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☆ Athlete marketing is booming with the evolution of NIL and creating new career paths
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-17 | by ( Ashley Rodriguez | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

NIL has created career paths for college athletes and brand-deal managers. NIL has also created career paths for college athletes, some of whom are building businesses as influencers and content creators or getting jobs in social media and marketing rather than going pro. It's important for schools that want to be involved in NIL deals to engage in sports marketing and sourcing deals for athletes, he added. Connor Printz, a former Division III basketball player at Claremont McKenna College, has landed over 100 NIL deals. It's not just student-athletes who are benefitingNIL isn't creating more career opportunities only for college athletes.

Persons: —, Caitlin Clark, Clark, Bronny James, Olivia Dunne —, Garrett Yaralian, influencers Dunne, she's, Dunne, Yaralian, TikTok, Sam Hurley, Hurley, Connor Printz, Chase Griffin, Griffin, It's, Drew Glover Organizations: Service, WNBA, Nike, Wall Street, NCAA Division, State, NCAA, —, University of Southern California, Louisiana State University, WME Sports, Brands, University of Texas, Fund, Division III, Claremont McKenna College, University of California, Sports, Texas, OneTeam Partners, University of Georgia Athletic Association, . Venture, Fiat Ventures Locations: Instagram, Austin, Los Angeles

☆ June Is the Month When Olympic Dreams Die
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-16 | by ( Scott Cacciola | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Before the Olympics even begin, there is always heartbreak. And June may be the hardest month of all. Caitlin Clark, the ascendant star of women’s basketball, just found out that she won’t be going to Paris. So did Bill May, whose hopes of becoming the first man to compete at the Olympics in the sport of artistic swimming were dashed by the U.S. selection committee. That’s because the U.S. trials in sports like swimming, gymnastics and track and field might just be the fiercest crucibles of all, with a ruthless requirement for Olympic berths: Perform well, or you’re staying home.

Persons: Caitlin Clark, Bill May Organizations: U.S, Team U.S.A, Paris Locations: Paris

☆ Caitlin Clark: WNBA star says people weaponizing her name is ‘disappointing’
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-14 | by ( Ben Church | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —As she adjusts to life in the WNBA, rookie phenom Caitlin Clark is also having to navigate becoming a lightning rod for societal discourse. “It’s disappointing,” replied Clark ahead of the Indiana Fever’s home game against the Atlanta Dream. Her rivalry with fellow star Angel Reese, for example, has triggered discourse about race in the US. Clark has had a mixed start to her WNBA career so far, showing flashes of her brilliance but struggling initially with the physicality of the professional game. “Nobody’s apathetic about the WNBA because we’ve brought in so many new fans into what we call the fan funnel this year.”

Persons: Caitlin Clark, Clark, she’d, “ It’s, ”, “, Steph Chambers, Angel Reese, Reese, I’ll, ” Reese, ‘, ” Clark, don’t, DiJonai Carrington, ” Carrington, reignite, Cathy Engelbert, haven’t, ’ ’, Engelbert of Clark, “ We’re, Caitlin, Engelbert, Cameron Brink, we’ve Organizations: CNN, WNBA, Indiana Fever, Indiana Fever’s, Atlanta, Seattle Storm, NCAA, Sun, Twitter, Indiana, Chicago Sky, USA, Wednesday Locations: USA

☆ Caitlin Clark: The reasons for and against the WNBA star’s exclusion from the Team USA Olympic roster
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-11 | by ( Matias Grez | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

CNN —USA Basketball’s decision to omit Caitlin Clark from the Olympic roster was initially met with some shock. However, USA Basketball has made a “terrible decision,” according to CNN Sport analyst Christine Brennan, by omitting a phenomenon like Clark from the roster. Breanna Stewart, a two-time WNBA champion, Brittney Griner, a nine-time All Star and A’ja Wilson, a two-time MVP, have all represented Team USA at an Olympic Games before. “She’s the biggest thing in sports, not just women’s basketball in the United States,” Brennan said of why Clark should be included. With or without Clark, Team USA is the overwhelming favorite to win gold in Paris and continue its unbeaten Olympic record stretching back to 1992.

Persons: Caitlin Clark, Clark, wasn’t, ”, Christine Brennan, She’s, ” Clark, Brian Spurlock, I’m, Alyssa Thomas’s, Diana Taurasi’s, Breanna Stewart, Brittney, A’ja Wilson, Greg Fiume, Sabrina Ionescu, Jackie Young, Stewart, Betnijah Laney, it’s “, “ I’ve, “, that’s, ” Brennan, Caitlin, Don Riddell, Brennan, Gregory Shamus, Diana Taurasi, Diana, ’, ” Stewart, Taurasi, Paige Bueckers, USA, Jennifer Rizzotti, she’s, Jayne Kamin, There’ll, Rebecca Lobo, Candace Parker, –, Christian Laettner, women’s Organizations: CNN, USA, WNBA, CNN Sport, Chicago Sky, Indiana Fever, Indiana, Team USA, Olympic, Getty, NCAA, Hamilton, Fever, Basketball, “, Iowa, Sports, Reuters, USA Basketball, Team USA’s, NBA Locations: Paris, …, Iowa, Long, men’s, United, United States, Clark, America, Africa, Europe

☆ WNBA reports record TV viewership for 2024 season, highest game attendance in 26 years
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-10 | by ( Genna Contino | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark (22) maneuvers past Washington Mystics guard Ariel Atkins (7) and Washington Mystics guard DiDi Richards (12) during the Washington Mystics-Indiana Fever WNBA game at Capital One Arena in Washington, D.C., on June 7, 2024. Across ABC, ESPN, ESPN2 and CBS, the WNBA is averaging 1.3 million viewers per game, tripling last season's average of 462,000 viewers. About 400,000 fans attended games in May, the most first-month attendees in 26 years, according to the league. The number of people tuning in to games on TV grew 60% year over year among people of color. Viewership in the first week of the season more than doubled for young girls and people under age 35.

Persons: Caitlin Clark, Ariel Atkins, DiDi Richards, Angel Reese, We're, Colie Edison Organizations: Indiana, Washington Mystics, Indiana Fever, Capital, Washington , D.C, NCAA, Women's National Basketball Association, ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, CBS, WNBA, Chicago Sky Locations: Washington ,, Jersey

☆ The WNBA just had its most-watched games ever
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-10 | by ( Ramishah Maruf | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

The league also said Monday it had its most-watched start of the season games ever across all six networks that broadcast matches — ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, CBS, ION and NBA TV. Women’s basketball is experiencing a boom thanks to the phenomenon around WNBA rookie Clark. Since then, her entry to the WNBA, along with other players like Reese, has kicked off a new era in the league. Tick Pick, an online ticketing site, reported a 435% increase year over year in total tickets sold for WNBA games in May, with the average price of the tickets increasing 60%. Indiana Fever had a whopping 4,493% increase in May tickets sold.

Persons: Caitlin Clark, Angel Reese, Clark, Reese, we’ve, ”, Edison, Los Angeles Sparks’s Cameron Brink, Kate Martin, Tick Pick Organizations: New, New York CNN, WNBA, ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, CBS, ION, NBA, NCAA, Iowa Hawkeyes, South Carolina Gamecocks, Indiana Fever, Chicago Sky, Las Vegas Aces Locations: New York, alma, Los Angeles

☆ Watch: Caitlin Clark reacts after being left off Team USA’s Olympic basketball team
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-09 | by ( Monica Haider | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Caitlin Clark excluded from USA Women’s Basketball Olympic roster, CNN sports analyst says
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-08 | by ( Kevin Dotson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —USA Basketball’s roster for the women’s Olympic basketball team that will chase gold in Paris this summer will not include WNBA rookie sensation Caitlin Clark, according to CNN sports analyst Christine Brennan. The US women’s team will play an exhibition game against Germany in London on July 23 before their first game of the 2024 Paris Olympics on July 29. The USA women’s 3x3 team features some of America’s younger talent. 3x3 basketball is being contested in just its second Olympic games, with the US winning the inaugural women’s gold medal in Tokyo in 2021. The USA women’s national team, consistently loaded with a surplus of talent, has won gold at seven straight Olympic Games dating back to 1996.

Persons: Caitlin Clark, Christine Brennan, Brennan, ”, Brittney Griner, Diana Taurasi, Breanna Stewart, Griner, “, Cameron Brink, Hailey Van Lith, Rhyne Howard, Cierra Burdick Organizations: CNN, USA, Olympic, WNBA, ” CNN, USA Basketball, Olympics, US, Germany, USA women’s Locations: Paris, Russia, London, Japan, Belgium, Germany, Spain, Tokyo

☆ The media is in meltdown over Caitlin Clark
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-04 | by ( Allison Morrow | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

New York CNN —The male-dominated sports media apparatus is stumbling over Caitlin Clark. He later apologized for using the slur, emphasizing that his broader thesis was that Clark’s star power created a halo around a league that’s been languishing in obscurity. “I was talking about how I hoped that the WNBA and sports media, ex-WNBA players, would show a little bit more respect to Caitlin Clark for what she has brought to the WNBA,” McAfee said on his show Tuesday. The league those women built has always been a physical one, a fact that Clark herself acknowledged in a postgame news conference. Much like Clark, the mainstream sports media is new to the WNBA.

Persons: Caitlin Clark, hasn’t, Chennedy, Clark, Pat McAfee, Clark —, ” —, “, ” McAfee, it’s, McAfee, Charles Barkley, ”, Victoria Uwumarogie, Barkley, ” Clark isn’t, She’s “, who’ve, ” Uwumarogie, Monica McNutt, ” McNutt, Stephen A, Smith, huff, ’ ” McNutt Organizations: New, New York CNN, ESPN, Indiana, WNBA, TNT, CNN, Warner Bros . Locations: New York, Indiana, America, Iowa

☆ Caitlin Clark: Chicago Sky star Angel Reese says she will ‘take the bad guy role’ in rivalry
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-04 | by ( Kevin Dotson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Chicago Sky forward Angel Reese said she will “take the bad guy role” in her rivalry with Caitlin Clark if it means continued growth for women’s basketball. Reese, who was seen clapping and hugging Carter after the hard foul on Clark, was fined for refusing to speak to the media after that game. In her first public comments since, Reese didn’t back away from her perceived role as the villain in her longstanding rivalry with Clark. 7 pick in the 2024 draft told reporters Monday: “Look where women’s basketball is. People are talking about women’s basketball that you never would think would be talking about women’s basketball.

Persons: Angel Reese, Caitlin Clark, Reese, Clark, Chennedy Carter, Carter, Hawkeye, Reese didn’t, I’ll, ” Reese, Brian Spurlock, It’s, Chennedy, it’s, “ I’m, ” Carter, “ We’ve, I’m, “, Teresa Weatherspoon Organizations: CNN, Chicago Sky, Indiana, LSU team’s, Clark’s University of Iowa, NCAA, “

☆ ESPN’s Pat McAfee faces backlash after calling WNBA star Caitlin Clark a ‘White b*tch’
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-03 | by ( Hadas Gold | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —ESPN host Pat McAfee is facing backlash after he called WNBA star Caitlin Clark a “White b*tch” during a rant on his show Monday while praising her accomplishments in the women’s basketball league. There is one White b*tch for the Indiana team who is a superstar.”McAfee went on to describe how Clark “carried” Iowa’s basketball program and shattered NCAA scoring records. But instead we have to hear people say we only like her because she’s White, and she’s only popular because the rest of the rookie class is doing what they’re doing. ET on X, formerly known as Twitter: “I shouldn’t have used ‘white b*tch’ as a descriptor of Caitlin Clark. “Referring to Caitlin Clark as ‘the white b*tch for Indiana.’ That’s beyond being too comfortable.

Persons: Pat McAfee, Caitlin Clark, McAfee, Clark, she’s, Guess, ” McAfee, Clark “, she’s White, …, Caitlin, ”, Kim Adams, “, Alexa Philippou, Nicole Auerbach, ’, Jemele Hill, Aaron Rodgers, baselessly, Jimmy Kimmel, Jeffrey Epstein, Kimmel, Rodgers, Norby Williamson, Williamson Organizations: CNN, ESPN, McAfee, NFL, WNBA, Indiana, NCAA, Athletic, NBC, Jemele, Indiana Fever, New York Jets, ABC Locations: Indiana

☆ Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese face off in first WNBA game as Indiana Fever hold on to beat Chicago Sky in Commissioner’s Cup
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-01 | by ( Issy Ronald | Kevin Dotson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese transferred their already storied collegiate rivalry into the professional ranks of the WNBA on Saturday, and it was Clark who came out on top. But it was far from an individual effort with Clark’s teammates helping lift the Fever to their first home win of the season. A year later, Clark and Iowa got a measure of revenge by defeating Reese and LSU in the Elite Eight of the 2024 NCAA tournament. While the rivalry between Clark and Reese was the major talking point around the game, there was a tense moment late in the third quarter elsewhere. Clark and the Indiana Fever were able to record an important home win.

Persons: Caitlin Clark, Angel Reese, Clark, Marina Mabrey, –, Indiana, Sabrina Ionescu, Reese, Chennedy Carter, Andy Lyons, Kamilla Cardoso, Cardoso Organizations: CNN, WNBA, Indiana Fever, Chicago Sky, New York Liberty, LSU, Clark’s University of Iowa, NCAA, Getty, Sky, University of South, Chicago Locations: Chicago, Clark, Iowa, University of South Carolina

☆ Caitlin Clark makes WNBA history in Indiana Fever defeat to Los Angeles Sparks
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-29 | by ( Matias Grez | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —The Indiana Fever’s early season struggles continued on Tuesday with an 88-82 defeat to the Los Angeles Sparks, but Caitlin Clark produced her most scintillating performance so far. She is now also the fastest rookie in WNBA history to record 100 points and 50 assists. “Honestly, I think I just played with an aggressive mindset,” Clark told reporters. Despite the Fever’s difficult start to the season, Clark continues to draw huge crowds with more than 16,000 again in attendance for Tuesday’s game, including Indiana Pacers star Tyrese Haliburton. I think I’ve done a better job as well of understanding who’s guarding me.

Persons: Caitlin Clark, –, “, ” Clark, Sparks, Christie, they’ve, Clark, Cameron Brink, Kia Nurse, Tyrese, ”, – I’ve Organizations: CNN, Indiana Fever’s, Los Angeles Sparks, Sparks, LA, Indiana Pacers, Tyrese Haliburton, Seattle Storm, Gainbridge Locations: Indiana

We have everything you need on where to watch a Sparks vs. Fever live stream tonight. ET / 4 p.m. PT on NBA TVHow to watch Sparks vs. Fever in the USThe Sparks vs. Fever game airs tonight at 7 p.m. You can watch NBA TV on a live TV streaming service like Fubo if you don't have cable. Shop at FuboHow to watch Sparks vs. Fever from anywhereIf you'll be traveling outside the US when the game airs, you can still tune in to your subscriptions using a VPN. Sign up for a live TV streaming package if you don't already have one.

Persons: Cameron Brink, Los Angeles Sparks, Caitlin Clark, Brink, Clark, It's, ExpressVPN Organizations: Business, Los Angeles, Indiana, Sparks, WNBA, NBA, PT, ION Locations: ExpressVPN

Learn moreTonight's Indiana Fever vs. Los Angeles Sparks game will see a can't-miss rookie-on-rookie match-up. Below, we'll show you everything you need to know about where to watch the Indiana Fever vs. Los Angeles Sparks game, whether you have cable or are seeking a live streaming alternative. Indiana Fever's Caitlin Clark will face off with Los Angeles Sparks' Cameron Brink, with both rookies fresh off their standout college basketball careers. With five games under their belt, the Indiana Fever has been having a slow season so far with no wins. ET / 7 p.m. PT on IONHow to watch Indiana Fever vs. Los Angeles Sparks in the USThe Indiana Fever vs. Los Angeles Sparks game will air on Friday at 10 p.m.

Persons: Los Angeles, Indiana Fever's Caitlin Clark, Angeles Sparks, Cameron Brink, Clark, Brink, Rickea Jackson, Sparks, ExpressVPN Organizations: Business, Indiana Fever, Los, Los Angeles Sparks, Angeles, Sparks, ION, Indiana, WNBA Locations: ExpressVPN

☆ If Live Nation gets busted up by the feds, we’ll have Taylor Swift to thank
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-24 | by ( Allison Morrow | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

“It is time to break it up.”It is difficult to overstate just how thoroughly Live Nation, which acquired Ticketmaster more than a decade ago, controls live entertainment in America. Through Ticketmaster, Live Nation controls 80% of venues’ primary ticketing for concerts. There’s a fine line between vertical integration and all-out monopoly, and Live Nation is, at minimum, very clearly toeing it. Artists, fans and venues have been complaining about Live Nation and Ticketmaster pretty much since they agreed to merge in 2009. Live Nation, Wolfson said, is likely to come out swinging.

Persons: CNN Business ’, Caitlin Clark, wasn’t, General Merrick Garland, Swift, Taylor, Sen, Richard Blumenthal, Garland, Swiftie, ” Adam Wolfson, Quinn Emanuel, Eventbrite, Wolfson, … we’re, there’s Organizations: CNN Business, New York CNN, Justice Department, Ticketmaster, DOJ, Artists, Senate, Democrats Locations: New York, United States, America, North America, “

☆ House v. NCAA: College sports could see a dramatic change. Here’s what you need to know
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-23 | by ( Ben Morse | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

CNN —College athletes could soon get dramatically different paychecks. The lawsuitThe House v. NCAA lawsuit was filed by Grant House and Sedona Prince, two college athletes, against the NCAA and the Power 5 conferences – the Pac-12, Big Ten, Big 12, Southeastern and Atlantic Coast – in US District Court Northern District of California Oakland Division in 2020. But college athletes in the House lawsuit say current NIL rules and an “anticompetitive” college system hurt their chances to make money. The possible settlement comes against a backdrop of attitudes toward college athletes receiving payments gradually changing. Earlier this year, members of the Dartmouth College men’s basketball team became the first college athletes to vote to join a union, a significant milestone in the rapidly changing business for collegiate sports.

Persons: Grant, Caitlin Clark, Caleb Williams, NILs, Michael Reaves, ”, Chris Jones, ” Jeffrey Kessler, Kessler Organizations: CNN — College, National Collegiate Athletics Association, NCAA, Grant House, Sedona Prince, Big, of California Oakland Division, College, Football, Division, Department of Education, Supreme, Iowa, USC, Westmont, FMC, CNN, National Association of Collegiate, Athletics, Baylor Lady Bears, USA, Sports, Reuters, Yahoo Sports, Athletic, ESPN, ACC, Dartmouth College men’s Locations: Southeastern, Atlantic, California, U.S, United States

☆ Opinion | Pay Caitlin Clark What She’s Worth
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-23 | by ( Joshua Mendelsohn | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

In 1969, the National Basketball Association was a relatively young professional basketball league fighting to establish itself. But the league was facing economic problems, and it was unclear how successful it would be monetizing the game’s appeal to young people. Desperate for credibility (and fighting off a rival league also seeking to establish itself), the N.B.A. Today, the Women’s National Basketball Association, established about 50 years after the N.B.A., finds itself at a similar crossroads. has decided that Clark will be paid a salary of $76,535 in her first year.

Persons: Lew Alcindor, Alcindor, Kareem Abdul, Jabbar, Caitlin Clark, Clark Organizations: National Basketball Association, University of California, Milwaukee Bucks, Indiana Fever Locations: Los Angeles, Milwaukee

☆ Wilson deal: Caitlin Clark just did something no athlete has done since Michael Jordan
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-21 | by ( Jordan Valinsky | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

New York CNN —Breakout basketball star Caitlin Clark has a new achievement that hasn’t been accomplished since Michael Jordan. The WNBA player signed a multiyear deal with Wilson Sporting Goods Co., the league’s official basketball supplier, for “signature basketball collections celebrating Clark’s continued legacy,” the company announced Tuesday. In addition, she will “creatively direct her first-ever signature basketball line” that will roll out later this year. Wilson, which has produced the basketballs for the NBA for several decades, became the official game ball of the WNBA in 2020. Nike is also reportedly on the verge of signing Clark to design her shoe line, but no official deal has been formally announced.

Persons: Caitlin Clark, hasn’t, Michael Jordan, Clark’s, Wilson, Clark, “ Wilson, ” Clark, ” Organizations: New, New York CNN, WNBA, Wilson Sporting Goods Co, CNN, NBA, Indiana Fever, ESPN2, ESPN, Nike, Farm, Gatorade, Panini Locations: New York

☆ Caitlin Clark battles through ankle injury as Indiana Fever falls to fourth consecutive WNBA loss
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-21 | by ( Matias Grez | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —The Indiana Fever’s winless start to the season continued on Monday with a narrow 88-84 loss to the Connecticut Sun, but it was an ankle injury suffered by No. 1 overall pick Caitlin Clark that will likely have left the team most concerned. “I turned it pretty good,” Clark told reporters after the game. “I think it just got caught, I don’t think I stepped on anybody. Clark returned to the game and finished with 17 points.

Persons: Caitlin Clark, Clark, –, – Clark, “, ” Clark, you’ve, you’re, Michael Conroy, “ It’s, Alyssa Thomas Organizations: CNN, Indiana, Connecticut Sun, Fever, Aliyah Boston, Seattle Storm Locations: Connecticut, ” Connecticut

☆ Caitlin Clark scores 22 points but winless Indiana Fever suffer third straight defeat
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-19 | by ( Matias Grez | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —Caitlin Clark had the best individual game of her fledgling WNBA career to date, registering 22 points, six rebounds and eight assists, but it wasn’t enough to prevent the Indiana Fever from losing a third straight game. The Fever lost 91-80 to the New York Liberty on Saturday to begin the season 0-3, though the performance was a marked improvement on the 36-point drubbing suffered against the same opponent two days earlier. Clark’s 22 points came on an efficient 52.9% shooting, including 4-of-10 from three-point range, but the recent No. “I thought I came out and just played harder [than two nights ago], and I think that’s going to be just my biggest focus going forward,” Clark said, per ESPN. Next up for the Fever is Monday’s match against the Conneticut Sun – a repeat of the Fever’s season opener – as Clark goes in search of her first WNBA win, while the Liberty will face the Seattle Storm.

Persons: Caitlin Clark, drubbing, ” Clark, “, “ I’m, Breanna Stewart, –, Clark Organizations: CNN, WNBA, Indiana Fever, Fever, New York Liberty, ESPN, Liberty, Barclays Center ., Seattle Storm Locations: Liberty

☆ With Caitlin Clark in Town, All Eyes Were on Brooklyn
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-18 | by ( Sandra E. Garcia | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Some of the raucous crowd was there to watch Caitlin Clark — the Fever’s wunderkind rookie — play her first professional game in New York City, some were Liberty fans, and more than a few seemed to be there to cheer for both sides. There were celebrities sitting courtside, like Billie Jean King, Jason Sudeikis, Megan Rapinoe and the actress Amy Ryan. And there was basketball royalty in the building as well, including Sue Bird, Pau Gasol and Dawn Staley, the coach of the South Carolina women’s basketball team that beat Ms. Clark’s Iowa Hawkeyes in this year’s N.C.A.A. tournament final. Every time the Jumbotron flashed one of the famous faces, the crowd seemed to get even more electric.

Persons: Caitlin Clark —, —, Billie Jean King, Jason Sudeikis, Megan Rapinoe, Amy Ryan, Sue Bird, Pau Gasol, Dawn Staley Organizations: Barclays Center, New York Liberty, Indiana, Liberty, Carolina women’s, Clark’s Iowa Hawkeyes Locations: New York City

☆ Caitlin Clark Is Here. Can the Business of the W.N.B.A. Flourish?
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-18 | by ( Jacob Meschke | Santul Nerkar | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

And the start of the 2024 W.N.B.A. season has many wondering if the sport is entering a new economic era. The arrival of stars like Caitlin Clark, the former University of Iowa phenom who is now a rookie with the Indiana Fever, has boosted interest and ticket sales. But there are still obstacles the league needs to overcome before attaining the kind of stature that other professional sports leagues have. The league has long had stars, but it has struggled to market their skills and personalities to a mass audience.

Persons: Caitlin Clark, capitalizes Organizations: University of Iowa, Indiana Fever

☆ Under Armour was a real threat to Nike. Now it’s fighting to stay relevant
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-18 | by ( Parija Bhatnagar | Parija Kavilanz | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

It was the upstart athletic brand that was making real inroads against Nike, the dominant name in the industry. People saw it as a company that actually could break through and take market share from Nike among the hardcore athletes,” Swartz said. String of controversiesThe period from 2016 onward is when “things really started to fall apart” at Under Armour, Swartz said. A bulk of Under Armour products are sold through sporting goods retailers and department stores, including Macy’s and Kohl’s, and online. The basketball superstar Curry, arguably the best shooter in history, famously signed with Under Armour instead of Nike in 2013.

Persons: Armour, Stephen Curry, Jordan Spieth, Kevin Plank, Howard Schultz’s, Bob Iger’s, Plank, ”, David Swartz, Morningstar, ” Swartz, Justin Sullivan, Tommy Gilligan, ” Plank, Swartz, “, —, Stephanie Linnartz, ” Schwartz, Andrew Kelly, Merrell, Zak Stambor, Stambor, Plank’s, Noel Celis, Eric Smallwood, Dwayne Johnson, Johnson, ” Smallwood, Smallwood, Curry, Joel Embiid, Embiid, Skechers, Caitlin Clark Organizations: New, New York CNN, Nike, Starbucks, Disney, CNN, Sports, North, Maryland Terrapins, Southern Methodist Mustangs, Capital, Maryland, Reuters, —, Armour, Sports Authority, Sporting Goods, UCLA, US Securities and Exchange Commission, Footwear News, Adidas, NBA Golden State Warriors, UA Curry II, Getty, Apex Marketing, United Football League, NBA, WNBA Locations: New York, San Rafael , California, North America, College Park , Maryland, Manhattan , New York, Petaluma , California, Manila, AFP

We'll show you everything you need to know about how to watch the Indiana Fever vs. New York Liberty live stream. She played her first official WNBA game on Tuesday, which saw the Indiana Fever lose to the Connecticut Sun 71-92. 1 draft pick in 2016, when the Indiana Fever and New York Liberty compete on Thursday. Keep reading to learn how to watch the Indiana Fever vs. New York Liberty game. ET / 12 a.m. GMT / 7 a.m. AWSTHow to watch Indiana Fever vs. New York Liberty in the USThe Indiana Fever vs. New York Liberty game will live stream on Prime Video on Thursday, May 16 at 7 p.m.

Persons: Caitlin Clark, Breanna Stewart, Clark, Stewart, we've, ExpressVPN, it's Organizations: Business, Indiana Fever's, Indiana Fever, New York Liberty, Iowa, Indiana, Connecticut Sun, WNBA, Seattle Storm, Amazon, Amazon Prime Locations: Connecticut

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