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Fan who allegedly called WNBA star Chelsea Gray the N-word over Caitlin Clark foul fired from job
A fan who shared racist messages to WNBA star Chelsea Gray on Sunday after her game against Caitlin Clark and the Indiana Fever has been fired from his job.
In a statement, Hilton Grand Vacations said the individual, who has not been publicly identified, was determined to have violated several company policies after a brief investigation.
Gray, a three-time WNBA champion and point guard for the defending champion Las Vegas Aces, shared a screenshot of a message on her Instagram account in which a fan called her the N-word.
“People act like we just made this sh-t up,” she wrote in her post. “And the audacity to tell us as athletes to ‘shut up and dribble.’
https://thegrio.com/2026/07/14/fan-fired-chelsea-gray-racial-slur-wnba/