"Caitlin Clark just wants to shut up and dribble, and it's time we respect that," far-left sportswriter Dan Wolken wrote in a Yahoo column this week.The column is in reference to Clark declining to comment on Cunningham's recent remarks about wanting to keep biological males out of female athletics."I think for us, it's not really a discussion we have in our locker room," Clark said when asked about Cunningham's comments."I think that's for leagues and governing bodies to work with their athletes to find solutions, but our focus is on basketball.
That's what we talk about and how we can get wins, and obviously we didn't do that tonight."On the surface, we agree with the left's newfound stance on Caitlin Clark.Clark does not owe anyone a comment on transgender participation in sports or any other issue unrelated to basketball.She has spent her entire life preparing to become a professional basketball player.
She has no obligation to become the public face of any cultural issue.The problem is that many of the very people suddenly insisting Clark should be left alone spent the past three seasons refusing to leave her alone.Caitlin Clark No.22 of the Indiana Fever shoots during a game against the Minnesota Lynx on Aug.
2, 2026, at Target Center in Minneapolis, Minn.(NBAE via Getty Images)ELLE DUNCAN BLAMES CAITLIN CLARK, HER FANS FOR MEDIA SMEAR CAMPAIGN WHILE IGNORING FACTSThe same commentators now criticizing conservatives for asking Clark about transgender athletes repeatedly demanded that she address what they described as the racism and homophobia directed at the WNBA's Black and lesbian players following her arrival in the league.Just last week, former ESPN host Elle Duncan called for Clark to do exactly that."I would love for it to be very clear to the people who think they are her fans but are using her, if she would say, 'Stop that s---.
I don't want it.I'm tired of it,'" Duncan said on The Sports Gossip Show podcast.
"As opposed to what we've seen, which ...