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ESPN Basketball analyst Chiney Ogwumike apologized for remarks she made at the beginning of WNBA’s investigation of alleged hateful remarks to Chicago Sky players during a game against the Indiana fever.
Ogwumike said on “Get Up” two days after the alleged incident that “If you are really a basketball fan, you would understand and agree that we have no room for these types of comments.”
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Chiney Ogwumike puts a photo while participating in a WNBA game between Washington Mystics and Connecticut Sun on May 18, 2025 in Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut. (Erica Denhoff/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
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Ogwumike approached his previous comments about the situation.
“I want to address this with the same energy that I did the first time, because if you really know me, I always try my absolute best to lift WNBA, to celebrate the amazing players, coaches and of course the fans,” she said. “It’s something in the core of everything I do. But if you know me, you know I’m not afraid to say I can do better.
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Los Angeles Sparks players Nneka Ogwumike and Chiney Ogwumike, right, arrive at the red carpet until 2022 Espy at the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles on July 20, 2022. (Gary A. Vasquez-usa Today Sports)
“I’m sorry that my message was at the moment, because when I was initially talking about the subject, it really came from a care place. It was based on first -hand conversations with people very close to the situation that raised real concerns and told me what they had experienced. I felt it was important and needed to recognize these claims and also express these experiences.
“Now in the process, however, I completely recognize that it may have affected fans in a way that I had no intention. I’m sorry.”
ESPN “GAMEDAY” analyst Chiney Ogwumike in Amalie Arena in Tampa, Florida, April 3, 2025. (Kirby Lee-Preferred Pictures)
Ogwumike added that she was glad that the league took the investigation seriously. She said when the league continues to grow she will “grow with it.”
