Sunny Hostin and Whoopi Goldberg defended rough play in the WNBA after Chicago Sky guard Chennedy Carter checked Indiana Fever’s Caitlin Clark so hard that she hit the ground.
The Carter shoulder-check — which was ruled a “flagrant foul” — took place during a June 1 game, after which video of the forceful collision quickly went viral.
“There’s a difference between tough defense and unnecessary— targeting actions! It needs to stop! The league needs to ‘clean up’ the crap! That’s NOT who this league is!!” Indiana Fever GM Lin Dunn commented.
“Let’s be realistic, OK? This is basketball, OK? This happens in basketball all the time. Angel Reese got clotheslined the other day,” Goldberg downplayed the incident during Monday’s broadcast of “The View.”
“This is, ‘Get out the way or I’ma move you.’ That’s what the game is … A lot of people, however,…
