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22-06-2025
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Reporter Fired For Caitlin Clark Tweets Speaks Out
Reporter Fired For Caitlin Clark Tweets Speaks Out originally appeared on The Spun. Rachel DeMita, the popular basketball influencer, was let go from her sports broadcasting job with The Big3 over some Caitlin Clark tweets. Advertisement Ice Cube's basketball league fired courtside commentator after DeMita, who played briefly at the collegiate level, tweeted about Caitlin Clark's return to the WNBA while covering a game for The Big3. Front Office Sports confirmed that DeMita was let go, with the "final straw" being her tweeting about Clark during a game. DeMita, who has 279,000 followers on X and at least 1 million on Instagram, posted eight times over the course of last Saturday, when the Indiana Fever were taking on the New York Liberty. All eight of her posts involved Clark and her return from injury. The Big3 reportedly told DeMita that they were 'dismayed and disappointed' by her social media posts about Clark while she was supposed to be covering one of their games. Rachel DeMita speaks DeMita/X DeMita, 35, addressed the firing in a social media post earlier this week. Advertisement "The rumors are true. I was fired from The Big3. My team received an email at 11 p.m. on Tuesday with a letter that essentially said that I had been terminated," she said. The Big3 told DeMita's team that she was caught tweeting about another league while performing services for their league. The Big3 said that she should have only been promoting league games while working as a sideline reporter. "This is true. I did send out three tweets about the Indiana Fever vs. New York Liberty game during The Big3 broadcast." DeMita said that she didn't want to make any excuses, adding that she will 'take [the firing] on the chin.' Advertisement The former college basketball player said that she was bummed by the abrupt firing. DeMita said that she didn't believe her tweets about Clark and the WNBA would do any damage to The Big3. "I feel like something like this could've been easily nipped in the bud," she said. "From my side, I know of nothing else as to why I was their side, I'm not sure." Reporter Fired For Caitlin Clark Tweets Speaks Out first appeared on The Spun on Jun 22, 2025 This story was originally reported by The Spun on Jun 22, 2025, where it first appeared.
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22-06-2025
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Basketball Fans Saddened By Rachel DeMita Career Announcement
Basketball Fans Saddened By Rachel DeMita Career Announcement originally appeared on The Spun. Fans of basketball influencer Rachel DeMita received unfortunate news this Friday. DeMita, 35, became quite popular in the 2010s as the host of NBA 2KTV. That led to her building out a massive following on X, Instagram and YouTube. In June 2024, the BIG3 hired her to be a courtside commentator providing behind-the-scenes content. Advertisement "It's a little different than your traditional sideline reporter," DeMita said after being hired. "We're also going to make sure that there's a fun spin to it. I also do a lot of content on social media and with the media landscape changing as much as it has over the past few years, just knowing what the basketball audience and the BIG3 audience wants to see and what's going to excite them. What are some of the little questions that we can ask? What behind the scenes content can we give them that's interesting to them, gets them more invested in the players and coaches and the culture of the league?" Unfortunately for the former Old Dominion hooper, she won't be working with the BIG3 any longer. On Friday afternoon, Front Office Sports reported that DeMita is no longer with the popular 3-on-3 basketball league According to Front Office Sports, the 'final straw' was that she tweeted Caitlin Clark highlights during a BIG3 game she was working at. LOS ANGELES, CA - APRIL 03: Rachel Demita attends 32nd Annual Cedars-Sinai Sports Spectacular at W Los Angeles - Westwood on April 3, 2017 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo byfor Sports Spectacular) Though it's not a huge surprise, basketball fans are furious with the BIG3's decision. Advertisement "Higher morals than ESPN with their lead analyst playing solitaire during the NBA FINALS," one fan commented. "And just like that the Big3 loses all of its few actual viewers," a second fan said. "Multitasking is no longer a required skill out here huh," a BIG3 fan wrote. "But Stephen A. Smith can play solitaire and then shit on players he wasn't even watching. What a joke," another fan commented. "What a mistake by the BIG3," a social media user declared. DeMita has not yet commented on her fallout with the BIG3. She did, however, post a lot of WNBA content on social media Thursday night. Advertisement BIG3 has not named a replacement for DeMita. Related: Rachel DeMita Turns Heads In Team USA Basketball Jersey Basketball Fans Saddened By Rachel DeMita Career Announcement first appeared on The Spun on Jun 20, 2025 This story was originally reported by The Spun on Jun 20, 2025, where it first appeared.
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22-06-2025
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Big3 parts ways with influencer who posted Caitlin Clark highlights during in-game action
The post Big3 parts ways with influencer who posted Caitlin Clark highlights during in-game action appeared first on ClutchPoints. Anyone and everyone who saw Caitlin Clark make her return to the floor following a two-week hiatus could tell she hadn't skipped a beat. Last Saturday, Clark was hitting shot after shot and finished with 32 points and the Indiana Fever defeated the New York Liberty 102-88. Advertisement One of those admirers soaking it in was basketball influencer Rachel DeMita, an analyst for Ice Cube's Big3 League. Coincidentally, the Fever/Liberty game aired on ABC at the same time a Big3 game in Chicago aired on CBS. DeMita took to X to express her excitement at Clark's return. 'for those who questioned the hype.' she posted. However, DeMita was terminated from her role at Big3 due to that post on Friday, per Ryan Glasspiegel of Front Office Sports. A Big3 spokesperson didn't respond to comment to Front Office Sports. Nor did DeMita or her agent offer a comment at this time. DeMita has developed a strong social media following for her basketball analysis and commentary. Advertisement She has 278,000 followers on X, 1 million on Instagram, 452,000 on TikTok, and 362,000 YouTube subscribers. The connection between Caitlin Clark and the Big3 Since Clark emerged as a generational talent, the Big3 attempted to attach their brand to her name. In March 2024, Ice Cube offered Clark a $5 million contract to play in the Big3. Ultimately, Clark was the No.1 pick in the 2024 WNBA Draft and was drafted by the Fever to much fanfare. Along the way, Clark went onto win the 2024 WNBA Rookie of the Year. The Big3 is largely comprised of former NBA players playing in a 3 on 3 format. They play half court games in eight cities (Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Detroit, Washington D.C., Houston, Los Angeles, and Miami). Advertisement Not necessarily conducive to a player of Clark's caliber. She likes to push the tempo, run the floor, and shoot her trademark logo three pointers. Related: Is Brittney Griner playing vs. Mystics? Latest Dream update Related: How Natalie Nakase's Valkyries game plan bothered Caitlin Clark, Fever
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22-06-2025
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Popular Sports Reporter Rachel DeMita Announces She Was Fired Over Caitlin Clark Post
Popular sports reporter Rachel DeMita is opening up about being fired by Ice Cube's basketball league, the Big3, where she worked as a courtside commentator. After rumors exploded on social media that she had been terminated, she posted a video confirming the firing, declaring that she was "blindsided" by it. Advertisement DeMita explained that she believes the league was upset that she tweeted posts about Caitlin Clark and the Indiana Fever game during a Big3 broadcast, as the leagues are competitors. "We need to address the elephant in the room or the elephant currently going viral on social media," she said in the June 20 video, which has more than 1 million views. "I feel a responsibility to tell you guys the truth and let you guys know what happened. The rumors are true. I was fired from the Big3. My team received an email at 11 p.m. on Tuesday (June 17) with a letter that essentially said I was terminated." She then read from the email that said, in part, that it has "come to Big3's attention that Ms. DeMita was posting on her social media platforms during this past weekend's Big3 games and promoting the competing New York Liberty versus Indiana Fever WNBA game that was being broadcast at the same time." Advertisement The email said that DeMita showed a "severe lapse in judgment while performing services for the league, during which time she should have reasonably known that she should have been promoting only league games." Management was "completely taken aback to learn that she was posting about another league's games while in the midst of rendering services" to the Big3, the email read by DeMita said. "This is true. I did send out three tweets about the Indiana Fever during the Big3 broadcast," she said. One of them was a video showing a three-point shot by Caitlin Clark, that said "for those that question the hype." The Big3 tried to recruit Clark before she went to the WNBA, the New York Post reported. Advertisement "I did feel a little bummed that there wasn't any discussion pior to me being fired. I wasn't under the impression that those tweets would do any harm to the Big3," she added. "I will take it on the chin, my bad, I will apologize for it." She said she felt she did a good job for the Big3. She said she is going to move on and wishes the Big3 "nothing but the best." Related: WNBA Legend Changes Her Mind on Caitlin Clark Popular Sports Reporter Rachel DeMita Announces She Was Fired Over Caitlin Clark Post first appeared on Men's Journal on Jun 21, 2025
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22-06-2025
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Popular Sports Reporter Rachel DeMita Announces She Was Fired Over Caitlin Clark Post
Popular sports reporter Rachel DeMita is opening up about being fired by Ice Cube's basketball league, the Big3, where she worked as a courtside commentator. After rumors exploded on social media that she had been terminated, she posted a video confirming the firing, declaring that she was "blindsided" by it. DeMita explained that she believes the league was upset that she tweeted posts about Caitlin Clark and the Indiana Fever game during a Big3 broadcast, as the leagues are competitors. "We need to address the elephant in the room or the elephant currently going viral on social media," she said in the June 20 video, which has more than 1 million views. "I feel a responsibility to tell you guys the truth and let you guys know what happened. The rumors are true. I was fired from the Big3. My team received an email at 11 p.m. on Tuesday (June 17) with a letter that essentially said I was terminated." She then read from the email that said, in part, that it has "come to Big3's attention that Ms. DeMita was posting on her social media platforms during this past weekend's Big3 games and promoting the competing New York Liberty versus Indiana Fever WNBA game that was being broadcast at the same time." The email said that DeMita showed a "severe lapse in judgment while performing services for the league, during which time she should have reasonably known that she should have been promoting only league games." Management was "completely taken aback to learn that she was posting about another league's games while in the midst of rendering services" to the Big3, the email read by DeMita said. "This is true. I did send out three tweets about the Indiana Fever during the Big3 broadcast," she said. One of them was a video showing a three-point shot by Caitlin Clark, that said "for those that question the hype." The Big3 tried to recruit Clark before she went to the WNBA, the New York Post reported. "I did feel a little bummed that there wasn't any discussion pior to me being fired. I wasn't under the impression that those tweets would do any harm to the Big3," she added. "I will take it on the chin, my bad, I will apologize for it." She said she felt she did a good job for the Big3. She said she is going to move on and wishes the Big3 "nothing but the best."Popular Sports Reporter Rachel DeMita Announces She Was Fired Over Caitlin Clark Post first appeared on Men's Journal on Jun 21, 2025
