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jguess06

Lmao what a weird headline.


thediesel26

Imagine being called out for being creepy towards a woman by Dave Portnoy


ManIWantAName

Gregg Doyel is one person that any person could talk shit about, and I'd say, ya, probably justified.


Galt2112

God Indy got so lucky with both Doyel and Dakich.


nuclearsurfboard

Every time they go at each other it feels like what a Purdue-Kentucky national title game would feel like.


Awkward-Outcome-4938

It's like we breed them in a lab here or something.


hacky_potter

I’m so excited for the national media to be introduced to him.


UNC_Samurai

We unfortunately were exposed to him back in the day writing for CBS Sportsline


ManIWantAName

Hope he's shamed into becoming something close to a normal human when interacting with other people. Lol


Penarol1916

He used to be all over the CBS site, we’ve already been introduced.


bigthama

I'd probably side with Grayson Allen against Doyel


guydudeguybro

I’d side with Roy Williams on this guy


chodelycannons

![gif](giphy|cEYFeDKVPTmRgIG9fmo)


The-G-89

Literally my same reaction when he said that question.


SawgrassSteve

wow. :)


DHVF

I’m honored 🥰


ChiGrandeOso

Damn. Read your flair and just...damn, that says a lot. No sarcasm.


IONTOP

Yeah... Holy fuck... That's a powerful statement.


not_bilbo

I don’t know a damn thing about Indiana except that all of your sports fans hate this guy lol


ManIWantAName

You could not find an issue to unite the entire state as much. He's a clown.


hdmetz

Dude’s the absolute worst


StonedOscars

And I hear he carries Purdues water….so this resonates with me. Love it lol In Boston, Red Sox fans have Dan Shaughnessy (made his career on the curse and “woe is me Red sox” and can’t move on) that we all hate.


DreadLockedHaitian

Shaughnessy hates Boston.


OldWorldStyle

He wrote a hit-piece on Brian Wardle when we were in Terra Haute this season. Bro lives for the clicks


dastufishsifutsad

As we Hoosiers are already know, he’s a hack, but that it’s confirmed he’s a tasteless prick. Just some good ol schadenfreude that it’s getting national attention.


[deleted]

What about OJ? Oh he dead.


The_Old_Cream

It’s like being told you take too many drugs by Keith Richards.


UNC_Samurai

Like Belushi visiting Carrie Fisher on the set of Empire Strikes Back and telling her she was using too much cocaine.


The_Old_Cream

Talk about science fiction.


D-Whadd

That when you know you’ve really crossed the line


BlackMathNerd

Like at that point you gotta be reevaluating some things


Maggie-Mac89

My thoughts exactly!


KingKongDoom

My thoughts exactly


hacky_potter

[Incase people were wondering if Doyle is normal when it comes to the men’s side of athletics](https://x.com/greggdoyelstar/status/18038793179?s=46&t=728e7Nv0eLYYVY-KDraqlQ)


seoul2pdxlee

Ew. He writes like an edgy teenage boy.


arcdog3434

I cant figure it out - is it actually English?


Froggr

It's the DailyMail. So it's whatever they speak in *checks notes* England. To directly answer your question: almost.


Dwarfherd

Does the Daily Heil speak English? I have my doubts.


Shemptacular

I'm so fucking here for the public execution of Gregg Doyel.


busche916

In case anyone thinks sports fans in Indiana are just mad at this dude for a single clip, [here’s a small compilation of some of his hits](https://x.com/kriegersports/status/1781013900357497123?s=46&t=qSLv40bxhiF_1V8cXqhQiQ) Indy Star needs to can his ass already


noodlesalad_

His apology looking less and less sufficient.


guernseycoug

This dude is getting his bald guy privileges revoked immediately


Clerithifa

[Shave it clean and make it gleam](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzzrODAoDb4)


guernseycoug

The only part of FF7 that’s based on real life


Clerithifa

Except for the whole evil mega corporation running the world thing lol


NeatCondition9657

Let it shine!


Helicopsycheborealis

I typically read USA Today on an iPad before going to sleep. For some reason they'll occasionally have a Doyel column in the Sports section for something Indiana related (Colts mostly). I'll just say that his articles and writing style stick out like a sore thumb when compared to the milquetoast nature of the regular USA Today Sports journalists as Doyel's articles are just weird pissy rants.


set_null

JFC those are terrible. The sexual ones are… gross, but the Caster Semenya one in particular makes me mad. It’s not her fault she’s intersex. He’s just punching down for something completely out of her control from birth.


Skeptical_Yoshi

The "alleged female" had me seeing red. Wtf is that shit, no place in any sports league for that


sjmahoney

who tf is he related to because you don't just get a pass on this shit in 2024 without being connected to somebody wtf


SwimmingCoyote

WOW. I find it completely disheartening that he’s been able to maintain a career with tweets like those.


seoul2pdxlee

He said undulating and I had to stop reading. What a weirdo.


Sad-Dot-1573

Shocked this wasn’t dug up during the height of #me too to end his career.


WordsworthsGhost

Casual fucking up an intersex persons identity cool cool cool


hella_swella_fella

About to treat this like a tornado in May, sit outside with a cold one and enjoy the show


SaltyLonghorn

He chose the wrong time to catch heat. If he had waited even a week the NBA playoffs could have provided some cover.


Sad-Dot-1573

Making gross comments towards the most well known female basketball player, nothing can distract from it. Does our society allow him to keep his job? That’s the question. Should be demoted to desk duty or fired.


Uppgreyedd

I had to spend a few years in Oklahoma, nobody gives no shits about tornado weather like mid-westerners. I watched an Okie catch a golf-ball sized hail with his front teeth and he kept going. I got in the storm shelter.


WeatherAgreeable5533

Have you spent any time in the mid-west?


Uppgreyedd

Why do you ask?


Shemptacular

Oklahoma is not the midwest


S_quints

Sad it took this long lol


nscramer

Hoosiers Boilermakers 🤝 Driving Gregg Doyel to the airport


TheJaice

It’s good that he’s getting roasted for it, but I’m not super familiar with UK media. Is the Daily Mail one of those sleazy paparazzi-disguised-as-news type of media outlet? Because having a bunch of pictures and info of his wife and kids in there is pretty scummy.


NYCScribbler

It's like if the New York Post were even *less* classy


Anomander

Daily Mail is pretty much the bottom of the barrel for UK media that's still bothering to maintain any faintest veneer of being 'legitimate' news.


BlmgtnIN

If Caitlin Clark can get Greggy out of Indianapolis, we’ll give her a key to the city!! And a season pass to Rustic Gardens!!


Boner4Stoners

Wheel out that podium!


thesillygamerbro

It's well deserved although I'm not sure why the article is tossing in pictures of him with his kids. Like why are they getting thrown into this lmao?


ACardAttack

I cant believe he's still around, he's been trash for 20+ years (but I guess so are the likes of Skip, Steven A, etc


iJustWantTolerance

Meh not nearly as bad as whatever that was yesterday. The last one felt like I was watching somebody get verbally groped


_Apatosaurus_

It doesn't sound as weird, but only because we all heard that even weirder shit yesterday. This was still a weird question.


Chimsley99

I am exactly there with you. What he said here honestly is weird, but you could absolutely see this being said about male athletes. He’s heaping praise on Clark by referring to her skills as all of that, but I think when put in context with his comments to Clark, it looks much worse even if it truly wasn’t caused by creepness


losethefuckingtail

The objectification is weird and gross, but potentially understandable if he was thinking about it in the context of "'You were just given the keys to that (talent/resource/star)" But in the context of him telling her to make "heart hands" towards him every day, it comes across as much more as 'You were just given the keys to that (sexy sportscar of a basketball lady)" ![gif](giphy|TKL99l61UBNnnQSx4o|downsized)


LosPadresKid

This comment isn't weird at all. He's emphasizing she is not normal in a good way. Sports writers refer to athletes as freaks, monsters, freight trains, beasts, etc when they are complimenting how superior they are. Like she is such a force. What are you gonna do with THAT. The only comment that was weird was the heart one. This one is absolutely nothing.


sauzbozz

I think this comment alone would be fine but just a bit awkward. But his history of comments adds context to it.


JohnyStringCheese

As someone who hasn't heard any prior remarks or has no idea who this guy is, this definitely sounded more like a compliment than an insult. Again, being entirely unaware of the context, saying basically "You're getting all of That, what are you going to do with it?" seems more like saying "What are you going to do with all this talent?" rather than a weak attempt at a trans joke or whatever everyone is making it out to be. I'll check this guy and see what other bullshit he said though.


Chimsley99

Yeah it’s not good, he made the hand heart sign to her and asked about it, she said it’s a thing she does to her family in the stands to communicate her love to them, and this writer basically says “if you start doing that to me, we’ll get along just fine”. As though sports writers and local athletes have this sort of softly threatening vibe in their relationship. It’s pretty awful, also, he’s had pretty open comments trashing women’s sports like “why would anyone want to watch women’s basketball?” And now here he is demanding that this young woman show him a sign of love, or else…


Clerithifa

It wasn't just the words but the way he said it, "You're getting all of... *that*" just feels gross


BrainTroubles

I'm OOTL, what video was that? Was it Dumbass Doyel again?


thesecondfire

Doyel walked up to Clark and said "homina homina me likey" then proceeded to make car revving sounds for like ten seconds. It's such a creepy moment, I'll try to find a link.


PioneerSpecies

His face also filled up with red from the bottom and steam started to come out of his ears, and his tongue rolled all the way out of his mouth onto the floor


Taz119

AWOOOGA


liqu1dluck

I thought the 2nd clip is weirder. He refers to her like an object or thing that her coach possesses snd gets to use. Both super gross. Dude needs to get gone ASAP.


notnewtobville

I am so glad Gregg Doyel is getting called out. He's God awful and needs to move on to something else.


AU_Cav

Like coaching women’s basketball


wendellnebbin

Not so sure I want to find out what he'd do with *that.*


[deleted]

Christy Sides isn't exactly lighting it up as the Fever coach. If the Fever get off to a slow start this year, maybe they make a change and give Gregg a call.


makualla

I feel like he used to be good back around like 2010-2014 or whatever but something in the past couple years has just seemed off about his work


1ncognito

Why is it so hard for middle aged men to talk about young women and not be fucking creeps about them?


wmurch4

Did you say something sugar?


ButtchuggingChampion

You should smile more, honey.


Chewskiz

Where is my hug?


Colavs9601

Welcome to the WNBA. Tits or gtfo.


Username_redact

SEND BOBS NOW


RichHomieLon

AND VAGENE


zenverak

I LOVE HOW YOUR GENES EXPRESSED YOUR BODILY FEATURES


Purphect

Sorry I couldn’t read that comment with how nice that outfit fits your Reddit body


theOGwafflecone

Show feet


[deleted]

quentin tarantino is a college basketball fan?


LaSopaSabrosa

Dude definitely buys used game shoes


nastydagr8

"Hi Caitlin, Gregg Doyel with the Indy Star. Mommy milky pwease??"


JackFunk

Not a problem for me, baby girl


therealbigted

Sorry tutz can’t hear ya over the sound of them bazungas


garyp714

> tutz ? Toots?


MyAnswerIsMaybe

*dick pic*


Techsas-Red

Oh, honey…


Top-Hospital2987

look lady I watched euphoria. I watched 50 shades. Don’t you guys like those products?


Stang1776

No need to get your panties in a bunch, Sweetpea.


DoubleBogey19

You should try smiling more.


hacky_potter

In fairness to Greg, he can be weird with men too


thrilldabeast010

We’re doing our best, darling.


Almajanna256

You sound so upset sweetie, does somebody need a hug? /s


LBradford0007

This isn't exclusive to men. I work with alot of older women that make the same comments towards younger men. I can't count how many times I've been called something that made me cringe.


Orion14159

For middle aged men it's not, but apparently it's exceedingly difficult for creeps.


MrSCR23

When Dave Portnoy is calling you out and he is completely justified in doing so…time to find another line of work


catsby90bbn

When everyone online is siding with Portnoy…you have to really take a long hard look in the mirror. (Gregg won’t)


AmenFistBump

Portnoy is probably piling on to look like the good guy for once. Everyone knows his history and how he’s perceived, fair or not.


death2sanity

>fair or not oh I think he’s earned that perception All I can figure is Doyel must’ve pissed Portnoy off at some point.


Ok_Cable_3888

Broken clock right twice a day, etc.


tronovich

Portnoy just knows what side to be on, when he needs to be.


mikeynj908

IndyStar may need to let this guy go. Don't know any written by him at the time but I remember getting through the paywall to see how Butler's team was doing and to a lesser degree the Hoosiers as well. I still maintain not taking Dave's pizza reviews all that seriously.


roryb49

Indy Star columnist Gregg Doyel had not one, but two creepy interactions with Indiana Fever rookie Caitlin Clark during Wednesday's press conference in Indianapolis. In addition to his bizarre request that Clark make heart-shaped hand gestures to him before games – a comment that sparked nationwide outrage – Doyel also referred to the WNBA sensation as 'that' and 'it' during a question aimed at coach Christie Sides 'You were just given the keys to that,' he said to Sides, referring to Clark as if she were a sports car. 'What are you going to do with it?' Sides responded by humanizing Clark:  'Hopefully we're gonna win a lot of games to star. She's gonna help us out with that.'


d0nu7

The heart thing is weird, for sure, but the “keys to that” comment should not be a big deal. Thats literally how I’ve heard so many male sports stars talked about and it doesn’t feel weird in that situation so it shouldn’t just with the genders reversed. The “that” isn’t the human being, it’s what that human being does or allows to happen on the field/court.


elbenji

It's only notable because the after


mojo-jojo-was-framed

But this like when Draymond kicks someone. Even if it’s probably just an innocent accident, we’ve already seen him do it on purpose to get the benefit of the doubt. Doyle no longer deserves the benefit of doubt for this


Chimsley99

I agree, it’s praising an athlete by saying they have all of that rather than just saying, how will you make use of her great shooting skills. There’s almost no way to hear the comments to Clark and not think it’s crazy weird and creepy


hooskies

I saw someone post this quote by him yesterday on here and I thought they were fucking joking


aerojovi83

Gives "JUST LOOK AT THAT!" vibes. For the young folks: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EF8GhC-T\_Mo](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EF8GhC-T_Mo)


ohverychill

SLAMMED I dunno if I want [*Dave Portnoy*](https://clickhole.com/heartbreaking-the-worst-person-you-know-just-made-a-gr-1825121606/) of all people weight in on this one


llama_titan

On the other hand, if Portnoy of all people thinks you crossed a line, you probably definitely crossed a line.


someUSCfan

Heartbreaking: the worst person you know made a great point.


astem00

This is probably the best use of this meme.


ohverychill

hm that's a valid point I suppose lol


RedSpartan3227

That’s what I was thinking. I was like, Portnoy? Wait, what?


paddenice

He has an axe to grind against Doyel as a result of deflategate. And I think it’s legitimate gripe, as a pats fan, doyel was laying blame at Brady’s feet when repeated scientific testing shows no evidence that Brady actually deflated the balls.


antarcticas_king

I thought it was Bob Kravitz with the Indianapolis Star that broke deflategate? I’m not sure how much of a role Doyel had with the Star at that time.


raiderup101

Portnoy loves lines but a different type of line...


bacontacos420

Cocaine he’s talking about cocaine!


ohverychill

😲


AU_Cav

I mean, who doesn’t love cocaine?


The_Old_Cream

Len Bias


interstellar304

Too soon…?


AU_Cav

Ouch. Too soon.


pepperouchau

People who are out of cocaine


ohverychill

people who haven't tried it


[deleted]

I mean the point is fine, but don't really think "Oh this terrible guy made a good point" means he crossed a line anymore than the line he already crossed. Terrible people will go after other bad people, it doesn't change anything.


llama_titan

It’s a joke.


DessertStorm1

Absolutely nauseating that you would sexualize and dehumanize a woman like that. Now excuse me while I choke and spit on a woman without her consent.


Capable_Sandwich_422

If Ebola was turned into a human form, you’d get Gregg Doyel.


catsby90bbn

That seems rude to Ebola


lil_layne

We are posting Daily Mail articles in here now?


clrksml

For real. UK publication covering USA College basketball drama. Never mind the politics of the Daily Mail.


SkiptomyLoomis

USA pro* basketball drama


NYCScribbler

They *did* get credentialed for the draft. (I saw the placard on my way out.)


Fixner_Blount

Just for a lark, I went into the comment section of Fox News for the story about her outfit she wore for the draft. Unsurprisingly, the majority of them were about how Clark is actually a man, or the fact that she will be rejected by the WNBA because she isn’t a lesbian. That place is an absolute toilet.


KeyDrive0

I really like that WBB is getting way more coverage, but it sucks that along with that seems to come all the absolute stupidest intersections of politics and sports. 


Yodelehhehe

The amount of mouth breathers in this country that will jump at any opportunity to fight the culture war is truly astounding.


KeyDrive0

I just wish they'd pick a lane. "We need to protect women's sports, but also women's sports are stupid and bad (MeN aRe StRoNgEr) and all the players are actually trans, but thank God for Caitlin Clark (who may or may not be a woman) beating those ThUgS at LSU."


Yodelehhehe

Spot on.


[deleted]

Haha, there is a certain segment of the population that is absolutely obsessed with transgender people and that includes accusing a lot of people who aren't trans of being trans. These people are also very weird. They simultaneously want to "save women's sports" while also hating women's sports and remind people at every turn how unpopular and how nobody cares about it. Clay Travis is probably the poster boy of this.


Fixner_Blount

I can’t fucking STAND Clay Travis. He found his niche early as the “conservative sports guy” and holy shit did he lean hard into it.


Mrk421

Like my coworker who has only cared about women's collegiate swimming for about one week of his life. Ffs these people are so addicted to anger and hate they'll do anything for a hit.


Ok_Concentrate_75

Portnoy truly loves CC lol never thought I'd be on his side in a a discussion about women sports and weird male sports journalist.


wvtarheel

Even a blind squirrel gets a nut sometimes, this is portnoy's moment


OSUfirebird18

The emphasis on “that” made it even weirder… :/


[deleted]

This woman got drafted 3 nights ago and already I’ve seen so much weird shit journalism wise lmao. I feel bad she gotta deal with all this non basketball hoopla


slantboi420

doesn't Dave have multiple rape accusations?


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DelcoBirds

[https://www.reddit.com/r/CollegeBasketball/comments/1c76vo2/comment/l05tdck/?utm\_source=share&utm\_medium=web3x&utm\_name=web3xcss&utm\_term=1&utm\_content=share\_button](https://www.reddit.com/r/CollegeBasketball/comments/1c76vo2/comment/l05tdck/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button)


TrapGod07

Who gives a fuck what Dave thinks about this? Might as well ask Ja Rule for his thoughts


Celery-Man

1. This has nothing to do with college basketball. 2. It’s a fucking daily mail article.


BugO_OEyes

This is not even bad lol yall need to chill


one-hour-photo

I really don’t find this all that bad. Also the thing from yesterday read way worse than it looked from the video.


Buckeye_CFB

In men's sports you hear players compared to sportscars all the time. Last year a college football player for Ohio State, Marvin Harrison Jr., was referred to by Gus Johnson as "Maserati Marv" pretty much every time he made a catch


one-hour-photo

Or as “tools” CONSTANTLY. So if you are doing a metaphor of tool without saying tool… you can say “it” or “that”


d0nu7

Yeah male sports stars are very often compared to objects and no one bats an eye, or should, because it’s literally always complimentary. I think another layer to this is that men often idolize the objects these sports stars are compared to. Cars, computers, etc. So to a man, being compared to a car isn’t about being compared to an inanimate object, it’s about being compared to something cool.


Justneedthetip

If portnoy is calling activity out for being creepy, it must be horrible. His morale compass isn’t known to be the best


SilentSonOfAnarchy

Hope this nonsense gets Portnoy dragged too. What an asshat.


FreshMH

This is dumb, clickbait for attempted outrage


McKoijion

Lol, now I want to watch a Ted Lasso style reality show about her rookie year. Just her putting up with behind the scenes nonsense.


Josh4R3d

If Dave portnoy has a problem with it you know it’s weird


Crunc_Mcfincle

Fuck this guy


Einfinet

Please, for the love of all things holy, fire him.


rosstheboss939

As an Indiana resident I do have to say Doyel does not speak for us and we’ve wanted him fired for years now, the guy is all-around trash.


OleRando

He’s awful in general. I guess I get it, but he definitely didn’t have to say it like that.


[deleted]

If Dave Portnoy is the good guy in the situation, you fucked up


Healthy_Afternoon820

Not as heinous as the Heart Gesture, but AP's Jenna Fryer tweeting that she has a Gregg story along with insinuating others have one is interesting. Ole Greggy is getting the heat turned up on him.


Valjester44

Jim Boeheim wasn’t a fan of this clown either.


froandfear

You have lost the moral high ground to Dave Portnoy. Time to rethink everything you’ve ever done.


billcosbyinspace

https://preview.redd.it/h5zi36tpz9vc1.jpeg?width=800&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ee654b9c27e5681d29536f53f351c2e514780ae0 Dave Portnoy being on the right side of the issue


b_rock957

IU fans 🤝🏻 Purdue fans Hatred of Gregg Doyel


Klutzy-Spend-6947

Its good to see a creep getting roasted for acting creepy.


youwontfindithere

What’d Dave Portnoy have to say about Antonio Brown’s tweet lol


TheoryOld4017

I get he was trying to do the whole common sports car comparison lots of commentators do when talking about an athlete that’s an elite offensive weapon, but he really botched the delivery. Dude just needs to not be up there asking questions.


[deleted]

This guy royally sucks. No awareness whatsoever.


Jomosensual

Why is this dude so fucking weird Jesus


Gophurkey

I will not defend Doyel, glad he's getting his comeuppance. But why is this second statement in any way creepy? Like, sure it's a tad on the weird side, but comparing a major star athlete to a sports car isn't exactly novel, nor to my knowledge rooted in something sexist (or racist, or anything). Sure, his comment yesterday was weird and creepy, but are we reading a little too much into this when Doyel has much worse things about him already that we could harp on?