Porn star comes off the bench to support bullied Caitlin Clark
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WNBA superstar Caitlin Clark has become the league's punching bag, on the hardwood and via jibes from jealous rivals.
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Now, the Indiana Fever star finds herself with an unlikely ally: Porn star Kendra Lust, who says she's disgusted by the way the 23-year-old has been treated.
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And also on the WNBA's lack of action on the nightly fouls and targeting.
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On Tuesday night, Clark was hit in the eye and knocked to the floor during the Fever's laugher against Connecticut. The Sun's Marina Mabrey only received a technical foul and stayed in the game.
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Lust tweeted of the cheap shot: 'How was nobody ejected? @WNBA this is crazy…poke to the eye more intentionally than a UFC fight lol then another player comes and knocks down,'
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Clark also received a technical foul, as did Jacy Sheldon, who hit the biggest star in women's basketball in the face.
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The incident on Tuesday is just the latest in a long stream of attacks on Clark, who has single-handedly raised the profile of the women's game and whose team sells out wherever they play.
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'I think it's either gonna be her getting hurt or a fight for the WNBA to finally take action. Other top players in the league speaking up would help also,' the multi-Adult Video News award winner Lust told Outkick.com.
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Mabrey and Sheldon have not been alone in playing bully ball. There have been innumerable incidents.
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