ESPN’s Ryan Clark evokes RG3’s marriage after ex-NFL star weighs in on Caitlin Clark, Angel Reese

Robert Griffin III was among those who chimed in on the latest saga in the rivalry between basketball stars Angel Reese and Caitlin Clark saying the Chicago Sky star hates Caitlin Clark After watching Caitlin Clark s flagrant foul on Angel Reese and the aftermath there is no way Angel Reese can continue the lie that she doesn t dislike Caitlin Clark Griffin wrote on X I know what hatred looks like Angel Reese HATES Caitlin Clark Not a few basketball rivalry hate either Hate Griffin later claimed his announcement was purely based in basketball and was completely a sports take CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS COMTempers flared between Reese and Clark after the Fever guard committed a flagrant foul on the Sky forward It was one of the bigger moments of Indiana's - blowout win on Saturday Current ESPN NFL analyst and former Pittsburgh Steelers star Ryan Clark reacted to Griffin's comments on the Reese-Clark drama Clark suggested Griffin was joining the hate train and was falling in line with the positions other media figures have taken When RG jumps onto the hate train or the angry train it now follows what we saw from Keith Olbermann what we saw from Dave Portnoy as they poured onto Angel Reese to make her the villain and Caitlin Clark heroic or hero story Clark noted during a up-to-date episode of his The Pivot podcast The one thing we know about RG is he s not having conversations at his home about what Black women have to endure in this country About what young Black women and athletes like Angel Reese have had to deal with being on the opposite side of Caitlin Clark s rise and ascension into stardom CAITLIN CLARK SPEAKS OUT ON WNBA'S PROBE INTO ALLEGED 'HATEFUL COMMENTS' TOWARD ANGEL REESEClark then highlighted the former NFL quarterback's marriage If you re RG when is the last time within your household you ve had a conversation about what Angel Reese is dealing with Clark sought You haven t been able to do that because in both of your marriages you ve been married to White women Griffin is married to Grete Griffin who is a native of Estonia and a heptathlete You haven t had opportunities to have those conversations to educate you on what they re feeling what Black women deal with what they re seeing when they think of a young Angel Reese And the whole time that he s mimicking Angel Reese and bobbing his head and moving his neck while he s doing this whole piece his wife is in the back amening and clapping Griffin left ESPN in Multiple outlets released at the time that Griffin's dismissal was a cost-cutting move When I worked with RG he would make all of these sort of corny jokes about milk and how much he loved it and how essential it was And he invariably points out on social media the color of his wife s white skin As if the color of her skin is what makes her special As if the color of her skin is what makes her a good wife Clark continued I ve met the lady I ve had a conversation with her I think she s more than that But it also leads to what Black women deal with a lot from Black men who have chose to date or marry outside of their race They perpetually feel like they have to go the extra mile to prop up the woman that they married or the woman that they re with over Black women by denigrating Black women Griffin caught wind of Clark's comments and took to social media to share his response Ryan Clark personally attacking me and my family personally over a sports opinion is cowardly spineless and weak Griffin wrote on X along with a more than two-minute-long video Griffin also stated several times that Clark's assertions were way out of bounds Caitlin Clark and Reese have major history going back to the NCAA women s basketball national championship Both players downplayed the episode Clark stated ESPN s Holly Rowe after the third quarter that there had been nothing malicious behind the foul Fox News' Ryan Gaydos contributed to this review Follow Fox News Digital s sports coverage on X and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter