Basketball players compete for possession of the ball during a tense moment in a WNBA game, showcasing intense physicality and teamwork.

Basketball players compete for possession of the ball during a tense moment in a WNBA game, showcasing intense physicality and teamwork.

USA Today sports columnist Nancy Armour issued a pathetic non-apology Thursday after facing fierce backlash for invoking the lynching of Emmett Till in a deranged column attacking WNBA superstar Caitlin Clark.

Armour’s column, published Wednesday under the headline “Caitlin Clark’s flopping isn’t just annoying — it’s becoming dangerous,” accused Clark of exaggerating contact, berating referees, and creating a dangerous environment for the league’s predominantly black and female players.

But Armour did not stop at criticizing Clark’s behavior on the basketball court.

She dragged race, sexuality, “white nationalism,” and one of the most horrific murders in American history into a debate over foul calls in a women’s basketball game.

Armour claimed there is a “white nationalist faction” among Clark’s enormous fan base that views the Indiana Fever star as a white woman who must be defended against black opponents.

She then argued that Clark’s complaints to referees could provoke racist abuse against black and queer WNBA players—even invoking Emmett Till, the 14-year-old black boy who was brutally murdered in Mississippi in 1955.

According to Armour, Clark should recognize the supposed “wider consequences” of protesting missed calls because America has a history of black people being attacked in the name of defending white women.

This was published by a major national newspaper.

Following widespread outrage, Armour released a statement Thursday admitting that she had made an “inartful comparison” involving Till’s murder.

But Armour did not retract her central accusation against Clark.

Instead, she immediately doubled down, declaring that “this point stands” and continuing to argue that perceived threats against white women can be weaponized against black Americans.

Armour said she regretted that what she described as a lack of context had overshadowed what she considered an important conversation.

In other words, she wasn’t apologizing for making the grotesque comparison. She was apologizing because readers supposedly failed to understand what she meant.

That’s not an apology. That’s a lecture disguised as one.

One thing is clear: Armour doesn’t appear to regret what she wrote. She regrets the backlash it caused.

Read her statement below:

In my recent column, made an inartful comparison with the murder of Emmett Till.

I intended to connect the issues the WNBA is currently facing with its All-Star Game being hosted in Till’s hometown of Chicago.

I obviously did not provide enough context for that.

However, this point stands: There is a history in this country of perceived threats to white women being weaponized against African-Americans, and the danger that poses to Black players in the league.

Players have been abused online and have reported receiving death threats. That has to be taken more seriously.

I sincerely regret that my lack of appropriate context is overshadowing that important conversation and the action that needs to be taken by the WNBA to address it directly – for the benefit of ALL players.

USA Today also refused to disavow Armour’s column. Lark-Marie Anton, chief communications and brand officer for USA Today Co., told Front Office Sports that Armour is an opinion columnist and that the article had been “updated for clarity.” The outlet declined further comment.

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