evidence: Whoopi Goldberg sternly defended Caitlin Clark from a critic on this morning’s episode of The View, backing the WNBA player’s skills after a sports writer questioned if her race and sexuality are part of what’s made her so popular. [...] "These women are oftentimes equally, if not better sometimes, than the folks you’re watching. To have [Clark] reduced that way bothered me a lot," Goldberg continued, before waving around a notecard with Clark’s stats and saying, "this is her record — unless you can show me who else has a better record than this, this is why she’s getting the attention she’s getting. ‘Cause she’s a damn good player. [...] The View airs weekdays at 11/10c on ABC.