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Taylor Swift planning on attending Caitlin Clark, Indiana Fever game

Expect Taylor Swift at an Indiana Fever, Caitlin Clark game soon. And Clark has an invite to watch a Chiefs game with Swift.

Expect to see one of the world’s biggest superstars taking in a Caitlin Clark game soon.

Taylor Swift is planning on attending an Indiana Fever game this upcoming WNBA season to see Clark play in person.

Clark, who was just named the 2024 TIME Athlete of the Year, shared that news in her sitdown with TIME.

When Clark attended back-to-back Taylor Swift shows at Lucas Oil Stadium in early November, Clark met Swift’s mother and Swift’s boyfriend, Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce.

“Saw Caitlin Clark there. She loves being out there in Indianapolis, says it’s a fun city. She was into the show, for sure. She was there with her mom and a few friends. She’s a Swiftie, through and through,” Kelce said of meeting Clark on his ‘New Heights’ podcast with his brother, Jason Kelce.

Clark also received four bags of Eras Tour merchandise from the singer along with a note from Swift.

Swift’s note said that Clark was inspiring to watch from afar and that “Trav and I” are excited to get to a Fever game now that the Eras Tour was winding down. Swift also invited Clark to come watch a Chiefs game with her.

For Clark, that sounds like a dream come true. Clark is a self-professed Swiftie and massive Chiefs fan.

Clark was also surprised by fans’ reception to her attendance at those Eras Tour shows.

“People are just going crazy that I’m there,” Clark said about her experience at the shows. “I thought people would be so in their own world, ready to see Taylor. And it was just completely the opposite.”

Clark said that fans turned around to take pictures and were tossing her friendship bracelets once they noticed her at the Swift concert in one of the Lucas Oil Stadium suites.

Swift’s intentions to see Clark play in person is just the latest illustration of Clark’s magnetic pull and the impact that the Hawkeye legend continues to have across the globe.

Clark just finished her rookie season in the WNBA where she was recognized as the 2024 WNBA Rookie of the Year.

The 6-foot point guard averaged 19.2 points, 8.4 assists, 5.7 rebounds and 1.3 steals per game while shooting 41.7% from the floor, 34.4% from 3-point range and 90.6% from the charity stripe.

Clark set all sorts of records during her first season in the WNBA with the Indiana Fever. Clark set the single-season rookie scoring record (769 points), the single-season record for assists (337) and the single-game record for assists with 19 against Dallas on July 17.

Clark and the Fever open their 2025 WNBA season with a home date versus the Chicago Sky from inside Gainbridge Fieldhouse on May 17, 2025 at noon CT.

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WNBA fans are (rightfully) stunned after the Fever let the Valkyries draft Temi Fagbenle

Temi Fagbenle not in a Fever jersey is going to be hard to get used to.

Fever center Temi Fagbenle is headed to Golden State, and hoops fans are stunned.

On Friday, as the Golden State Valkyries unveiled their initial roster for the 2025 season, fans patiently watched to see who would become part of history. The first plot twist revealed was the Dallas Wings leaving Carla Leite unprotected. Then, the second one came — Temi Fagbenle.

Yes, the Valkyries drafted Fagbenle. That means she was (SHOCKINGLY!) left unprotected by the Indiana Fever after a rather stellar season with the team and developing a connection with Caitlin Clark. Now, Fagbenle moves to the Bay Area to play for head coach Natalie Nakase.

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Fagbenle’s departure sent shockwaves through hoops circles, and WNBA fans had a lot to say about it.

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Former Notre Dame guard Jewell Loyd requests trade from Seattle Storm

There’s trouble in the Emerald City.

After a successful career at Notre Dame, [autotag]Jewell Loyd[/autotag] was selected first overall by the Seattle Storm in the 2015 WNBA draft. She won Rookie of the Year, and her 10 seasons with the Storm also have netted two championships and six All-Star selections, one of which resulted in an All-Star MVP. She also has won two Olympic gold medals.

But Loyd’s tenure with the Storm could be nearing its end. The Chicago Sun-Times is reporting that she is requesting a trade. This comes after the conclusion of an investigation into the coaching staff’s alleged player mistreatment that turned up nothing. Loyd was at the investigation’s center after filing a complaint.

Loyd has one year left on her contract after signing a supermax extension upon the conclusion of the Storm’s 2023 season. That prompted [autotag]Skylar Diggins-Smith[/autotag], another former Irish guard, to sign with the Storm that offseason. While the Storm returned to the playoffs, they promptly were swept by [autotag]Jackie Young[/autotag]’s Las Vegas Aces.

Here’s Young scoring a season-high 34 points against Caitlin Clark and the Indiana Fever:

If it’s time for Young to have a fresh start elsewhere, here’s hoping her first season there is a fruitful one.

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Caitlin Clark delivers ‘Rookie Move’ in hilarious new State Farm ad

Caitlin Clark delivers a “Rookie Move” in her hilarious new State Farm commercial.

Former Iowa women’s basketball legend and current Indiana Fever point guard Caitlin Clark premiered in State Farm’s newest TV spot on Wednesday, Nov. 20, in what is titled “Rookie Move.”

State Farm, known for its unique cameos of musicians, athletes, coaches and celebrities, places Clark as their most recent star following her WNBA Rookie of the Year award-winning season.

The commercial starts with a cameo of sports commentator Cassidy Hubbarth, displeased with her son’s decision to back a car out of a closed garage door.

Once Hubbarth refers to the mistake as a “rookie move,” Clark appears in her Indiana Fever uniform practicing her golf swing next to the damaged garage door.

The commercial continues with Clark propping open a lawn chair in a swift one-handed motion while talking about her share of rookie mistakes.

This minor motion from Clark is a unique reference to actor Jason Momoa’s 2012 scene from the TV show “The Game,” which has become popularized within social media culture over the years.

The advertisement ends when Clark summons Jake from State Farm, who reminds everyone that they’ll be covered by the company no matter how long they’ve been “in the game.”

The reference of “game” makes Clark disappear after being reminded that she is supposed to be playing for the Fever at that moment, which is itself a rookie move.

The inclusion of Clark is the latest collaboration between her and State Farm, who has been a proud supporter of Clark from her time with the Hawkeyes to her rookie season in the WNBA and beyond.

Clark, who averaged 19.2 points, 5.7 rebounds, 8.4 assists, and 1.3 steals per game on 41.7% from the field and 34.4% from three-point territory in the regular season last year, will look to improve on those impressive numbers when the WNBA season starts up again in May 2025.

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Caitlin Clark reportedly won’t join Unrivaled after all for its first season

Welp.

After all the speculation and a pretty strong hint on Tuesday that it was happening, Indiana Fever rookie guard Caitlin Clark reportedly won’t be playing in the Unrivaled basketball league after all.

The women’s 3-on-3 basketball league will reportedly have to go forward without Clark, as ESPN’s Michael Voepel shared on Wednesday that she won’t be joining Unrivaled this time around.

While the league still has two spots open, Clark will reportedly not fill one of those vacancies. It’s not for a lack of trying, as Unrivaled reportedly made Clark a substantial offer to join and added some of her teammates and friends as participants.

Unrivaled will now kick off on Jan. 17 in Miami without Clark in tow.

Our Meghan L. Hall wrote last month about why Clark was probably not joining the league for its first season if you’re curious for possible reasoning as to why this reportedly didn’t happen. Oh well.

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Caitlin Clark makes a very funny rookie move in her latest State Farm commercial

Rookie move!

Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark’s partnership with State Farm has brought us a brand-new commercial featuring the WNBA superstar.

Clark and Jake from State Farm appeared in this new advertisement, one with the former in her Fever jersey trying to help a couple with a garage crisis.

However, “rookie moves” don’t just qualify for the poor guy who rammed his car into the garage door. You’ll see what we mean once you watch the ad.

Clark’s State Farm commercial from her Iowa days was very funny, and this one is about as good. We bet we’ll get more of these in the years to come.

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Unrivaled sent a pretty strong hint Caitlin Clark is joining the 3-on-3 basketball league

Well, it sure sounds like Caitlin Clark is joining Unrivaled to us.

The Unrivaled 3-on-3 basketball league is set to announce its club selections on Wednesday, and it sure seems like another big piece of news will come out around then, too.

After months of speculation, an announcement about the women’s 3-on-3 basketball league’s team rosters being made official came with a pretty big wink that Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark will be part of the competition.

The Unrivaled Basketball Club Selection will take place from 11 a.m. to 11:22 a.m. ET, which … c’mon. There is no world where the specific time 11:22 isn’t referring to Clark’s 22 number with Indiana.

Clark was reported last month to be considering a substantial offer from Unrivaled, and this sure makes it sound like she took them up on it.

We’ll know more soon enough. If this isn’t the league’s subtle way of announcing Clark’s involvement, we’re going to be really confused.

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Caitlin Clark nearly hit fans with a terrible tee shot at The Annika LPGA Pro-Am

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Caitlin Clark is good at golf, but on the first day at the LPGA Pro-Am known as The Annika — the legendary Annika Sorenstam is host — she nearly nailed the patrons watching her tee off while hitting her shot into the water.

What’s wild about that is that Clark had one stated goal before the tournament, per Golfweek: to avoid hitting anyone in the gallery.

But she calmly took a ball out of her pocket after that shot and hit another one that looked much, much better.

Hey, it could have been worse — there could have been cats around, and those are her biggest fear.

Here’s a look at that shot:

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Caitlin Clark earns high praise from Hall of Fame basketball voice

Mike Breen has taken notice.

After a spectacular Rookie of the Year campaign with the WNBA’s Indiana Fever, Caitlin Clark continues to gain high praise from many throughout the basketball world as her influence on the growth and prosperity of the game increases.

During Sunday’s game between the New York Knicks and Indiana Pacers from Indianapolis’ Gainbridge Fieldhouse, MSG broadcaster Mike Breen spoke of Clark’s impact on the WNBA’s TV ratings by mentioning how the Fever’s local broadcasts this summer were higher than that of the Pacers.

“During the summer, when the Indiana Fever played here with Caitlin Clark, the building was packed. Every game,” Breen said on the broadcast. “The TV ratings of the Fever this summer, for the local telecast, were higher than a lot of the Pacers games because of Caitlin Clark.”

Breen continued raving about Clark and compared her impact on the WNBA to past NBA greats’ impact on the league.

“She’s doing, rating-wise for the WNBA, what Michael Jordan, LeBron James, Steph Curry have been doing for the NBA,” Breen said on the broadcast.

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As the No. 1 selection in the 2024 WNBA draft, Clark’s ability to translate her game displayed during her four years with the Hawkeyes has been spectacular.

In Clark’s first full professional season, she finished averaging 19.2 points, 8.4 assists, 5.3 rebounds and 1.3 steals in 35.4 minutes per game. She also shot 41.7% from the field, 34.4% from three-point range, and 90.6 from the free-throw line.

Clark set a new WNBA single-season record with 337 assists. Clark also established new rookie single-season records for points (769) and 3-pointers made (122).

Clark led the league in 3-pointers made and finished just six behind the single-season WNBA record that New York Liberty guard Sabrina Ionescu set during the 2023 season.

Clark helped direct the Fever to a 20-20 record and their first postseason berth since the 2016 WNBA season.

With Stephanie White taking over as the Fever’s new head coach next season, Clark will look to translate her off-court impact into another sensational WNBA season.

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Caitlin Clark stunned the Women’s Leadership Summit crowd when she admitted that cats are her biggest fear

Counterpoint: Cats are great.

Caitlin Clark is in Florida this week to play in the LPGA Tour’s The ANNIKA Driven pro-am. For as awesome as she is as a basketball player, she loves golf as well. And as a major star in women’s sports, Clark was asked to participate in the Women’s Leadership Summit as a panel speaker.

They got into some deep subjects. And when the topic of biggest fear came up, the Indiana Fever star had a surprisingly simple response. But give her some credit, she had zero hesitation with the answer.

Clark doesn’t like cats. The stunned laughter and gasps to the answer were too good.

Clark said:

“I really don’t like cats. There was this black cat on my street growing up, and it was so mean. So, now I’m just — I’m scarred. So, I’m really scared of cats. So, I’m sorry if any of you have a cat. I like dogs a lot. But no cats.”

There is really just one acceptable explanation for people who do not like cats: Allergies. Otherwise cat-hating people tend to use an isolated bad experience to hate all cats or just decide they hate cats without even meeting one. Clark said that she wasn’t allergic but had a negative experience with a neighborhood cat as a child.

I don’t know. It sounds like Clark should give cats another chance, if you ask me.

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