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“Don’t Go out of Your Way To Ignore Caitlin Clark”: WNBA’s Treatment of the Fever Star Draws Strong Appeal From Ex-ESPN Host

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Updated Sep 17, 6:12 PM ET

The WNBA has spent years trying to build its audience since its inception in 1996, but in 2024, Caitlin Clark brought a level of attention few could have predicted. Her arrival changed the conversation around the sport, from television audiences to attendance and the broader interest surrounding WNBA games.

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The Connecticut Sun are leaving for Houston. Their fans aren’t ready to say goodbye

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UNCASVILLE, Conn. — For 23 years, a red soft-top 2003 Jeep Wrangler with the license plate “CT-SUN” parked in the same lot at Mohegan Sun Arena for a smattering of days between May and September. As spring turned to summer and summer to fall, Connecticut Sun season ticket holders and friends Lauri Turkington and Laura Kamienski reveled in jumping into that two-door Wrangler for close to a quarter century for the brief 20-minute drive from Griswold, Conn., to Uncasville to watch their home team.

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Sophie Cunningham and Caitlin Clark feature as Fever share full list of nominees for 2026 WNBA awards

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The Indiana Fever have put five players up for various 2026 WNBA end-of-season awards, including Caitlin Clark and Kelsey Mitchell. The Fever are due to bring their regular season to a close on Thursday night with another meeting against the Minnesota Lynx, whom they beat in their previous game.

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Scoring has exploded in the WNBA this season. The Indiana Fever are leading the charge

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When the Indiana Fever erupted for 57 points in the first half of a blowout win over Minnesota on Tuesday, they could draw a straight line from their latest offensive explosion to comments from the opposing team’s superstar a year before. At the end of the 2025 season, Lynx star Napheesa Collier unloaded on the unacceptable quality of officiating in the WNBA (among other topics) and set in motion a reimagining of the way the league calls games. “You come to watch players play offense and to scor

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A look back at the history and impact of the WNBA’s Connecticut Sun

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The Connecticut Sun, which moved from Orlando to Connecticut to play at the Mohegan Sun Arena in 2003, are playing their final game Thursday night before the franchise relocates to Houston next season. The state hadn’t had a professional women’s basketball team since the New England Blizzard ceased operations after the ABL folded in 1998 but in 2002, with the WNBA struggling, the league opted ...

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