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  Whether she wins a championship or not …  CAITLIN CLARK  is the GOAT of women’s basketball, it says here. Never mind she is the all-time scorer. The Iowa guard is the best all-round the memory man has ever seen … Check her out sometime. Clark scores from anywhere on the floor ... and she is a ball-handler deluxe ... Nebraska, at times, had her surrounded by three players, and she still found an open teammate … Sad to say … according to  JASON WHITLOCK , Clark will not be welcomed in the WNBA, regardless of team that drafts her. “She has a boyfriend,” he said. “She’s too straight.” Think about it … You’ve got to believe Clark, 22, has … and while she reportedly hasn’t made a decision – to stay for a final season of college eligibility, or go pro – her NIL payoff as a Hawkeye is an estimated $818,000 (and climbing) while top WNBA contracts top out at about $250,000.  Whitlock, by the way, is a rarity among TV types, sports or  otherwise. He’s a black conser...

Has Russell Wilson become the prima donna that new Denver Broncos’ coach Sean Payton would have us believe? The former Collegiate QB was a fan favorite – after being drafted in the third round by Seattle – but has not lived up to the hype since coming to Denver … and, as a result, is bringing out the worst in just about everyone (including Payton). A story in which Payton said he wished Wilson, whose wife is pregnant with their third child together, would stop kissing babies – a less than subtle knock on Wilson allegedly acting like a politician -- was greeted by such know-nothing comments like: “I don’t care how many sick kids he visits in the hospital … Try winning a game.” To Wilson’s legion of fans here, those are fighting words. Does Lou DiBella really think the Flying Squirrels won’t miss a promotional beat without Todd Parnell in charge? Sure sounded like it after “Parney” announced his … uh, semi-retirement after going full bore here for the past 14 seaso...