Sparks forward Cameron Brink said she was unsettled by the response she saw online to a call by the team for men to try out for the practice squad. The Sparks, in a social media post last week, put out a call for male practice players to sign up for a tryout and got such an overwhelming response that the team stopped taking applications.

The WNBA star is less than excited to play against male players in practice after seeing derogatory comments on social media

Erin Achenbach is the Lead Women’s Sports Editor at ClutchPoints, championing women’s sports coverage and media representation. The St. Louis native graduated from the University of Missouri’s School of Journalism and has covered community news the last five years.