A “white b****”. That’s what Pat McAfee, who is paid $17 million a year by the Disney-owned ESPN to host a sports talk show, said on Monday about WNBA rookie Caitlin Clark.

McAfee claims he was standing up for Clark by calling her a “white b****”. He used this profane and misogynist language while attempting to downplay the role Black WNBA rookies like Angel Reese, Rickea Jackson, and Aaliyah Edwards have had in drawing record crowds and media attention to the league.

We need to speak out against this outright racism and misogyny! Tell Disney and ESPN: Cancel Pat McAfee’s contract and shut down The Pat McAfee Show! 

It gets worse: Despite there being multiple men on camera, not a single one told McAfee that he shouldn't speak about Caitlin Clark or any woman like that. It’s clear that ESPN and Disney have fostered a misogynist culture where men like McAfee don’t even hesitate to slur women just to get in their hot take of the day. 

This is happening among a larger culture ESPN and Disney have cultivated by pushing a handful of highly-paid male hosts to dominate the media coverage and analysis of the WNBA at the expense of better-qualified female ESPN analysts including Monica McNutt.

So far, Disney and ESPN have refused to comment on McAfee’s misogyny, hoping that this will all just blow over. But we won’t let it. Join us in turning up the heat on the Disney and ESPN executives who think they can just sit back and let their hosts slur women athletes like this.