Indiana Fever reporter reports credential revoked after Clark injury coverage

The Indiana Fever’s credential decision has turned a Caitlin Clark injury dispute into a wider test of media access around the WNBA’s most-watched team. This is about more than one tweet.

The Indiana Fever were widely slammed for pulling the credentials of Scott Agness after reporting on the injury status of Caitlin Clark.

The basketball world was shocked this week when veteran reporter Scott Agness shared that the Indiana Fever pulled his credentials after reporting on the mysterious injury status of Caitlin Clark earlier this season. The Fever were widely criticized for sitting Clark out of their May 20 game against the Portland Fire even though she was…

The Fever told Scott Agness it was due to “the spread of inaccurate and unsubstantiated information” and cited his tweet about Caitlin Clark being ruled out of a game.

The Indiana Fever have revoked media credentials from longtime Indiana basketball reporter Scott Agness, he said Tuesday in a post on his website Fieldhouse Files. The team’s public relations staff told him the decision was due to “the spread of inaccurate an…

The longtime Indiana Fever beat writer says the team took issue with his report about Clark's injury status, which led to the WNBA warning the team

WNBA fans are ripping the Indiana Fever after a long-serving reporter said his team credentials were revoked over his Caitlin Clark injury reporting. The decision has created another controversy around a franchise already under constant attention.

The Indiana Fever have revoked the credential of longtime Indiana Pacers and Fever beat reporter Scott Agness, he shared on his own Fieldhouse Files website. According to Agness, the Fever notified him via email on May 21 that he would be barred from accessing team events because of a social media report they claim spread “inaccurate and unsubstantiated” information regarding Caitlin Clark’s health status for the season. Agness formerly worked for The Athletic before launching his substack in 20

A two-week-old Caitlin Clark report has suddenly turned into one of the biggest controversies surrounding the Indiana Fever. Then, Fever Insider and reporter of 13 years, Scott Agness, shared that the point guard’s game status from the May 20 game against the Portland Fire changed to unavailable just 100 minutes before the tip-off, something that did not align with the league’s rules.

Caitlin Clark was a surprise late scratch with a back injury for the Indiana Fever’s home matchup with the Portland Fire on May 20, and new ripple effects from the story continue to emerge. The latest comes from independent reporter Scott Agness, who covers the Fever and Indiana Pacers through his “Fieldhouse Files” Substack. In…