NBA commissioner Adam Silver on Thursday said that Indiana Fever star Caitlin Clark has become a “political football in this country.” Silver, speaking during the CNBC x Boardroom summit in New York City, also declined to answer when asked if a report that he persuaded WNBA commissioner Cathy Engelbert to suspend Phoenix Mercury forward Alyssa Thomas for putting her fist on Clark’s throat was accurate.
During the Fever’s controversial loss to the Mercury on June 22, Clark was on the receiving end of what her coach Stephanie White called “two cheap shots.” The first was Thomas putting her first on Clark’s
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