WNBPA executive director Terry Carmichael Jackson described Brennan’s questioning as “a blatant attempt to bait a professional athlete into participating in a narrative that is false and designed to fuel racist, homophobic, and misogynistic vitriol on social media.”

The WNBPA issued a scathing statement against USA Today columnist Christine Brennan on Friday afternoon. Here's why.

After Carrington's Connecticut Sun poked the Indiana Fever guard in the eye during last month's WNBA playoff game, USA Today reporter Christine Brennan questioned Carrington about whether it was intentional.