Sidelined Indiana Fever star Caitlin Clark says she was fined by the WNBA for a comment she made on Instagram criticizing league referees.
“Got fined $200 for this,” Clark posted on her Twitter account Saturday with multiple cry-laughing emojis. The caption accompanied a screengrab of a “refs couldn’t stop us,” comment Clark made on Instagram on Sept. 17, the day after the Fever’s Game 2 win over the Atlanta Dream in the first round of the WNBA playoffs.
Clark, the Rookie of the Year and a first-team All-WNBA player last year, has been sidelined since July 15 with a groin injury. She announced Sept. 4 that she had been ruled out for the remainder of her second season.
Despite the absences of Clark and multiple other contributors to season-ending injuries — and despite Clark’s feelings a