Caitlin Clark’s Columnist who had a cringe-worthy exchange with Caitlin Clark at her Fever introductory news conference last month has reportedly been suspended over the bizarre encounter.
Longtime journalist and Caitlin Clark’s Columnist Bob Kravitz who used to work for the Star, said the outlet hit Gregg Doyel with a two-week ban in the days following his strange April 17 interaction with the WNBA player.
Kravitz did not specify when exactly the punishment began for the reporter, although he noted Doyel’s last Star piece — a Colts-related article was published on April 29. Kravitz added that Doyel is expected to return from the ban on May 13.
According to Kravitz, Doyel who’s been writing for the Indy Star for years — is not slated to attend any Fever games this summer in the wake of the Clark saga, although he “will continue to write columns off the team by watching TV from his home.”
Doyel who went viral for sending a heart-hand gesture to Clark at the newser before following it up with some borderline inappropriate comments, previously issued a mea culpa for his actions in the hours after the incident.
He stated he was “sincerely” sorry for his “oafish” behavior … adding he was “just wrong.”
“Caitlin Clark,” he said, “I’m so sorry.”
For Clark’s part, she never addressed the matter publicly … and appeared to move on from it right away handling the rest of the news conference without any sort of issue.