Caitlin Clark, the top-1 pick in the 2024 WNBA Draft, has made her mark in both women’sâbasketball and pop culture. With her dazzling play and record-setting accomplishments, she has rapidly become the face of the WNBA and one of the league’sâmost marketable attractions. But as her star has risen, Nike’s marketing choices in relation to…
No Iowa women’s basketball player will wear No. 22 again. That is because, on Feb. 2, the Hawkeyes will retire Caitlin Clark’s jersey during an in-arena ceremony as Iowa takes on USC at Carver-Hawkeye Arena. Over her four years with the program, Clark rewrote both the Iowa and NCAA record books. Last winter, she became…
Within the past year, Paige Bueckers has expanded the scope of what it means to be a college athlete. She played in a Final Four but also became an equity partner in Unrivaled, designed her own player-edition sneaker for Nike and appeared courtside throughout the country at various sporting events. In the new name, image and…
The Golden State Valkyries have taken their first steps toward building a roster for their inaugural season in 2025, and Friday’s expansion draft suggests there will be significantly more turnover for them in the near future. General manager Ohemaa Nyanin and head coach Natalie Nakase emphasized the competitiveness of the group they drafted, and combined…
Shopping for sports fans can be harder than one might think. Chances are the fan in your life already has a variety of hats, jerseys and who knows what else to rep their favorite teams and players. But there’s a massive array of sports related items out there that the person on your list may…
The WNBA Draft lottery is in the books, setting the order for April’s 2025 draft. Similar to the past two years, there shouldn’t be much drama at the top, considering the only way Paige Bueckers doesn’t get drafted first is if she elects to stay at UConn for an additional season. For the most part,…