[ It was supposed to be a uniformly joyous occasion. The 22-year-old college hoops phenom and overall No. 1 pick in the WNBA draft, Caitlin Clark, was being introduced to the media and fans of the Indiana Fever, which had drafted her. Then came a back and forth with longtime Indianapolis Star columnist Gregg Doyel. … Read more
[ Caitlin Clark can earn up to $500,000 during her rookie season, WNBA commissioner Cathy Engelbert has claimed in an effort to quell outrage on the No. 1 draft choice’s low base salary. The former Iowa star will make just $76,535 in base salary from the Indiana Fever, part of a four-year, $338,056 deal with … Read more
[ The college basketball season may be over, but Caitlin Clark helped lead ESPN to one more audience record before going pro. The Iowa Hawkeyes superstar was the No. 1 pick in the WNBA Draft on Monday, and 2.45M viewers tuned in to ESPN to watch her be selected by the Indiana Fever, according to Nielsen. … Read more
[ Caitlin Clark, who helped grow the popularity of women’s basketball with her record-breaking college career at the University of Iowa, was the most no-brainer pick of the WNBA Draft on Monday, going No. 1 to the Indiana Fever. The league will waste no time putting Clark front and center: The regular season begins May … Read more
[ With the popularity of women’s basketball on the rise, Prime Video and the WNBA have reached an extension of their current rights deal through the next two seasons. Rights to the NBA and the WNBA are set to expire in 2025 and speculation has been growing about the WNBA being due for a significant … Read more
[ Iowa’s sharpshooter Caitlin Clark shattered another record Friday night, further cementing herself in the pantheon of the greatest women’s college basketball players. In the Hawkeyes’ 95-62 Big Ten Tournament win against Penn State on Friday, Clark — who came in averaging 32.3 points per game — broke the record for most three-pointers made in … Read more
