Connor definitely had the reporter sign a restraining order which probably reads the guy who said his repulsive comments must permanently stay away from everyone at the Indiana Fever all Fever personnel and especially Caitlin. Guy reporting was in his 50s should've known better

He's privileged and knows the right people. Nothing will change.

If this is a pattern then maybe he is a creep. I thought he might be just a dunce .....

Fire him.

@bobbymoss6160 Oh, I think he's stepped in a bigger pile this time. At a certain point your "friends" will cut you loose.

AT BEST!

Yeah, they should certainly try and keep their good sports arena free from rodents such as him...

Definitely. I was horrified

I doubt it. It will happen thousands of more time. He earned credits with the good old boys again

He needs to go. Not a good writer at all. A Hack as a matter of fact. This is proof to it.

I don't think he knows how to talk to women.😏

@@blackcrowvol2281 can't find anything wrong with what he did. He made a heart sign to her? and he should be fired and imprisoned?

@@voguehaven5154 I just think he has no idea how to talk to women. That's just my take on it.😏

​​@@voguehaven5154No, no, no. He made a heart sign, yes. That was weird and awkward given that everyone knows that is a thing between her and her family. Would have been whatever if he had stopped there. Following up with "start doing that to me," and if you do, we will "get along just fine." is the problem. If you can't see what's wrong with that (not to mention the flirtatious tone he delivered it in), I don't have time to walk you through it. Just consider how obvious it is to most of us and accept you may not get it, but there's something there. Happens to the best of us. 😅

It was very creepy. Is this guy really old and out of touch with reality? Did he miss the whole “Me Too” movement? I am a father of two daughters, both of whom have been sexually harassed at jobs, school and online by creepy men. Unless you have a daughter, or are woman you have no idea how many creepy men there are out there. If I were her Dad I would be after his job. He should not be allowed to interview women athletes.

Right?!? 😂

facts. Even if you thought it was creepy, they try to make he a victim by saying she's a "female" and "half his age".... like she isn't a 22 year old ADULT!!!

1000x this!

Exactly. Awkward conversation about a heart gesture is a capital offense… but men walking around with their junk out in women’s locker rooms is fine. What a totally screwed up world we live in.

omg...calm down. Its not that serious.

@@voguehaven5154 for reals.

​@@voguehaven5154yes, it really is.

Take a sedative and get some rest. By the way, her name is spelled Caitlin ... no, I don't expect you to suffer public humiliation for for the misspell. 😉

"this gesture of a heart is sacred between Caitlin and her family" lol 'sacred?' really? so a worldwide commonly used gesture on a fruggin' basketball court is elevated to 'Pope' status whenever "the chosen one" Caitlin Clark uses it. GTHOH, geez.

She doesn’t care??? What about the trans men that play in women’s basketball? They are all over the place and one of them just won a national championship! Trans people are people and Caitlin Clark could out play any of them regardless of gender.

jdneely above in comments claims this is a pattern for this guy when he deals with women.... I've never heard of him before so can't say..... But you might want to consider that there is a "history" of this behavior. 🤔

This is why men are troubled by women. Claiming sexual harassment where they is none. Caitlin handled it in the mature fashion she is know for. Let him explain himself and then decide.

@@user-od2um9mw8oand this is why women get so upset. Men always making excuses for other men’s bad behavior.

Stop throwing autistic people under the bus. This was a guy being creepy.

@@randygraham926 FWIW I've searched online for anything about this guy prior to this incident, including Reddit and the Indiana Fever message board, and there's literally nothing other than some people saying they don't like him. Reddit thread on a Colt's presser 6 months ago: "Gregg Doyel with another fantastic question (not)." "Doyel is a sports journalist who comes across like he only cares about anything outside of sports." "This guy is such a fucking dumbass..." "Em what the hell is he even asking." "I cringed so hard my butthole could have cut rebar." Another Reddit thread from 9 months ago: "Gregg Doyel is a no talent clown. Change my mind." "Walmart Skip Bayless ass writer." Like I said, other than thinking the guy is a talentless hack who asks dumb questions, there's not even a hint about him being involved in impropriety from even his biggest "fans" online. You should hear the kind of jokes we tell about the loser sports writers in my city. But not liking a guy is not the same thing as him being a perpetual S-harasser.

Uh, Doyel is the one who needs to grow up. What adult male makes the heart symbol anyway?

Agreed.

Well, he apparently has two sons so "incel" might not be the right term. "Creepy older dude" might be more accurate.😂

folks on the internet initiating "incel" comments most likely are the incel.

His apology started off fine, I was beginning to feel like OK, we can get past this. Then he tried to sidestep accountability with what amounted to "I guess I forgot I can't talk to her like I talk to the boys," and he lost me. His apology also focused on the heart gesture when that was actually incidental to the parts where he really stepped in it. I don't think it was good enough.

Lol. His "apology" was weak. Secondly, if you think an apology solves everything, you're an idiot. "Sorry I ran over and killed your dog. We good now?"

i don't think you understand what that actually means. it's the freedom of the press to report on government w/o fear of being jailed by the government. that is all that that means.

You are completely incorrect freedom of the press can report on any subject matter including Sports or subject matter no matter what it is .

What about it? Lol.

Another I'm sorry situations