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At a certain point, with all the tinder lying about, a spark was bound to set fire. was the flint. was the stone.

And days later, the landscape is still raging with ever-growing flames. It’s true that Carter’s shoulder check on Clark was not a basketball play. It’s also true that type of competitive physicality happens in basketball, and especially in the WNBA, quite a bit.



If things were different, if history were more kind to women’s athletic and professional endeavors, it could have stayed a moment in the season’s timeline. A video to put in the bucket for a rivalry feature. Instead, it gave fuel to the growing discourse around Clark and the WNBA.

The same way leaders have described the rising tide in women’s basketball that resulted in another sold-out crowd watching , the play in question prompted the collision of too many atoms that were already active. Clark is almost undeniably the most well-known name to enter the 28-year-old WNBA. There have been plenty of other superstars, but none was able to come into the league already in national TV commercials and on window stickers at the grocery store.

Only the inaugural 1996 players — Sheryl Swoopes, Rebecca Lobo, Lisa Leslie, Cynthia Cooper, etc. — might come close. Because of that, many people are watching the WNBA for the first time.

There are media personalities talking about it for the first time, and their takes aren’t always rooted in historical knowledge. Players are faced with media coverage and c.

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