Opinion: Everyday sexism has no place in sports journalism
We probably all groaned simultaneously.
鈥淪tart doing it to me and we鈥檒l get along just fine,鈥 said , a middle-aged male sports journalist, at the first press conference Caitlin Clark gave after being selected as the No. 1 WNBA draft pick by the Indiana Fever. The columnist for The Indianapolis Star had just flashed the 鈥渉eart鈥 sign that Clark gives to her family at games and apparently thought flirting with a 22-year-old was clever or endearing.
It wasn鈥檛. It was just creepy.