lynched in 1955 Mississippi after an accusation from a White womanUSA TODAY REPORTER APOLOGIZES FOR INVOKING EMMETT TILL IN COLUMN ABOUT CAITLIN CLARK AFTER UPSETTING THE WOKECaitlin Clark No.22 of the Indiana Fever warms up before a game against the Portland Fire at Moda Center in ...