Jemele Hill Unleashes Furious Rant Claiming Caitlin Clark Receives Different Treatment From Media Compared To Black Players

Former ESPNer Jemele Hill downplayed Caitlin Clark’s effect on the growth in popularity of women’s basketball, while also railing against the media for not affording the same coverage to black players.

While acknowledging that Clark is “stoking overall curiosity,” Hill told uproxx.com that the star Iowa guard is riding the waves of an overall increase in attention.

“Everything about this sport has been trending up for years now. It did not just start with Caitlin Clark, but they’re treating it like it did,” Hill, who now writes for The Atlantic, told the outlet. “And so it’s already creating a false narrative that is doing the public a disservice.