{"id":136971,"date":"2024-12-14T14:45:11","date_gmt":"2024-12-14T07:45:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=136971"},"modified":"2024-12-14T14:45:11","modified_gmt":"2024-12-14T07:45:11","slug":"mystics-sheila-johnson-takes-exception-with-caitlin-clarks-time-magazine-cover","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=136971","title":{"rendered":"Mystics&#8217; Sheila Johnson takes exception with Caitlin Clark&#8217;s Time magazine cover"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Sheila Johnson has her own ideas for Time magazine. <\/p>\n<p>The Washington Mystics co-owner stirred debate on Friday with her criticism of <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/12\/13\/sports\/sheryl-swoopes-speechless-over-caitlin-clark-white-privilege-question\/\">Time magazine\u2019s decision to name Caitlin Clark<\/a> as its \u201cAthlete of the Year,\u201d wondering why the rest of the league wasn\u2019t given recognition.<\/p>\n<p>Johnson expressed concerns that the award\u2019s singular focus on the Indiana Fever megastar would unintentionally bring division among players in the WNBA \u2014 Clark\u2019s peers. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/12\/13\/sport\/sheila-johnson-caitlin-clark-time-magazine-spt-intl\/index.html\">Johnson, while speaking to CNN<\/a>, questioned aloud why Time \u201ccouldn\u2019t have put the whole WNBA on that cover,\u201d given the talent in the league. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Caitlin Clark attends the 2024 A Year In TIME dinner at Current at Chelsea Piers on December 11, 2024 in New York City. <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Added Johnson: \u201cWhile Caitlin Clark is undoubtedly talented, putting one individual on such a pedestal can foster resentment in a team sport like basketball. It doesn\u2019t reflect the collective efforts that make the game so special\u2026 When you just keep singling out one player, it creates hard feelings.\u201d <\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Sheila Johnson, co-founder of BET and vice chairman of Monumental Sports &amp; Entertainment, at Bloomberg\u2019s inaugural Women, Money and Power conference in London, UK, on Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2024.  <span class=\"credit\">Bloomberg via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Johnson also brought up Angel Reese, who has been lined with Clark <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/12\/10\/sports\/caitlin-clark-goes-in-depth-on-complicated-angel-reese-relationship\/\">over their on-court rivalry<\/a>, which began in college. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis year, something clicked with the WNBA, and it\u2019s because of the draft of players that came in. It\u2019s not just Caitlin Clark, it\u2019s Reese\u00a0[as well]. We have so much talent out there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Clark, who had a stellar rookie season with the Indiana Fever, became the first player since 2008 to earn both Rookie of the Year and a spot on the All-WNBA First Team. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Caitlin Clark speaks onstage during the 2024 A Year in TIME dinner at Current at Chelsea Piers on December 11, 2024 in New York City.  <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images for TIME<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Caitlin Clark was the WNBA Rookie of the Year in 2024.  <span class=\"credit\">NBAE via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Her accomplishments, including her role in <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/05\/21\/sports\/caitlin-clark-helped-draw-historic-wnba-viewership-again\/#:~:text=The%20viewership%20was%20up%20143,superstar%20have%20seen%20some%20dividends.\">boosting WNBA viewership<\/a>, have been widely discussed, even going back to her impact on college basketball. <\/p>\n<p>Johnson\u2019s comments have sparked a broader conversation about how individual honors in team sports can shape dynamics, both on and off the court. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/12\/14\/sports\/mystics-sheila-johnson-takes-exception-with-caitlin-clarks-time-magazine-cover\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sheila Johnson has her own ideas for Time magazine. 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