CBS Sports Radio host Andrew Perloff tweeted a terrible hot take on a play involving Iowa star Caitlin Clark Saturday.
He quickly found out he was very wrong.
In the second quarter of Iowa’s win over Holy Cross, Crusaders guard Bronagh Power-Cassidy darted down the lane, clearing the way by appearing to throw her fist/forearm into Clark’s face. Clark remained down on the floor for several moments after the incident.
While the ABC announcing crew suggested that Power-Cassidy appeared to be making a basketball move, officials ruled otherwise, and assessed her an intentional foul.
Perloff also thought the move had been unintentional. The Maggie and Perloff Show co-host tweeted a video of the play, saying, “They called this an intentional foul, 2 free throws and possession. A 2-year-old could see this wasn’t intentional.”
The tweet did not age well, immediately drawing enormous blowback. Former Kentucky and NBA star Rex Chapman tweeted, “That’s a left hook Also not a basketball move.”
https://twitter.com/RexChapman/status/1771634879563751903
One of the benefits of having almost 132,000 X followers is that many people see your thoughts. The bad thing about having 132K followers? When you have a really bad thought, a lot of people see it.
Those followers, and others, saw Perloff’s take, and responded Saturday.
https://twitter.com/jacsonbevens/status/1771638409854951494
Less than an hour later, Perloff owned his mistake, tweeting, “My friends are texting and saying I’m nuts. I thought it was an accident. I could be wrong!”
That admission prompted a new round of comments.
https://twitter.com/RexChapman/status/1771638505430491531
[Andrew Perloff]
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