A punch to the throat. A pattern of eye pokes and cheap shots. And now, a leading orthopaedic voice is warning that someone could get seriously hurt before anyone steps in.
Caitlin Clark knows physicality is part of basketball. But after the latest hit landed square on her throat, a former NBA team doctor says the league is playing with fire, and that no one has yet answered the question of what happens if a hit like this goes wrong.
