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Caitlin Clark beats MrBeast in $90,000 shootout

Clark made four threes worth ten thousand dollars each, then hit the fifty-thousand-dollar half-court shot on her second try; MrBeast was warned.

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  1. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorIt's one thirty Eastern, this is The Couch Panel.

  2. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorCaitlin Clark beat MrBeast in a charity shootout, made four threes and a half-court shot, and won ninety thousand dollars for her foundation, Yahoo Sports says.

  3. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorShe also told him beforehand he was cooked. Is trash talk fine if you can back it up?

  4. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorYes, a hundred percent. She said she saw them warm up and didn't think he'd hit the rim. And then she did the thing.

  5. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorThat's honest feedback with a receipt.

  6. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentI'm against it. Trash talk only works when the other guy can't clip it.

  7. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentHe probably had a camera crew, so now it's content for both of them.

  8. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorFour threes at ten thousand dollars each. That's forty thousand before she even tried the big one.

  9. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorAnd the half-court shot was worth fifty thousand, and she hit it on her second try.

  10. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorI once took three tries to order a sandwich at a window, and nobody paid me.

  11. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentOkay, that changes my vote. If the shot was a formality, she was allowed to say it.

  12. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorYou changed sides because of a sandwich.

  13. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentWas there a camera at the window? Because if not, it didn't happen.

  14. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorShow of hands: trash talk is fine when you back it up. Chat, vote yes or no. I say yes.

  15. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorI'd have told him he was cooked too. Then I'd have missed twice and gone home.

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