Dallas Wings guard DiJonai Carrington made a strong claim about an excerpt reporter Christine Brennan has published on July 6.

In September 2024, USA Today reporter Christine Brennan caused a lot of controversy for asking WNBA guard DiJonai Carrington whether she had intentionally poked Indiana Fever star guard Caitlin Clark in the eye during a playoff game.

“DiJonai, when you went and kind of swatted at Caitlin, did you intend to hit her in the eye, and if so—or if not, either way—could you talk about what happened on that play?” Brennan asked.

“I don’t even know why I would intend to hit anybody in the eye. That doesn’t even make sense to me. But no, I didn’t. I didn’t know I hit her, actually. I was trying to make a play on the ball and I guess I followed through and I hit her, so obviously it’s never intentional, that’s not even, like, the type of player that I am,” Carrington responded.

Brennan is the author of ‘On Her Game: Caitlin Clark and the Revolution in Women’s Sports’, which releases on July 9. CNN published a July 6 article that includes an excerpt from this book, which includes Brennan’s writing about the aftermath of this interaction, including a confrontation between her and NaLyssa Smith, with whom Carrington is in a relationship.

“Indianapolis Fieldhouse Files Fever beat writer Scott Agness, Indianapolis Star Fever beat writer Chloe Peterson, and I were in the otherwise empty catering area, waiting for the Fever shootaround to end on the court nearby, when Carrington surprised us with her appearance between the curtains,” the excerpt wrote.

“’Why are you talking shit about NaLyssa?’ she blurted out loudly, referring to her partner, NaLyssa Smith, the Fever forward.

“The question surprised the three of us because no one was saying anything personal or derogatory about Smith… ‘You’re saying she’s a bad teammate!’ Carrington yelled,” it continued.

“Then [Carrington] looked specifically at me. ‘I walked past and I heard you talking shit about NaLyssa! It was you, out of your mouth!’”

It seems that Carrington has caught wind of this excerpt, which is shown by two X posts she made hours after it was published