Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark reacts to a referee's call during a game against the Atlanta Dream at State Farm Arena in Atlanta, Ga., June 20, 2026.(Jordan Godfree-Imagn Images)
The Indiana Fever star has been treated like a virus that the league’s antibodies seek to reject.
What sports league, handed a generational talent who has played brilliantly and delivered massive commercial dividends, would make this very same player seem unwelcome and an object of scorn?
The WNBA.
Caitlin Clark arrived in the league three seasons ago already a superstar considered one of the greatest college players in the history of the sport, and instantly boosted the league — otherwise a commercially marginal outfit — to another level.
For her troubles, the Indiana Fever star has been treated like a virus that the league’s antibodies seek to reject.
The latest controversy erupted after a player with the Phoenix Mercury named Alyssa ...
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‘The line most shared from the piece was the claim that the Times ‘could not corroborate’ my story despite talking to two of my friends,’ Fifield said.
