Reporter Suspended After Bizarre Interaction with WNBA Star Caitlin Clark

A new report said that a journalist who had an odd interaction with Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark last month has been suspended.

Sportswriter Bob Kravitz revealed the suspension on his website.

In a post filed Tuesday, he wrote that Gregg Doyel, a columnist for the Indianapolis Star, was in the midst of a two-week suspension imposed by both Gannett, which owns the paper, and the Star. Doyel has not written a column since April 29.

“The Star had hoped to keep this under wraps,” Kravitz wrote. “But it’s hard to hide the fact a lead columnist at a major metro has disappeared just weeks after an uncomfortable and unfortunate give-and-take with Clark at a significant press conference.”

But the punishment does not end there.

Kravitz wrote that Doyel will not be allowed to attend Fever games, although he can watch the games on TV and file columns that way. Doyel would not comment on the suspension, which is supposed to end Monday, Kravitz wrote.

During an April 17 news conference, Doyel used his hands to make a heart gesture at Clark, who made the gesture toward her family during her college games, according to the New York Post