Barstool boss Dave Portnoy has torn into Angel Reese after clashing with rival Caitlin Clark during their opening-weekend WNBA encounter that saw two of the faces of the sport nearly come to blows.
Portnoy, who was Indianapolis for the Fever’s game against the Sky and wore a full Clark jersey to support his favorite athlete. He also won $400k for betting on the point guard to have a triple-double.
Portnoy has supremely been in Clark’s corner, and therefore agitated by Reese, dating back to their college careers.
Saturday’s incident heard round the WNBA only pissed on Portnoy and fed more into the narrative of a true distaste existing between Reese and Clark.
‘Angel Reese, who actually played okay and looked like she improved her game, made a mockery of her existence,’ Portnoy said. ‘She got fouled, totally common foul by Caitlin Clark going for a lay-up. Falls down and then attacks her basically and makes a joke out of her existence; and why everybody hates Angel Reese.’
‘And shame on the WNBA, upgrading this to a flagrant foul That’s a flagrant foul? It was the most common, routine foul of all time. End of the story, its a win, win, win. Fever look great, Caitlin Clark looks like she’s going to be the MVP of the league, Angel Reese, made a fool out of herself and we won by 100 and I win. So we’re back in the good mode.’
Barstool boss Dave Portnoy has torn into Angel Reese after clashing with rival Caitlin Clark
Their opening-weekend encounter saw two of the faces of the sport nearly come to blows
The Fever dominated the Sky, winning by a final score of 93-58, with Indiana looking dominant to begin Clark and Reese’s sophomore professional seasons.
Clark did finish the game with 20 points, 10 rebounds, and 10 assists to pocket Portnoy a the large sum after betting $25k on his favorite player.
Clark and Reese met four times during their rookie WNBA seasons, with the Fever victorious three times.
Both Clark and Reese were named WNBA All-Stars last season and helped take down Team USA during their only loss last summer before they won a gold medal at the Olympics.
It was during the LSU-Iowa national championship game in 2023 where Reese’s point at her ring finger in Clark’s face appeared to be the catalyst for the rise in popularity of women’s basketball.
Now, the confrontation, which Clark maintains was not malicious, has set the tone for the WNBA season.
