WNBA player DiJonai Carrington lashes out at refs after they called security on her during argument

Dallas Wings player DiJonai Carrington spoke out against referees for calling security on her in a social media post Friday. 

During a heated altercation with officials during the Wings' loss to the Chicago Sky Thursday, security guards approached as Carrington became increasingly demonstrative

One security guard even got between Carrington and an official. The official backed away from Carrington while pulling the security guard by his shirt in front of Carrington for protection. 

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Carrington responded to the incident in a post on X Friday, suggesting the summoning of security was a "microaggression." 

"Security… when I’m literally having a civil conversation is insane. Mind you, he called the "sEcUrItY" over there…" Carrington wrote over a clip of the incident with a misspelled "microaggression" hashtag.

Fox News Digital has reached out to the WNBA and the Sky for comment.

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Former Dallas Wings player Cheryl Swoopes also spoke out against the referee who summoned security in a post on X. 

"If this man was scared (of what, I don't know) and needed security, he should NEVER be able to ref again! This can't be real!" Swoopes wrote. 

Carrington became a controversial figure in the WNBA last season. 

As a member of Connecticut Sun in 2024, Carrington gave Indiana Fever rookie Caitlin Clark a black eye after poking her during a game in the first round of the playoffs in September. Carrington laughed with teammate Marina Mabrey after the incident.

Carrington has said she didn't intentionally poke Clark in the eye and that she wasn't laughing about the incident. However, she appeared to make light of the controversy over Clark's black eye in an Instagram Live video in October. 

In the video, Carrington and her girlfriend, NaLyssa Smith, who plays for the Indiana Fever with Clark, were in their kitchen when Smith poked Carrington in the eye.

"Ow, you poked me in the eye," Carrington said. Smith apologized, and the two laughed.

"Did you do it on purpose?" Carrington asked.

During the "Unrivaled" league season in January, Carrington wore a shirt that said, "The F--- Donald Trump Tour" while walking into Wayfair Arena in Miami, Florida.

Then, during a press conference after another game that month, Carrington declared it was time for WNBA players to "take action" in response to President Donald Trump's policies.

"We see that some of the policies are already going into action, and, of course, that means that as the WNBA and being at the forefront of a lot of these movements, it's time for us to also take action," Carrington said. 

"It definitely needs to happen as women, women's rights being taken away. Like, now, LGBTQ rights being taken away now. They haven't happened yet, but definitely in the works."

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Dodgers star Mookie Betts sustains freak toe injury while walking to bathroom

The Los Angeles Dodgers were without star Mookie Betts in the team’s 8-5 win over the New York Yankees due a freak toe injury he reportedly sustained walking to a bathroom. 

Betts, 32, said he banged his toe into a wall as he walked to the bathroom in the dark, according to the Los Angeles Times

X-Rays revealed Betts fractured the toe, according to ESPN. 

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Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said Betts will miss games against the Yankees Saturday and Sunday, but he doesn’t expect the eight-time All-Star to go on the injured list. 

"I feel confident saying it’s day to day," Roberts said, "but putting on a shoe today was difficult for him."

Betts is having a down year, relative to his career numbers. The 2018 AL MVP has a .254 batting average with eight home runs and 31 RBIs and a .742 OPS in 53 games this season.

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In his 12-year career, Betts has a batting average of .293 and an .891 OPS. 

Betts’ freak injury is not the first for the Dodgers this season. First baseman Freddie Freeman had a similar incident that caused him to miss nine games after he slipped in the shower and aggravated his surgically repaired right ankle.

"Mookie’s toe, that’s kind of freaky, like what happened to me," Freeman said after the Dodgers' win. "You hit the speed bumps along the way. We did it last year, and we did all right. Hopefully, we can do that again this year."

The Yankees (35-21) and Dodgers (35-22) will play the second game of their three-game series Saturday at 7:15 p.m. ET on FOX.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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