SOMEBODY SET UP US THE BOMB: USA Today Reporter apologizes for invoking Emmett Till in column about Caitlin Clark after upsetting the woke.
USA Today “reporter” Nancy Armour has apologized for invoking Emmett Till in a column targeting — who else? — Caitlin Clark.
“In my recent column, I made an inartful comparison with the murder of Emmett Till. I intended to connect the issues the WNBA is currently facing with its All-Star Game being hosted in Till’s hometown of Chicago,” Armour wrote in an apology posted Thursday on — where else? — Bluesky. “I obviously did not provide enough context for that.”
Sports “journalism” is broken. @nrarmour says she made an “inartful comparison” between Caitlin Clark complaining about fouls and the murder of Emmett Till. Bigger issue here is sports writing is so woke @USATODAY published it. pic.twitter.com/Hcp1uM8d9T
— Clay Travis (@ClayTravis) July 23, 2026
For background, Armour published one of the most desperate and irresponsible sports columns of the year earlier this week, arguing that Clark’s reactions to missed calls put “Black” and “queer” WNBA players “in danger.”
Paraphrasing Armour’s argument wouldn’t do it justice. So here it is:
“It shouldn’t need reminding this country has an awful history of Black people being harmed, even killed, in the name of ‘defending’ white women. The WNBA’s All-Star Game this weekend is in Chicago, Emmett Till’s hometown, and a local art gallery is currently hosting an exhibit imagining his life if he hadn’t been lynched. While it’s incumbent on the WNBA to do more to protect its players, there also should be an expectation on Clark to recognize the wider consequences of her actions.”
In other words, according to Armour, defending Clark’s flopping somehow puts Black women at risk of lynching.
Of course it does:
One again, it is impossible to overstate the complete off-the-rails lunacy of people who hate Caitlin Clark https://t.co/DTOXfCkhsv
— David Burge (@iowahawkblog) July 23, 2026
In short this is not a women's sports league. It's a joyless, angry, violent, race obsessed non-stop 2018 Oberlin struggle session filled with entitled lunatics unable to survive without someone else picking up the bill. They whine when they don't get attention, and whine 10x…
— David Burge (@iowahawkblog) July 23, 2026
Layers and layers of fact checkers and editors, and some how this metaphor slipped through the sausage works:
That’s the most shocking part to me. One moron sportswriter, fine. But this going through the editing process, absolutely insane.
— Clay Travis (@ClayTravis) July 24, 2026