WNBA commissioner Cathy Engelbert agreed to join The Dan Patrick Show for an interview, and then abruptly reneged on the appearance.<\/p>\n
Patrick and crew are in Lake Tahoe to cover the American Century Championship celebrity golf tournament. Engelbert is among the celebrities taking part in the tournament, making it a seemingly perfect opportunity for the WNBA commissioner to join Patrick\u2019s show for a sort of state-of-the-union.<\/p>\n
The interview was scheduled and promoted, but when it came time for Engelbert to appear, she never arrived on set.<\/p>\n
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\u201cYesterday, after the show, we waited almost two hours for her,\u201d Patrick said during Friday\u2019s show. \u201cThis was scheduled. She was going to do a conference call in her hotel room, and then she was going to join us.\u201d<\/p>\n
Patrick said producer Todd Fritz waited about 90 minutes for an update from Engelbert while the entire show was on standby for her arrival.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re waiting to interview her. They didn\u2019t balk at anything, didn\u2019t say you can\u2019t ask anything. And we thought, okay, we\u2019re gonna be able to finally ask questions about Caitlin Clark, the WNBA, expansion, a lot of different things,\u201d Patrick explained. \u201cWe waited, and we waited, and we waited, and then Todd got word that the commissioner said the WNBA PR staff said she is not allowed to do this. You\u2019re the commissioner, and you\u2019re listening to the PR department, which is fine, but did you check with PR before you said yes to us?<\/p>\n