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Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark said this week that media coverage of her often amounts to a distorted picture of who she is, capping a rocky stretch for the WNBA star that included a widely criticized newspaper column and a debunked report about her whereabouts during All-Star weekend.<\/p>\n

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In a sit-down interview with ESPN\u2019s Malika Andrews that aired Friday night, Ms. Clark said, \u201cI think there\u2019s just a false characterization of who I am sometimes. I get people have a job to do, but at the same time, don\u2019t make accusations about my character and who I am when you don\u2019t know me.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cBasketball is my profession, what I get to do,\u201d Ms. Clark said. \u201cAnd the reason I play it is when I step in between the lines, I love it.\u201d<\/p>\n

The remarks followed a bruising week for Ms. Clark\u2019s coverage. USA Today sports columnist Nancy Armour drew national backlash after she invoked the 1955 lynching of Emmett Till in a column arguing that Ms. Clark\u2019s reactions to physical play and a \u201cwhite nationalist element\u201d of her fan base put Black WNBA players at risk. Ms. Armour later said she regretted what she called an \u201cinartful comparison,\u201d though USA Today declined to discipline her, saying the piece was clearly labeled opinion.<\/p>\n

USA Today came under fire again days later after falsely reporting that Ms. Clark had skipped the WNBA\u2019s All-Star Orange Carpet event to get her hair done. The outlet corrected the story after backlash, acknowledging Ms. Clark had actually been hosting a charity event for the Caitlin Clark Foundation in her hometown of Des Moines, Iowa.<\/p>\n

The controversies stack on top of a physical incident from June, when Phoenix Mercury forward Alyssa Thomas struck Ms. Clark in the throat during a game, drawing a one-game suspension from the league and weeks of racially charged debate among fans and pundits.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIt\u2019s emotionally exhausting, it\u2019s draining, it makes your shoulders tense,\u201d Ms. Clark said of the ongoing scrutiny.<\/p>\n

Speaking with Sirius XM on Friday, Ms. Clark said, \u201cPeople forget like I have feelings \u2026 I feel things, I have emotions.\u201d She added that social media commentary shouldn\u2019t be mistaken for how people actually feel about her.<\/p>\n

Ms. Clark also described a conversation with former President Barack Obama during All-Star weekend, saying, \u201cHe just complimented me for the way I handle everything.\u201d She said Mr. Obama told her he didn\u2019t become famous until his 40s, unlike Ms. Clark, who is navigating the spotlight in her mid-20s.<\/p>\n

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