Caitlin Clark, Christine Brennan and how racial stereotypes persist in the mediaâs WNBA coverage
In Ferrucci and Perryâs article, they explain how coverage of Bird âfit the dominant narrative of the time perfectly ⊠exhibiting a hardworking and intelligent game that succeeded despite a lack of athletic prowess.â When the âflashyâ Lakers and Johnson won, they wrote, it was because of âsuperior skill.â