The five-time All-Star and two-time WNBA champion hopes to see the excitement around Clark help grow the league.
The retired USWNT star reflected on the foundation laid for the sensation around Clark and her excitement for what's to come
There has been quite the brouhaha these past few days since women's basketball phenom Caitlin Clark was picked first in the WNBA draft, and it was announced that her annual salary for her rookie season would be $76,535. The shrieking harridans of the "GENDER PAAAAAAAY GAP!!!!!!" squad were immediately deployed, and they haven't yet stopped shouting.
Indiana Fever rookie guard Caitlin Clark has already significantly changed the popularity of both the WNBA and the Fever.
Caitlin Clark’s early play in WNBA will serve as her tryout for a spot on the U.S. Olympic women’s basketball team.
Caitlin Clark’s early play in WNBA will serve as her tryout for a spot on the U.S. Olympic women’s basketball team.
If the WNBA wants to grow its game, it needs its players to be likeable, not political. That means it should push Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese to be more like Magic Johnson and Larry Bird and less like Hillary Clinton and Gloria Steinem. The league is riding a wave of interest and excitement around women’s basketball after Clark completed a historic college career at the University of Iowa. The all-time leading scorer in women’s college basketball was the top draft pick in the WNBA draft...
Angel Reese has officially replaced the “Bayou Barbie” moniker. Well, sort of.
All this outrage over WNBA pay is uninformed, misguided and defeatist. Yes, Caitlin Clark’s WNBA salary seems unjust when compared to her NBA peers’ salaries. But as Kavitha Davidson wrote this week, the details matter. Because the WNBA cannot and should not be compared to the NBA, which is expected to generate $13 billion this year. The WNBA will not match that. Nor can it match the NBA’s massive national media deals, which are expected to pay the league $2.8 billion this year alone. The WNBA...
Yes, Caitlin Clark should make more than $76,000 in the WNBA. But there is a lot to explain about why that's her salary, pay disparity, and how it might change.
Iowa Hawkeyes superstar-turned-Indiana Fever rookie point guard Caitlin Clark finds herself in rare air before she's even played a second of pro basketball. The six-footer is poised to begin her WNBA career next month. Per The Associated Press/New York Post, Clark's first month of WNBA play will essentially function as an audition to ply her wares internationally.Clark will be unable to partake in Team USA's training camp preparation ahead of the 2024 Paris Olympics. The program's roster will...
Angel Reese is no longer going by the “Bayou Barbie” and has given herself a new nickname following her move to the pros. Reese was selected by the Chicago Sky as the seventh-overall pick of Monday’s Draft and has announced her new moniker, the “Chi Barbie,” in the wake of her latest move. She took …