Popular Sports Reporter Rachel DeMita Announces She Was Fired Over Caitlin Clark Post
Popular sports reporter Rachel DeMita is opening up about being fired by Ice Cube's basketball league, the Big3, where she worked as a courtside commentator.
After rumors exploded on social media that she had been terminated, she posted a video confirming the firing, declaring that she was "blindsided" by it.
DeMita explained that she believes the league was upset that she tweeted posts about Caitlin Clark and the Indiana Fever game during a Big3 broadcast, as the leagues are competitors.
"We need to address the elephant in the room or the elephant currently going viral on social media," she said in the June 20 video, which has more than 1 million views.
"I feel a responsibility to tell you guys the truth and let you guys know what happened. The rumors are true. I was fired from the Big3. My team received an email at 11 p.m. on Tuesday (June 17) with a letter that essentially said I was terminated."
She then read from the email that said, in part, that it has "come to Big3's attention that Ms. DeMita was posting on her social media platforms during this past weekend's Big3 games and promoting the competing New York Liberty versus Indiana Fever WNBA game that was being broadcast at the same time."
The email said that DeMita showed a "severe lapse in judgment while performing services for the league, during which time she should have reasonably known that she should have been promoting only league games."
Management was "completely taken aback to learn that she was posting about another league's games while in the midst of rendering services" to the Big3, the email read by DeMita said.
"This is true. I did send out three tweets about the Indiana Fever during the Big3 broadcast," she said. One of them was a video showing a three-point shot by Caitlin Clark, that said "for those that question the hype." The Big3 tried to recruit Clark before she went to the WNBA, the New York Post reported.
"I did feel a little bummed that there wasn't any discussion pior to me being fired. I wasn't under the impression that those tweets would do any harm to the Big3," she added.
"I will take it on the chin, my bad, I will apologize for it." She said she felt she did a good job for the Big3. She said she is going to move on and wishes the Big3 "nothing but the best."Popular Sports Reporter Rachel DeMita Announces She Was Fired Over Caitlin Clark Post first appeared on Men's Journal on Jun 21, 2025
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