{"id":249923,"date":"2026-06-25T03:25:38","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T03:25:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/25\/diana-taurasi-was-a-bigger-menace-and-diva-caitlin-clark-fans-rip-journalist-for-singling-out-fever-star-after-her-latest-jab-over-technical-foul\/"},"modified":"2026-06-25T03:25:38","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T03:25:38","slug":"diana-taurasi-was-a-bigger-menace-and-diva-caitlin-clark-fans-rip-journalist-for-singling-out-fever-star-after-her-latest-jab-over-technical-foul","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/25\/diana-taurasi-was-a-bigger-menace-and-diva-caitlin-clark-fans-rip-journalist-for-singling-out-fever-star-after-her-latest-jab-over-technical-foul\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Diana Taurasi was a Bigger Menace and Diva&#8221;: Caitlin Clark Fans Rip Journalist For &#8220;Singling Out&#8221; Fever Star After Her Latest Jab Over Technical Foul"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"article-content\" data-postid=\"5183534\" data-slug-id=\"2799460\">\n<div class=\"vidazoo-player-container\">\n<span class=\"vidazoo-close-btn  hidden \"><br \/>\n<img data-lazy=\"\/\/staticg.sportskeeda.com\/cmc-predictor\/v2\/cross-icon.png?w=40\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" alt=\"close\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportskeeda.com\/us\/wnba\/caitlin-clark\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-is-sponsored=\"false\">Caitlin Clark<\/a> received her fifth technical foul of the season in a 86-77 win over the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportskeeda.com\/us\/wnba\/phoenix-mercury\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-is-sponsored=\"false\">Phoenix Mercury<\/a> on Monday. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportskeeda.com\/us\/wnba\/indiana-fever\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-is-sponsored=\"false\">Fever<\/a> star got the whistle for clapping after an argument with an official.<\/p>\n<p>Clark is now only three techs away from a one-game suspension under league rules. On Tuesday, Anna Costabile from The Athletic shared her article covering the incident and her opinion on Clark&#8217;s on-court behaviour on X.<\/p>\n<p>In the article, she criticized the Fever guard for being performative in her appeals to referees.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Clark sketched out her vision of what is acceptable in the modern WNBA. An official issued a call, and she raised her hand like Neo stopping bullets in &#8216;The Matrix.&#8217; Full stop, in her mind, for whatever is happening to her this season. What is usually a perfunctory and quiet process for appealing technical fouls is now something more,&#8221; Costabile wrote.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><template id=\"also-read-articles-template\"><\/p>\n<p><\/template><\/p>\n<p>Fans swarmed the post&#8217;s comments section with their thoughts on the news piece.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Garbage. Diana Taurasi was a bigger menace and diva. You all just don\u2019t like the straight girl doing it,&#8221; one fan said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"sportskeeda-embed\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.sportskeeda.com\/us\/wnba\/twitter-embed\">\n<div class=\"https:\/\/www.sportskeeda.com\/us\/wnba\/twitter-embed\">\n<div class=\"profile-card\">\n<p><span><span>Garbage. Diana Taurasi was a bigger menace and diva. You \u2018all just don\u2019t like the straight girl doing it.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Whenever Caitlin is playing well, the narrative shifts to something else to keep a negative spin on things. I\u2019m so fucking tired,&#8221; another <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/nosyone4\/status\/2069526155707761153?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-is-sponsored=\"false\">fan<\/a> said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;This &#8216;journalist&#8217; is a joke. Must be in the FO media pool. \ud83e\udd37\ud83c\udffb\u200d\u2640\ufe0f,&#8221; another <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DeniseC666\/status\/2069535640006398456?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-is-sponsored=\"false\">fan<\/a> commented.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Here are more reactions:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Again, there are over 100 players in the WNBA. But it seems everyone cannot make ends meet if they don&#8217;t write about that one player,&#8221; one <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/mcgboye\/status\/2069557760597856668?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-is-sponsored=\"false\">fan<\/a> commented.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;We\u2019ve lost another WNBA &#8216;journalist&#8217; to the CC hate disease \ud83d\ude2d,&#8221; another <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/oreilly636\/status\/2069608383162802531?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-is-sponsored=\"false\">fan<\/a> commented.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Comedy at its finest! Thanks, Annie, for this must-read comedy \ud83d\ude02\ud83e\udd23\ud83d\ude02\ud83e\udd23,&#8221; another <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Anthony19six3\/status\/2069599562755678458?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-is-sponsored=\"false\">fan<\/a> said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h2>Caitlin Clark shares honest thoughts on her fifth technical foul<\/h2>\n<p>Caitlin Clark shared her thoughts on her fifth technical foul while speaking with the press after securing the win. The Fever star recalled the incident and critcized the official for not liking competitive basketball.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;I went to (referee) Gerda (Gatling), and I said, \u2018Why\u2019d you give me a technical foul?\u2019 She said because I was \u2018clapping and instigating,\u2019\u201d Clark said. \u201cI said, \u2018OK, then you just don\u2019t like competitive basketball.\u2019 And that\u2019s just facts. That\u2019s just reality.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Caitlin Clark is on a hot run this season. She is averaging 21.3 points, 4.3 rebounds and 8.2 assists per game on 42.6% shooting.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-post-rating-widget\">\n<p><template id=\"post-rating-feedback-modal-template\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"post-rating-feedback-feedback-box\">\n<div class=\"post-rating-feedback-content\">\n<div class=\"post-rating-feedback-data\">\n<p>Why did you not like this content?<\/p>\n<p><textarea id=\"dislike-feedback-text\" rows=\"4\" placeholder=\"Please type your feedback...\"\/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n<button class=\"close\">Cancel<\/button><br \/>\n<button class=\"submit\">Submit<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/template><\/p>\n<div class=\"post-rating-widget-parent hidden\">\n<div class=\"rating-parent-container\">\n<div class=\"rating-content-holder\">\n<p>Was this article helpful?<\/p>\n<div class=\"post-rating-action-container\">\n<div class=\"like-container\">\n<button class=\"post-rating-like-button post-rating-button\" data-action=\"like\" title=\"like article\"><br \/>\n<img class=\"post-like-image post-rating-image\" data-lazy=\"\/\/staticg.sportskeeda.com\/like-articles\/upvote-icon-grey.svg\" height=\"20\" width=\"20\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"like selected\"\/><br \/>\n<\/button>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"dislike-container\">\n<button class=\"post-rating-dislike-button post-rating-button\" data-action=\"dislike\" title=\"dislike article\"><br \/>\n<img class=\"post-dis-like-image post-rating-image\" data-lazy=\"\/\/staticg.sportskeeda.com\/like-articles\/upvote-icon-grey.svg\" height=\"20\" width=\"20\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"avatar selected\"\/><br \/>\n<\/button>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\nThank You for feedback\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n<span class=\"publisher-name\">Edited by Avi Shravan<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportskeeda.com\/us\/wnba\/news-diana-taurasi-bigger-menace-diva-caitlin-clark-fans-rip-journalist-for-singling-out-fever-star-after-her-latest-jab-over-technical-foul\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Caitlin Clark received her fifth technical foul of the season in a 86-77 win over the Phoenix Mercury on Monday. The Fever star got the whistle for clapping after an argument with an official. Clark is now only three techs away from a one-game suspension under league rules. 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