Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy has claimed that an NBA rookie would receive much more criticism than WNBA star Angel Reese for similar behavior. Portnoy, 47, made a guest appearance on a recent episode of the Barstool Sports Pick Em podcast, where he launched into a surprising attack on the Chicago Sky rookie. The social media personality was asked about Reese’s attendance at the WNBA finals, in which the New York Liberty beat the Minnesota Lynx in a tie-breaker final game during overtime .
Reese was seen wearing a jersey that was split in half, with one side showing her support for the Liberty and the other side showing her support for the Lynx. Portnoy revealed he hadn’t watched the final series of games, specifically because Caitlin Clark was not playing with her team the Indiana Fever, who lost during the first round of playoff games. “The last time I saw Angel she had [Travis] Kelce’s ex [on her podcast],” he said, discussing Reese’s Unapologetically Angel podcast, where she also spoke out about her rivalry with Clark on the basketball court.
“If a male was doing what Angel Reese is doing she would get crucified, regardless of skin color, regardless of anything,” Portnoy claimed. “She’s a rookie in the league whose team sucked, who a**ed out at the end of the season with an injury, who won’t shut up about herself, who ran their best player out of town, the coach got fired, and she started a podcast five seconds into the thing creating all this.