{"id":37308,"date":"2026-08-10T22:10:41","date_gmt":"2026-08-10T17:10:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=37308"},"modified":"2026-08-10T22:10:41","modified_gmt":"2026-08-10T17:10:41","slug":"colin-cowherd-blasts-megyn-kelly-for-calling-caitlin-clark-a-coward-over-silence-on-trans-debate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=37308","title":{"rendered":"Colin Cowherd Blasts Megyn Kelly for Calling Caitlin Clark a \u2018Coward\u2019 Over Silence on Trans Debate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5749761\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5749761\" class=\"wp-image-5749761 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/am12.mediaite.com\/med\/cnt\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Screenshot-2026-08-10-at-12-08-25-PM.jpg\" alt=\"Colin Cowherd\" width=\"898\" height=\"652\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-5749761\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Screenshot<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Colin Cowherd<\/strong> took aim at conservative pundit <strong>Megyn Kelly<\/strong> after she called Indiana Fever star <strong>Caitlin Clark<\/strong> a &#8220;coward&#8221; for not getting involved in the trans athletes debate.<\/p>\n<p>The debate has been reignited after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/tag\/sophie-cunningham\/\"><strong>Sophie Cunningham<\/strong><\/a> &#8212; Clark&#8217;s teammate &#8212; voiced her opposition to trans women competing in women&#8217;s sports. That stance has garnered praise from the right, which has repeatedly pushed for a nationwide ban to prevent those born male from competing with women. Supporters of Cunningham have even organized rallies outside the arena before games.<\/p>\n<p>With the discourse becoming so prevalent again, Clark was naturally asked for her thoughts on the matter. She merely deferred to the WNBA to &#8220;find solutions.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed_container\" id=\"4cc70aef061edbec0674afeca830ff0a\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Caitlin Clark dodges question on protecting women&#039;s sports.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;It&#039;s for the leagues and governing bodies to work with their athletes to find solutions.&quot; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LZSx91D4XX\">pic.twitter.com\/LZSx91D4XX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jackson Thompson (@JackThompsonFOX) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JackThompsonFOX\/status\/2084048270796419407?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 2, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>Kelly was less than thrilled by Clark&#8217;s response and called her a &#8220;coward&#8221; for it.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed_container\" id=\"04b0f4092f5633e60ba6151b51196772\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"pl\" dir=\"ltr\">Coward. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4ietxcRCj5\">https:\/\/t.co\/4ietxcRCj5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Megyn Kelly (@megynkelly) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/megynkelly\/status\/2084283918702841939?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 3, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>On Sunday, Cowherd came to Clark&#8217;s defense and said it was &#8220;fine&#8221; that Clark &#8220;did not want to feed into Megan&#8217;s audience.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Fame isn&#8217;t a PhD,&#8221; Cowherd said. &#8220;Athletes are popular. It doesn&#8217;t make them profound. From an accountant to a surgeon, most professionals are busy, hyper-focused on their craft; and politics is now a full-time profession, not an extracurricular activity. It&#8217;s a minefield of nuance and complexity, and a minefield Megyn Kelly gets very well paid to walk through daily. But I&#8217;m not asking a guard to be up to-date on the &#8216;Big Beautiful Bill&#8217; or the latest Supreme Court decision. Not their job.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed_container\" id=\"17dbe139b124be7309908e425d9086c5\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Sunday thoughts on Megyn Kelly calling Caitlin Clark a \u201ccoward\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fS3pd7TNWo\">pic.twitter.com\/fS3pd7TNWo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Colin Cowherd (@colincowherd) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/colincowherd\/status\/2086461016246993200?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 9, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>Cowherd went on to describe how hostile the political landscape has become, citing the constant debates about election integrity and elected officials receiving death threats.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You can be completely right, you think, about something and half the country thinks you&#8217;re wrong,&#8221; he continued, &#8220;so it doesn&#8217;t even matter whether you&#8217;re right. Public health officials, election workers, school board members these days get death threats. What basketball player wants any part of that?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Cowherd then claimed that Kelly &#8212; as well as other right-wing influencers criticizing Clark &#8212; wasn&#8217;t really &#8220;mad at the answer.&#8221; She was simply &#8220;mad she didn&#8217;t give you an answer you could use.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Caitlin owes nobody in the media an assist,&#8221; he said, &#8220;especially in a game she never asked to play.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Watch the clip above.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/media\/sports\/colin-cowherd-blasts-megyn-kelly-for-calling-caitlin-clark-a-coward-over-silence-on-trans-debate\/\">Colin Cowherd Blasts Megyn Kelly for Calling Caitlin Clark a \u2018Coward\u2019 Over Silence on Trans Debate<\/a> first appeared on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\">Mediaite<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Screenshot Colin Cowherd took aim at conservative pundit Megyn Kelly after she called Indiana Fever star Caitlin Clark a &#8220;coward&#8221; for not getting involved in the trans athletes debate. The debate has been reignited after Sophie Cunningham &#8212; Clark&#8217;s teammate &#8212; voiced her opposition to trans women competing in women&#8217;s sports. 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