6 hours agoHead coach Steve Clarke concedes the dearth of emerging goalkeepers is a concern and “probably an oversight” for Scotland.With 42-year-old Craig Gordon missing, Angus Gunn returns for the June friendlies against Iceland and Liechtenstein.Gunn, currently a free agent after leaving Norwich City, has 15 caps and was first choice at Euro 2024 before injury struck, allowing Gordon to reclaim his spot.Uncapped duo Robby McCrorie and Cieran Slicker provide back-up, with the latter having played 10 minutes as a substitute for Ipswich Town all season.McCrorie made 20 Premiership starts for Kilmarnock, while the vast majority of Scottish top-flight goalkeepers come from other countries.”We just keep looking, Scottish grannies are in big demand,” Clarke half-joked when the issue was raised at his squad announcement media conference.”Since we had Craig, David Marshall and Allan McGregor, we haven’t quite had the same quality coming through.”It’s something we should have picked up on a few years ago. It’s probably an oversight. We had three goalkeepers of such quality all playing at the same time and you think ‘that will never end’.”Gordon has 81 caps, having made his international debut in 2004, while Marshall played 47 times and McGregor bowed out after 42 appearances.”We have a crop of younger ones and you don’t know how they are going to progress,” Clarke said.”You can be saying ‘we haven’t got anything’ then suddenly some 18, 19, 20-year-olds might get some minutes on the pitch and get a chance to play more regularly.”In March, I said to the coaches of the 17s, 19s and 21s to try and pick four goalkeepers, so you’re looking at more and putting them in against their peers. Then you’re looking for the one that can step up and become the best in that age group.”Of goalkeepers with recent Scotland Under-21 experience, Hearts’ Liam McFarlane and Ruairidh Adams of Dundee United have been busy, each playing 39 games this season, on loan at East Fife and Kelty Hearts respectively.Rangers’ Lewis Budinauckas played four matches for Greenock Morton and eight with Partick Thistle before losing his place to 35-year-old David Mitchell.Murray Johnson of Hibernian got 13 games for Airdrieonians and was then limited to just one minute with Queen of the South in the second half of the term.”The young ones need to play,” Clarke added. “A lot tend to be kept in squads to sit on the bench. They are working with good people and learning good habits but only in training.”Maybe we can find a way to get these young goalkeepers out to clubs in League 1, League 2, the Championship at an earlier age where they play and do well.”Obviously, if you’re a manager and you take a young goalkeeper and he throws a couple into the net, you’re going to put a more experienced goalkeeper back in.”The boys need a chance and, when they get a chance, they need to take it. If they don’t, the manager won’t play them.”Related topicsFootballScotland Men’s Football Team

To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.This video can not be playedMichael EmonsBBC Sport journalist7 hours ago269 Comments”I always win things in my second year. Nothing has changed. I don’t say things unless I believe them.”Tottenham manager Ange Postecoglou, having just seen his side lose 1-0 at home to rivals Arsenal back in September, was in defiant mood and that quote has followed and been repeated to him all season.His side came close to proving him right earlier this year.Spurs held a 1-0 lead after the first leg of their Carabao Cup semi-final against Liverpool, only to then capitulate 4-0 in the reverse fixture at Anfield.But Tottenham fell at the fourth-round hurdle of the FA Cup, losing at Aston Villa, while the club are on course for their worst campaign in the Premier League era as they are 17th with one game to go and a mammoth 45 points behind champions Liverpool.Yet, the 59-year-old Australian, who began working at Spurs in July 2023, is one game away from having the last laugh.Getty ImagesGetty ImagesHe will take charge of Spurs for the 100th time on Wednesday when they play Manchester United in the Europa League final in Bilbao.A win would take Spurs into the Champions League, silence Postecoglou’s critics, maintain his superb second-year record and maybe keep him in his job.He won the Australian title with both South Melbourne and Brisbane Roar and the Japanese league with Yokohama F. Marinos – all in his second season or second full season in charge.Postecoglou also won the Asian Cup two years after becoming Australia boss – and the Scottish championship in both seasons with Celtic.The 59-year-old did not see out two seasons in charge of the three clubs he failed to win anything at – smaller clubs Panachaiki and Whittlesea Zebras, and Melbourne Victory, whom he left after 18 months for the Australia job.We have taken a look at how he has enjoyed second-season success throughout his career.Celtic (June 2021-June 2023)ReutersMatches: 113. Wins: 83 Draws: 12. Losses: 18. Goals scored: 284. Goals conceded: 108.Postecoglou came to Celtic in June 2021, just after Steven Gerrard had guided Rangers to the Scottish Premiership title.But the Australian did not need two seasons before winning, as he took the Bhoys to five trophies in his two years at the club.In his first campaign they became Scottish champions and won the League Cup, before they added the Scottish Cup to make it a domestic treble in his second year with him then before moving to Tottenham.Former England goalkeeper Joe Hart had already won two Premier League titles with Manchester City before he was instrumental in Celtic’s success. He felt one of Postecoglou’s main strengths was getting his players to view the game in a different way and teach them new skills.”He is top, really, really good,” said Hart after Postecoglou’s second Scottish title victory in May 2023. “He is really clear in what he wants and the biggest buzz for me is playing for someone who is pushing me and I am learning new things every day – it makes me feel alive.”I have played in different teams that have been successful. Identity in football has always been there, but in terms of having a real way of playing, this is the first time I have been part of a team with that.”I genuinely feel comfortable making risky passes, short passes, and if someone does miss a pass or a tackle and the ball goes in, I don’t think any of us would even flinch because that’s what we are being asked to do.”Yokohama F. Marinos (January 2018-June 2021)Getty ImagesMatches: 161. Wins: 79. Draws: 30. Losses: 52. Goals scored: 313. Goals conceded: 228.Before Celtic, Postecoglou had a three-and-a-half-year spell in Japan with Yokohama F. Marinos.He went there in January 2018 and almost won a trophy in his first 10 months, only to lose 1-0 to Shonan Bellmare in the J.League Cup.But success was not too far away as his side then won the J1 League to become Japanese champions, finishing six points clear of FC Tokyo.That title took the side into the Japanese Super Cup (their version of the Community Shield), but Yokohama could not add another trophy as they lost 3-2 on penalties against Vissel Kobe after Yokohama had fought back from 1-0, 2-1 and 3-2 down to leave it at 3-3 after 90 minutes.”Ange really gave the club purpose,” said Dan Orlowitz from the Japan Times.”It was a refreshing style of football that the league hadn’t really seen. Even when YFM struggled results-wise in 2018 it was very clear that the players and above all Ange believed in what he was doing.”The fans believed in him as a result, and over the next year he let go of players who weren’t a good fit for the system and brought in players who were a great fit. All of that added up to the triumph of 2019.”Australia (October 2013-November 2017)Getty ImagesMatches: 49. Wins: 22. Draws: 12. Losses: 15. Goals scored: 86. Goals conceded: 58.During his playing career, Postecoglou was a defender and represented Australia four times and in 2013 he got the chance to become his country’s national manager.At the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, Australia finished bottom of a tough group that also included the Netherlands, Chile and 2010 winners Spain.Australia hosted the Asian Cup in January 2015 and Postecoglou guided the Socceroos to the final with a crowd of more than 76,000 watching the game against South Korea in Sydney.Midfielder Massimo Luongo (now at Ipswich Town) put Australia ahead, before Son Heung-min, Postecoglou’s current captain at Tottenham, equalised in the 91st minute to take the tie to extra-time. But James Troisi, who developed through Newcastle United’s academy, scored the winner as Postecoglou and Australia celebrated a 2-1 victory to win the tournament.Former Everton midfielder Tim Cahill was a key player for Australia at that time and, in an interview with Optus Sport in 2024, was full of praise for Postecoglou.”I never knew Ange until he came to the Australia job, he had a great pedigree,” said Cahill. “When you listen to him, everything he talks about is simple and logical – he wants the ball in play, action and intensity and that’s what the players want.”The way you look at a coach is their presence and secondly their training, everything was measured and calculated. What I love with Ange is he is very honest, very detailed. He has a really nice way about him and you see the way he connects with players.”Brisbane Roar (Oct 2009-April 2012)Getty ImagesMatches: 83. Wins: 42. Draws: 24. Losses: 17. Goals scored: 142. Goals conceded: 91.Before becoming Australia manager, Postecoglou had an 18-month spell at Melbourne Victory, but was not there long enough to have a second full season.That came after he had great success with another Australian side in Brisbane Roar. In a two-and-a-half-year spell, they won the A-League Championship in 2010-11 and retained their title the following year.”Ange’s massive strength is his ability to be able to bring players along that journey and buy into what he does,” former Brisbane captain Matt Smith told BBC Sport.”There’s zero tolerance for players that don’t want to follow. We were never made to feel comfortable, we were always pushing to be better, always developing, always working harder than any group I’ve experienced before.”It didn’t matter if you were the biggest player in the dressing room or the youngest – if you weren’t pulling your weight or following his principles, he was very ruthless.”Australia Under-17s and Australia Under-20s (Jan 2001-Feb 2007)Getty ImagesFor a seven-year period, Postecoglou coached the Australian youth teams, gaining success at both the Oceania Under-17 and Under-20 Championships, winning each event on three occasions.After that, he had brief spells at Greek side Panachaiki (nine months) and Australian outfit Whittlesea Zebras (three months) before joining Brisbane Roar.South Melbourne (January 1996-December 2000)Getty ImagesMatches: 155. Wins: 82. Draws: 30. Losses: 43. Goals scored: 276. Goals conceded: 194.Postecoglou’s first managerial job came at South Melbourne in the Australian National Soccer League (the predecessor to Australia’s A-League).It did not take long for him to be successful as he steered them to successive championships in 1997-98 and 1998-99, with them also winning the Oceania Club Championship in 1999.Related topicsPremier LeagueTottenham HotspurFootball

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Getty ImagesDan RoanSports editor@danroan7 hours ago1062 Comments”It’s a crossroads moment.”That is the verdict of former Manchester United first-team coach Rene Meulensteen on the club’s Europa League final against Tottenham on Wednesday.Like all United fans, the Dutchman is coming to terms with a bitterly disappointing domestic campaign, and dreading the consequences of failure in Bilbao.”It would be a silver lining. A win in the Europa League isn’t going to make up for the most disastrous season,” Meulensteen told BBC Sport, with United languishing 16th in the Premier League, and now condemned to their lowest top-flight finish for more than half a century.”But if they don’t win it, why would we expect anything different next season? The trophy would free up some finances to get players in.”If they don’t win it, we won’t be in Europe, and I really worry what the future is going to look like.”With qualification for the lucrative Champions League the prize for the Europa League winners, and set against the backdrop of United’s long decline, it is easy to see why the match is being portrayed as such a defining moment at Old Trafford.But just how significant is it really?”Financially, it’s the most important match in the club’s history,” says football finance expert Kieran Maguire.”Champions League participation is crucial, because it could generate over £100m from tickets, broadcast money, and sponsor bonuses.”With four home games guaranteed, Maguire estimates that there could then be an additional £30m-£40m if United go deep into the competition.While the benefits of being back in the expanded Champions League apply just as much to Spurs of course, United arguably need it more.Spurs recorded an annual loss of £26m last year, while United’s deficit was £113m over the same period. That took their total losses to £300m over the past three years. The sense of underperformance is even more stark given United generated total revenue of £651m last year, the fourth highest by any club in world football.But due largely to the leveraged takeover by majority owners the Glazer family in 2005, the club are also more than £1bn in debt, which costs tens of millions of pounds a year to service. And that burden is set to increase in the years ahead because of refinancing and higher interest rates.Indeed, United have admitted they have been at risk of failing to comply with Premier League profit and sustainability rules (PSR) that limit clubs’ losses.’Europa League win would allow a reboot’To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.This video can not be playedIn March, co-owner and petro-chemicals billionaire Sir Jim Ratcliffe told me the club would have gone bust by the end of the year if significant action had not been taken, bemoaning the financial burden of several players he had inherited who “were overpaid and not good enough”.Meanwhile, fans are clinging to reports linking the club with moves for potential targets such as Liam Delap, Antoine Semenyo and Matheus Cunha. But if United fail to sell loaned-out, high-earning players such as Marcus Rashford, Jadon Sancho and Antony, acquisitions could hinge on what happens in Bilbao.Luring new players to Old Trafford is likely to be much easier if the club can offer European football. And United have admitted that if they are to improve their underperforming squad, they need to cut outgoings, hence the hundreds of staff redundancies, and ticket price increases imposed by Ratcliffe – that have sparked protests by fans.”United still have one of the highest wage bills in the Premier League. They have a squad which has cost more than £1bn, and many of those deals have been on credit, so they have outstanding instalments of over £300m that need to be paid,” says Maguire.”So they need the cash from the Champions League to meet their ongoing financial obligations, and that’s before they start recruiting the players the manager wants. The additional revenue will put the club in a far stronger position in terms of a reboot.”Such thoughts are echoed by former United defender Rio Ferdinand who told PA that victory could spark a “new era” for the club.”With Manchester United, they need the money to recruit for this manager and it’s a vital period for him in that sense,” he said. “I do think it’s a chance to press the restart button and it will be a new era if these are the guys who managed to win.”With each finishing position in the Premier League table worth around £3m, United have made around £30m less than the club’s executives would have been planning for.For the Ineos hierarchy, a trophy would also help compensate for the £14.5m spent on the sacking of former manager Erik ten Hag – who was retained and then backed in the transfer market last summer – and the hiring and firing of former sporting director Dan Ashworth.Under mounting scrutiny over such decisions, club bosses are also yet to explain how they will afford to build a proposed new stadium estimated to be costing at least £2bn.At a time when Ratcliffe is reducing his other sports investments, including an Ineos sponsorship agreement with Spurs, in a challenging economic landscape for the chemicals industry, a first European trophy since taking over at Old Trafford would be a very timely boost.Winning in Bilbao would also come at a cost. With player contracts heavily incentivised, Maguire estimates that qualifying for the Champions League will also mean United could face having to pay out 25% extra on wages. But he maintains that the Champions League would still be “transformative”.Manager Ruben Amorim hinted as much when admitting that the Champions League was more important to him than winning the Europa League. “The best way to help us to get to the top in a few years is the Champions League, not the cup,” he said.When asked if being out of Europe next season might actually help by giving him more time to work on his squad, he was clear that losing the final against Spurs would be “really bad… the patience of the fans and you guys [the media] next year if we don’t win it is going to be on the limit”.’People start to question whether you’re a big club’For Spurs, the prospect of a first trophy since 2008 is also a chance to salvage something from a desperate Premier League campaign that – just like United – has redefined what domestic failure looks like for a so-called ‘Big Six’ club. Their season has also featured furious fan protests over a perceived lack of investment by the club’s owner Enic and the approach of chairman Daniel Levy.”Qualifying for the Champions League would be in the desirable category for Spurs, rather than essential,” says Maguire. “They are the best-run business in the Premier League. They have the most profits historically. They have an ability to generate money from non-football activities to a far greater extent than any other club, so they’ve always got this as a support mechanism.”At United, a second consecutive season out of the Champions League means the club will have to pay kit provider Adidas a £10m penalty under the terms of their deal.Speaking on condition of anonymity, one former senior United figure predicts that the sponsorship revenue the club have prided themselves on over so many years could be at risk of “collapsing” if they are out of Europe for only the second time in 35 years, and that their brand value is now at a pivotal moment.”Not being a European team creates more existential issues around the whole model” they told BBC Sport, pointing to the end of the Tezos sponsorship of the club’s training kit this summer.”It’s not healthy, and people start to question whether you are still a ‘big club’. But win, and it keeps the wheels spinning. The cash will be ‘lifeblood’ that allows them to keep trading. If not, they’ll have to look at selling homegrown talent like Alejandro Garnacho and Kobbie Mainoo to give them the funds they want.”Some United fans travelling to Bilbao will hope the match evokes memories of the 1991 Cup Winners’ Cup triumph – which helped spark the subsequent Sir Alex Ferguson glory years, and showed the club could perform again at a European level.Others will look to 2017 as inspiration, when Jose Mourinho’s team won the Europa League final to rescue Champions League qualification after finishing sixth in the Premier League. But given how much worse United’s league performance has become, this feels much more significant.Lose against Spurs, and many will feel that Ineos’ already ambitious Mission 21 plan to turn United into Premier League champions by 2028 could start to look like Mission Impossible. However, senior United insiders dispute the suggestion that this is “win or bust”, insisting that the cost-cutting programme the club are implementing is designed to give flexibility in the summer transfer window, and has been predicated on a ‘no-Europe’ scenario.While they accept that winning the Europa League would provide a major boost, they say the key is fixing the club’s structure.Both Amorim and his counterpart, Spurs boss Ange Postecoglou, have played down suggestions that the Europa League offers some kind of panacea. Indeed, with Spurs also on course for their worst-ever Premier League season, victory may not be enough to keep Postecoglou in his job, while Amorim seems secure in his, even if his team loses.And yet there is no denying that there will still be a huge amount at stake on Wednesday, making this one of the most eagerly anticipated matches of the season. While the neutrals can enjoy the jeopardy, United and Spurs fans will long for a much-needed sense of hope at the end of a season to forget. Here in Bilbao, a city known for its regeneration, lies a chance to kickstart a revival.Lose, however, and the road to recovery will feel much longer.Related topicsManchester UnitedEuropa LeagueTottenham HotspurFootball

8 hours agoShareSaveCaroline LowbridgeBBC News, NottinghamReporting fromTrent BridgeShareSaveBBCThey were installed as an interim anti-terrorism measure – but almost eight years later, concrete barriers on Nottingham’s landmark Trent Bridge are still there.City councillor Steve Battlemuch is arguing the “ugly” barriers, introduced to protect pedestrians, should be removed and replaced with bollards.He has raised the issue before but believes it is even more important since Nottingham Forest qualified for Europe, meaning more people will be visiting the city for matches.However, Nottingham City Council said it did not have spare money to fund replacing the barriers – an estimated cost of £1.5m – and did not know if it would be allowed to do so.Councillor Linda Woodings, who is responsible for transport, said the government might not let the council remove the barriers, which were installed following the 2017 London Bridge attack.On 3 June 2017, attackers used a van to drive into pedestrians on London Bridge before stabbing people in Borough Market, killing eight people and injuring many more.Woodings said: “Hypothetically, even if we had the money, I don’t know if we would get agreement for that.”Central government, the National Counter Terrorism Security Office (NaCTSO), instructed us to install them, and they provided the barriers to us as well.”They are lorry-proof barriers, effectively, that would stop any vehicle coming off from the road on to the pavement.”The BBC contacted the Home Office – which works with NaCTSO – and asked whether or not the barriers could be removed, but it has not provided a response.Getty ImagesThe current Trent Bridge was built in 1871, but there have been several bridges in the same spot since about 920.It crosses the River Trent, which is the boundary between Nottingham and Nottinghamshire. However, the bridge is the responsibility of Nottingham City Council, rather than Nottinghamshire County Council.It is close to two football stadiums – Meadow Lane and the City Ground – and also Trent Bridge Cricket Ground.This means thousands of people walk over the bridge on matchdays, including some who are said to jump over the barriers and walk into the lanes of traffic.Getty Images”People quite often walk in the first lane of traffic, so the barrier wouldn’t actually stop anything in that situation,” said Battlemuch, a “massive” Forest fan who regularly walks across the bridge.”If they were individual bollards then people can get out of that situation a lot quicker.”The Wollaton West councillor believes the current barriers look “terrible” and described them as “not necessarily fit for purpose”.”It’s high time this eyesore was removed and replaced with something more suitable,” added Battlemuch, who believes the cost could be shared between various local authorities and nearby sports clubs.He also said they could be made to look better in the short-term.”There are people in the city that would do it, that do street art that could make them look better for a very small amount of money,” he added.Battlemuch also said clarity was needed from the Home Office about whether or not the barriers were still needed.”If it is the fact that we have to have some sort of bollards then I believe we could have something that looks a lot better,” he said.Getty ImagesAccording to Woodings, the barriers were installed after Trent Bridge was identified as a “point of risk” by the government.Temporary barriers were also put in place on a number of crossings in London.And she believes the barriers have proven to be an “important safety measure” for managing sports crowds, as they deter people from walking into the road.”If there are just bollards, big crowds will walk the other side of them,” she said.Woodings also questioned whether it would be possible to replace the barriers with bollards for practical reasons, as they have to be sunk into the ground.However, she said the council could explore ways of making them look better, provided this was low cost.Wider views on the barriers are mixed.Andy Caddell, from the Nottingham Forest Supporters’ Trust, believes that public money should not be used to replace the barriers.”Do you know what? I think there are more important things,” he said.”I think they do a good job keeping people safe, and I wouldn’t want to see the council spending money, which we don’t have, on introducing pretty barriers.”If there were bollards, there would be a lot more people in the road.”But Forest fan Jordan Stevenson, who walks over Trent Bridge every time he attends a match at the City Ground, thinks the barriers should be replaced.”I think the bridge looks absolutely disgusting, it looks a mess,” he said.”Thousands of people every week have to go past this and it’s just not good.”Steve Willans, a partner in the Trent Navigation pub, which is near the bridge, thinks the look of the barriers could be improved.”They were put there for a reason and I think we do need them as a deterrent,” he said.”When you walk over the bridge I always think they could do with livening up a little bit.”Get some graffiti artists on there; just a bit of colour as a gateway into the city, I think it would look great.”And Jake Kingston-Thundercliffe, who lives in nearby West Bridgford and walks his dogs over the bridge, thinks the barriers should be replaced with something “more ornamental”.”It does seem a shame because it’s a nice bridge and they don’t look very nice,” he said.”If the barrier is going to be a more permanent fixture now it should probably be something that matches the character of the bridge, maybe the same as the railings on the outside of the bridge.”More on this story

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Robert Griffin III was among those who chimed in on the latest saga in the rivalry between basketball stars Angel Reese and Caitlin Clark, saying the Chicago Sky star “hates Caitlin Clark.””After watching Caitlin Clark’s flagrant foul on Angel Reese and the aftermath, there is no way Angel Reese can continue the lie that she doesn’t dislike Caitlin Clark,” Griffin wrote on X. “I know what hatred looks like. Angel Reese HATES Caitlin Clark. Not some basketball rivalry hate either. Hate.”Griffin later claimed his statement was “purely based in basketball” and was simply a “sports take.”CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM ESPN analyst Ryan Clark broadcasts from the field before the game between the San Francisco 49ers and New York Jets at Levi’s Stadium on September 09, 2024 in Santa Clara, California.  (Lachlan Cunningham/Getty Images)Tempers flared between Reese and Clark after the Fever guard committed a flagrant foul on the Sky forward. It was one of the bigger moments of Indiana’s 93-58 blowout win on Saturday. Current ESPN NFL analyst and former Pittsburgh Steelers star Ryan Clark reacted to Griffin’s comments on the Reese-Clark drama. Clark suggested Griffin was joining the “hate train” and was falling in line with the positions other media figures have taken. May 17, 2025; Indianapolis, Indiana, USA; Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark (22) and Chicago Sky forward Angel Reese (5) shake hands before the game at Gainbridge Fieldhouse. (Trevor Ruszkowski-Imagn Images)”When RG3 jumps onto the hate train or the angry train, it now follows what we saw from Keith Olbermann, what we saw from Dave Portnoy, as they poured onto Angel Reese to make her the villain, and Caitlin Clark heroic or hero story,” Clark said during a recent episode of his “The Pivot” podcast. “The one thing we know about RG3 is he’s not having conversations at his home about what Black women have to endure in this country. About what young Black women and athletes like Angel Reese have had to deal with being on the opposite side of Caitlin Clark’s rise and ascension into stardom.”CAITLIN CLARK SPEAKS OUT ON WNBA’S PROBE INTO ALLEGED ‘HATEFUL COMMENTS’ TOWARD ANGEL REESEClark then highlighted the former NFL quarterback’s marriage.”If you’re RG3, when is the last time within your household you’ve had a conversation about what [Angel Reese is] dealing with?” Clark asked. “You haven’t been able to do that because in both of your marriages, you’ve been married to White women.”Griffin is married to Grete Griffin, who is a native of Estonia and a heptathlete. Oct 16, 2023; Inglewood, California, USA; Robert Griffin III on the ESPN Monday Night Football Countdown set SoFi Stadium. (Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports)”You haven’t had opportunities to have those conversations to educate you on what they’re feeling, what Black women deal with, what they’re seeing when they think of a young Angel Reese. And the whole time that he’s mimicking Angel Reese and bobbing his head and moving his neck while he’s doing this whole piece, his wife is in the back amening and clapping.”Griffin left ESPN in 2024. Multiple outlets reported at the time that Griffin’s dismissal was a cost-cutting move.”When I worked with RG3, he would make all of these sort of corny jokes about milk and how much he loved it and how important it was. And he always points out on social media the color of his wife’s white skin. As if the color of her skin is what makes her special. As if the color of her skin is what makes her a good wife,” Clark continued.”I’ve met the lady. I’ve had a conversation with her. I think she’s more than that. But it also leads to what Black women deal with a lot from Black men who have chose to date or marry outside of their race. They always feel like they have to go the extra mile to prop up the woman that they married or the woman that they’re with over Black women by denigrating Black women.”Griffin caught wind of Clark’s comments and took to social media to share his response.”Ryan Clark personally attacking me and my family personally over a sports opinion is cowardly, spineless, and weak,” Griffin wrote on X, along with a more than two-minute-long video. Griffin also stated several times that Clark’s assertions were “way out of bounds.”CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPCaitlin Clark and Reese have major history, going back to the 2023 NCAA women’s basketball national championship. Both players downplayed the incident. Clark told ESPN’s Holly Rowe after the third quarter that there had been “nothing malicious” behind the foul.Fox News’ Ryan Gaydos contributed to this report.Follow Fox News Digital’s sports coverage on X, and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter.