Ryan Clark claps back at Robert Griffin III call-out amid Caitlin Clark, Angel Reese drama: 'You're a phony'

The Caitlin Clark–Angel Reese discourse over the past couple of days has turned into a full-on public beef between Robert Griffin III and Ryan Clark. Once colleagues at ESPN, the two are currently engaged in a back-and-forth which started after Griffin claimed that Reese “hates” Clark.

On the latest episode of “The Pivot” podcast, Clark chastised Griffin for his accusation. He said that Griffin is on the “list of black men who’ve adopted the corny trend of denigrating black women to affirm their choices.” That prompted a response on Monday from Griffin, who went after Clark for “personally attacking me and my family.”

Griffin posted his response to Clark at 6:14 p.m. ET. Not even 20 minutes later, Clark fired back.

“Bruh you know what it is with me and you! I saved you the entire season on MNF. I urged people to let you be you,” Clark wrote on X. “No matter how corny, how bad a teammate you were I had your back. What did you do? Invite someone on your show you know I don’t fool with to ask questions about me, and then hit me weeks later to tell me you’re gonna challenge one of my takes!

“You’re a phony bro. One of the worst teammates I ever had both on the field and in TV. You gotta do what you gotta do. I didn’t attack your wife. I spoke on what you do on social media and Tv. Like I said. I met your wife and she seemed like a lovely lady that was worth more than the color of her skin! You be good bruh.”

Ryan Clark calls out Robert Griffin III over Caitlin Clark, Angel Reese take

To think, this all started with a play that occurred in the third quarter of the Indiana Fever’s 93-58 victory over the Chicago Sky this past Saturday. Clark fouled Reese hard as she went for a layup. Officials upgraded it to a flagrant after going to the monitor. After the play unfolded, Reese turned toward Clark and appeared to say, “You crazy as fu*k.”

There’s been much written and said about that moment. In this case, it’s the igniter to what’s turning into a very personal issue between Clark and Griffin.

“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 on his 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.

Clark continued, “If you’re RG3, when is the last time within your household you’ve had a conversation about what [Reese is] dealing with? You haven’t been able to do that because in both of your marriages, you’ve been married to white women.”