Caitlin Clark’s silence on Sophie Cunningham’s comments reveals the impossible position she’s in

Caitlin Clark is in an unenviable position. One of the WNBA’s biggest stars is a lightning rod for attention, and the darling of the sport too for, let’s say, people with very specific biases. A relentless spotlight has been on Clark for her entire basketball career, but she’s remained resolutely against making waves when it comes to anything but basketball. This was the case during her much-hyped rivalry with Angel Reese in college, which was picked up as a pseudo race battle by the worst…