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In Caitlin Clark/WNBA discourse, Pat McAfee and ESPN came up short

The only place in the Disney media kingdom where you could possibly get away with calling a 22-year-old woman a “White b—-” is on ESPN on weekday afternoons.

That is where “The Pat McAfee Show” lives and is blasted all around North America. It is the spot on Monday where he decided to open his show by using that phrase in defense of Caitlin Clark and the uproar over perceived cheap shots she is receiving as a WNBA rookie that has led to a discussion about the roles race and stardom play in Clark’s treatment in the league and in the media.