The Caitlin Clark experience delivered another television milestone as ESPN’s coverage of the WNBA draft on Monday night averaged a record 2.45 million viewers. Viewership peaked at 3.09 million, ESPN said in a release Tuesday. The audience was more than four times as many viewers when compared to the 2023 draft, which drew 572,000. The […]
Continue readingA big part of getting a good grade on WNBA draft night is often in place months before, when the lottery order is decided. In the case of the 2024 draft, the Indiana Fever really couldn’t mess it up after they got the first pick: Iowa Hawkeyes guard Caitlin Clark would give them an A-plus. […]
Continue readingFor the top picks of the 2024 WNBA draft, what they wear could be almost as memorable as where they land. The latest crop of hoops prospects — including Caitlin Clark, Angel Reese and Kamilla Cardoso — will learn where their pro basketball careers will begin Monday night at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. Fashion […]
Continue readingNEW YORK — Caitlin Clark is officially a pro. Clark, the record-breaking face of women’s college basketball, was selected No. 1 overall by the Indiana Fever in the 2024 WNBA draft Monday night at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. The draft was held with fans for the first time since the 2014-16 iterations of the […]
Continue readingIt will be part of a USA Basketball Showcase that week in London with the men’s team playing Olympic warmup games on July 20 against South Sudan and July 22 against current World Cup champion Germany on July 23. Tickets will go on sale Tuesday at 9 a.m. The Team USA women will play the […]
Continue readingLive from New York, it’s Caitlin Clark on “Saturday Night Live”! The Iowa Hawkeyes star made a surprise appearance during the show’s “Weekend Update” segment alongside Michael Che and Colin Jost. Clad in a Nike varsity jacket, Clark joined the anchors after Che made a joke referencing her jersey retirement. “You make a lot of […]
Continue readingCOLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina women’s basketball coach Dawn Staley and her national champion Gamecocks celebrated with a jam-packed downtown parade and rally at the statehouse a week after completing their undefeated season. Staley and her players rode some seven blocks to the cheers of a crowd that Columbia Mayor Daniel Rickenmann called the largest […]
Continue readingCaitlin Clark, Angel Reese, Cameron Brink and Kamilla Cardoso headline a list of 15 prospects who have been invited to Monday’s 2024 WNBA draft, the league announced Thursday. Clark, the new top scorer across Division I men’s and women’s basketball after her historic career at Iowa, is widely expected to be selected by the Indiana […]
Continue readingINDIANAPOLIS — Caitlin Clark is having a significant impact on the WNBA even before her arrival. Clark, the transcendent Iowa star and presumptive first overall pick in Monday’s WNBA draft, is driving an uptick in interest and ticket prices to see the Indiana Fever, which holds the No. 1 overall selection. The Fever, second-to-last in […]
Continue readingThere’s no question about the No. 1 pick in Monday’s WNBA draft (7:30 p.m. ET, ESPN) as Iowa Hawkeyes guard Caitlin Clark is certain to go to the Indiana Fever. But after that, the mystery starts. And what the Los Angeles Sparks do with the Nos. 2 and 4 picks could shape the rest of […]
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