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Caitlin Clark wins WNBA Rookie of the Year with 66 of 67 votes, Angel Reese gets 1

Sports / October 3, 2024 / Mariana Salaverria

Having etched her name across the record book during the 2024 WNBA season, Caitlin Clark has been named the league’s Rookie of the Year, receiving 66 of 67 total votes, the WNBA announced Thursday. Chicago Sky forward Angel Reese received one vote from the national panel of sportswriters and broadcasters. Clark and Reese were also […]

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WNBA players say the troubling side of its rise is racism and threats

Sports / October 1, 2024 / Pastora Blanca

As the WNBA has reached wildly successful highs this season in viewership and attendance, players say the boom long coveted throughout women’s basketball has come with unfortunate consequences. During these playoffs, athletes who would normally be focused on winning have instead shared a swell of complaints of being targeted with racist, misogynistic, homophobic and threatening

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Caitlin Clark joins Fever in condemning ‘hateful comments and threats’ toward WNBA players

Sports / September 29, 2024 / Mariana Salaverria

INDIANAPOLIS – At Friday’s news conference following the conclusion of the Indiana Fever’s season, rookie Caitlin Clark and head coach Christie Sides condemned the racist rhetoric many WNBA players said they’ve experienced this season. “Nobody in our league should be facing any sort of racism, hurtful, disrespectful (or) hateful comments and threats,” Clark said. “Those

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Caitlin Clark wins Rookie of the Year, Napheesa Collier wins DPOY for 2024 WNBA season: Sources

Sports / September 28, 2024 / Mariana Salaverria

Having etched her name across the record book during the 2024 WNBA season, Caitlin Clark has been named the league’s Rookie of the Year, league sources told The Athletic on Friday. That Clark won the award came as little surprise considering how prolific her debut season was. Clark broke both the WNBA’s single-season and single-game

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WNBA and commissioner Cathy Engelbert face credibility issue regarding player harassment

Sports / September 27, 2024 / Mariana Salaverria

Indiana Fever star Caitlin Clark didn’t like what she heard from a fan late in the first quarter of Wednesday’s playoff loss at Connecticut and motioned for officials to remove the man from his second-row seat. In the relative blink of an eye, security tapped the person on the shoulder and escorted him to a

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What’s next for Caitlin Clark and the Fever after elimination from the WNBA playoffs?

Sports / September 26, 2024 / Pastora Blanca

UNCASVILLE, Conn. — The Indiana Fever started their season coming up short against the Connecticut Sun. In the aftermath of that May opening-night defeat, they acknowledged their young roster — even if led by a phenom at point guard and the reigning Rookie of the Year in the post — had some learning to do

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Caitlin Clark grades her rookie season as ‘solid’ after playoff exit: ‘I’m just scratching the surface’

Sports / September 26, 2024 / Mariana Salaverria

Caitlin Clark is a tough grader. In her 2024 rookie season with the Indiana Fever, the Iowa-legend-turned-WNBA-superstar drew more eyes to women’s professional basketball in the U.S. than the league had ever seen. Yet all she would call her first professional year was “solid.” On Wednesday, the 22-year-old was far more focused on what lay

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How Caitlin Clark’s WNBA spark is akin to the ‘Be Like Mike’ impact of Jordan in the NBA

Sports / September 25, 2024 / Mariana Salaverria

Start with the shoes. Before Michael Jordan had ever played in an official NBA game, his sneakers generated conversation and controversy. Jordan wore a pair of primarily black Nikes with a red swoosh during his first preseason games. The Chicago Bulls, worried about the shoes’ glitz, had reservations about him doing it again. The NBA

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How Caitlin Clark’s rookie season has been ‘the perfect fuel on a fire’ for a new WNBA era

Sports / September 23, 2024 / Mariana Salaverria

Nearly 20 years ago, Conrad Piccirillo attended his first Indiana Fever game. The WNBA franchise was just five years into its existence and on the brink of its best year to date, but he admittedly was not there for the basketball. His daughters, 10-year-old Caitlyn and 11-year-old Claire, were members of the Fever Inferno’s youth

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Alyssa Thomas stars with another triple-double as Sun beat Fever in Caitlin Clark’s playoff debut

Sports / September 22, 2024 / Mariana Salaverria

UNCASVILLE, Conn. — More than four months have passed since Caitlin Clark began her WNBA career at Mohegan Sun Arena against Connecticut Sun on opening night of the 2024 season. But during the Indiana Fever’s playoff debut Sunday against those same Sun, it felt a lot like May. Connecticut was the more composed, veteran team,

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