Wings’ Arike Ogunbowale withdrew from consideration for U.S. women’s Olympic team due to ‘politics’ WHIO TV 7 and WHIO Radio [Video]

Amid the controversy over Caitlin Clark being left off the USA women’s basketball roster for the 2024 Olympics, many WNBA fans pointed out that Arike Ogunbowale was another notable stub from the team.

The Dallas Wings guard is a three-time WNBA All-Star who also earned first- and second-team All-WNBA honors during her previous five professional seasons. She also won the 2021 WNBA All-Star Game MVP award. So far this year, Ogunbowale is putting up the best numbers of her career, averaging 24.9 points, 4.5 rebounds, 5.4 assists and 2.9 steals per game.

At Notre Dame, she won the 2018 national championship and was named the NCAA tournament’s Most Outstanding Player, in addition to earning ACC Athlete of the Year honors.

Appearing on the “Nightcap” podcast with Shannon Sharpe and Chad Johnson, Ogunbowale explained that she took her name out of consideration months earlier because she could see how politics were factoring into the selection process.

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