Chelsea Gray Posts Alleged Racist DM After 109-75 Loss to Clark's Fever
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Updated · Fox News · Jul 14
Chelsea Gray Posts Alleged Racist DM After 109-75 Loss to Clark's Fever
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Jul 14
Summary
Chelsea Gray shared a screenshot of an alleged Instagram direct message containing a racial slur after Las Vegas lost 109-75 to Indiana on Sunday.
Gray said athletes are wrongly told to "shut up and dribble," using the post to argue that players are not inventing the abuse they report.
The message surfaced amid fallout from Caitlin Clark's June 24 throat-punch incident involving Phoenix's Alyssa Thomas, after which Thomas said players' lives were being threatened and her team also received racist abuse.
That broader clash has reignited racial tensions around Clark's prominence in the WNBA and drawn political scrutiny, including a letter from 11 Republican lawmakers accusing the league of failing to address repeated physical attacks on her.