‘Don’t You Have Another Horse to Rob of His Hair’: Shannon Sharpe Slammed for Degrading Fan Who Claims He Only Supports Caitlin Clark and Not Other WNBA Players

Shannon “Unc” Sharpe, 56, found himself in the crosshairs of fans online over the WNBA. The “Club Shay Shay” host is being accused of showing favoritism to Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark over other players in the women’s basketball league. A Sept. 23 segment from “First Take” talk show went viral after Sharpe, Stephen A. Smith, and Andraya Carter discussed the success of Clark. NFL Hall of Famer-turned-media personality Shannon Sharpe faces accusations of being “anti-Black” after telling an online critic, “Don’t you have another horse to rob of his hair?” (Photo: @shannonsharpe84/Instagram) Sharpe essentially claimed Clark should get most of the credit for the WNBA’s rise in popularity ahead of the 2024 season. He even slammed his co-workers at ESPN. “A lot of this noise came by people that’s sitting on this network. They tried to minimize her, saying, ‘Well, you giving her all this credit, what about the women that came before her?’” Sharpe argued. He continued, “The women [who] came before her, what they did, cannot be taken away. That ain’t got nothing to do with Caitlin Clark. But there are a lot of people that tried to make sure they keep Caitlin Clark in her place.”...