The Houston Comets all-timer was removed from this weekend’s WNBA broadcast due to comments she made about the popular rookie when she was in college.

Former Houston Comets all-timer Sheryl Swoopes found herself embroiled in another controversy Tuesday surrounding WNBA star Caitlin Clark.

Earlier this week, ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith revealed on his show that Swoopes was removed from this weekend’s Indiana Fever-Dallas Wings broadcast, resurfacing months-old comments by Swoopes regarding Clark’s quest to break the all-time NCAA Division I scoring record.

Basketball hall-of-famer Nancy Lieberman replaced Swoopes on the Bally Sports broadcast, and made thinly-veiled references to Swoopes’ controversial comments about Clark. Swoopes then took to social media, indirectly addressing Lieberman’s comments with a quote.

To understand the full scope of Swoopes’ and Lieberman’s beef, you have to rewind back to February, when Swoopes made inaccurate statements about Clark’s play on former NBA player Gilbert Arenas’ podcast.

During the show, Swoopes said Clark was a “25-year-old playing against a bunch of 20-year olds,” who “probably takes about 40 shots a game,” and that Clark’s quest for the scoring record was illegitimate because she was a fifth-year senior due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Below are Swoopes’ comments on the podcast, starting around the two-hour and six-minute mark.

The simple issue with Swoopes’ assertions about Clark is that they’re factually inaccurate. Clark was in her fourth year at the University of Iowa, was 22 years old at the time, and averaged 22.3 shot attempts per game. Lieberman apparently let Swoopes know about her mistakes during a private conversation.

“I called her when Caitlin was still playing at Iowa and she had just broken [Pete] Maravich’s record,” Lieberman said on the Stephen A. Smith show. “… I got off the treadmill and I called her as a friend and I said: You can say whatever you want, you can have your own opinion about anybody, but you do have to get the statistics right. I mean, facts matter. If you get ahead of this and just say, ‘Hey I made a mistake on my numbers,’ then this thing is over and everybody respects your opinion.”

According to Lieberman, Swoopes didn’t take the constructive criticism well: “She got upset with me on the phone and I was like, ‘Sheryl, I’m not doing anything to hurt you. I’m just sharing,'” Lieberman said. “So, our relationship is not happening at this point. I tried to talk to her at the Final Four and she didn’t want to talk to me. My life is going to be good or great with or without Sheryl Swoopes in my life—I’d rather have her in it.”

This isn’t the first time Swoopes has shown bias against the former Iowa star. On Swoopes’ own podcast, Queens of the Court, she talked about the Indiana Fever’s notable improvement this season, mentioning the exploits of Aliyah Boston, Lexie Hull and Kelsey Mitchell, but leaving Clark out of the discussion. Stephen A. Smith later called Swoopes out for the comments, saying she was “insane,” to do that.

Following Lieberman’s appearance on Sunday’s WNBA broadcast, Swoopes responded to Clark’s angry fans, posting texts showing that she had apologized to Clark for the comments back in February.

When Lieberman further elaborated on Smith’s podcast about her phone call with Swoopes, the former Houston Comets star clapped back. “Now here you go! I get what you trying to do wit ya boy @stephenasmith but it ain’t working. You know good and well what happened. And ditto…my life is good without you too (and him). You wanna go there?”

Swoopes then referenced a comment Lieberman had made about Chennedy Carter on Michelle Beadle’s podcast, Run It Back, following Carter’s foul against Clark. Swoopes tagged Smith in the post, writing “you forgot to ask her about this.”

“If I were Caitlin Clark, I would’ve punched her in the face,” Lieberman said during the interview. “But I’m from New York, and I would’ve told her F off. That would cure the problem. Because I’ve known Chennedy since she was in high school here in Dallas… but damn, where is Caitlin Clark’s teammates? I’d be pissed as sh-t at my teammates.”

After the show, Lieberman mentioned the comments she made about Carter on the podcast during her interview with Smith. She said she received a call from Teresa Witherspoon, head coach of the WNBA’s Chicago Sky.

“She said, ‘Nancy, I was disappointed with what you said,'” Lieberman said. “We had a conversation. I said, ‘Spoon, I didn’t say she should punch Chennedy Carter in her face, I said this is what I would do if I were blind-sided—and I’ve known Chennedy since she was in high school here in Dallas —I think she’s a hell of a player and should’ve been on the All-Star team, but my comment about hitting her wasn’t about her.’ But we had this conversation which I apparently cannot have with Sheryl Swoopes… I think she was incorrect about what she did and we all have to be professional.”

Stephen A. Smith has yet to host Swoopes on his show to get her side of the story. But it seems that Swoopes isn’t impressed by the Fever star, and while that’s all fine and good, it’s a broadcaster’s job to be accurate when calling a game. Swoopes’ history isn’t doing her any favors.