Caitlin Clark's coach suggests star offered to pay fine for technical foul over yelling at WNBA officials
Caitlin Clark's Indiana Fever head coach Stephanie White was given a technical foul and a fine during Thursday's win against the Las Vegas Aces for yelling at WNBA referees Now White has suggested that Clark offered to pay the fine The foul came when White was yelling toward representatives during an Indiana possession with just over five minutes left in the fourth quarter and the Fever leading the Aces by when one referee signaled for a technical foul on the coach Clark was not playing in the tournament due to a persisting groin injury but jumped up and started clapping for her coach amid the event CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS COMAfter the meeting White suggested that Clark will be paying the fine I don t know about frustrations boiling as more to just like making a point White advised reporters Caitlin explained she got me though She just got a bonus During White's first year as head coach and Clark's second year in the WNBA the Fever have taken on a seemingly more rebellious tone in band practices The Fever won the WNBA's Commissioner's Cup an in-season tournament with their - win over the Minnesota Lynx on Tuesday night and the company celebrated in the locker room with several champagne and vodka seltzers Fever forward Aaliyah Boston took to Instagram Live to give a behind-the-scenes look at the celebration when Clark who did not play due to a groin injury took a shot WNBA ROOKIE PAIGE BUECKERS SAYS MEDIA 'TRIES TO ISOLATE' IN RESPONSE TO PAST COMMENTS ABOUT BLACK WOMEN Guys I just know everybody in the league is sick Clark is heard saying from out of the shot The teammates replied with laughter with Boston adding They're p---ed While celebrating Clark also voiced an opinion on the tournament and the prize for the winning group You get more money for this than you do if you re the WNBA Finals champion It makes no sense Someone tell WNBA commissioner Cathy Engelbert to help us out she declared in another video Meanwhile Fever newcomer Sophie Cunningham who has promptly become a fan favorite after starting a fight with Connecticut Sun players in defense of Clark commented no one likes us after a fresh match against the Dallas Wings I think so far this season we ve had a lot of distractions Chosen injuries Don t know who s playing Just a lot of distractions But I think that s really good for us she declared via the Indy Star Let s go through the adversity early Let s learn from it Good news is we re not going to peak too early so I mean that s a positive It s not an excuse Everyone s playing a back-to-back Everyone has this kind of rough schedule For us we get another opportunity the day after and we ve got to capitalize on it Dallas is a organization that s hungry for a win We ve talked about this we re circled on everybody s schedule No one likes us right So everyone in our locker room That s the only type of people that we have that we can lean on We ve got to be better in that area We have got to stay disciplined we have to stay focused we need to get consistent and we ve got to lean on each other I think that we ve kind of wavered a little bit on that We have our own islands Follow Fox News Digital s sports coverage on X and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter
