WNBA fans have all said the Indiana Fever have rightfully earned 41 of their 44 games this season being on national television or streaming.
The Fever having the biggest national-audience slate in league history was announced on Thursday with the rest of the WNBA’s television games.
In particular, two of the Fever’s games against the Chicago Sky, where Clark’s rival Angel Reese plays, will be shown on CBS instead of just on a cable network.
Clark and Reese have been at the forefront of the rise in popularity of women’s basketball, dating back to their college days at Iowa and LSU.
As both enter their sophomore WNBA campaigns, television records are expected to be broken when the Sky and Fever meet in 2025.
And plenty of eyeballs have the chance to be on them with a major network showing their game live on two separate dates.
WNBA fans have all said the Fever have earned 41 of their 44 games this season on national TV
Two of Caitlin Clark’s games against Angel Reese and the Chicago Sky will air live on CBS
‘BEST player in the league so it makes sense,’ one WNBA fan said on X.
‘The WNBA finally did something right,’ another basketball supporter added.
‘This is [Michael] Jordan in the 90’s type coverage,’ a third continued.
‘The face of the league it’s only right,’ a fourth said.
‘America’s Team rightly so,’ one final fan stated.
A collection of social-media messages about the Indiana Fever getting 41 national games
The Fever and Sky played four times last season in league play, with Clark leading her team to victory on three occasions.
Clark’s three most prominent physical run-ins came against the Sky last season. The first was an illegal hip check from Chennedy Carter on June 1.
Reese hit Clark in the head with her arm while trying to block a shot during a game barely more than two weeks later on June 16. In late August, Diamond DeShields, bodied Clark onto the hardwood for a flagrant foul.
Clark was not afraid to respond and draw attention to the physical nature of her opponents and rarely responded outside the rules of the WNBA.
The soon-to-be second-year Fever star is likely to see more rough play as the Fever have re-tooled in hopes of the franchise’s first championship since 2012.
