Caitlin Clark made a surprise appearance on “Saturday Night Live” over the weekend, which quickly went viral. The Iowa star showed up on the show’s Weekend Update segment to playfully call out Michael Che’s history of making jabs at women’s sports. It started when Che joked that Iowa should replace Clark’s retired No. 22 “with an apron.”  When Clark entered, Che said that he was a fan. But Clark wasn’t convinced – especially not when co-host Colin Jost brought the receipts of Che’s jabs. “Really, Michael? Because I heard that little apron joke you did,” she said, before making him read so ..read more

No one understands what Caitlin Clark and the 2024 WNBA draft class has ahead of them better than Atlanta Dream guard Haley Jones. Jones is a product of her own vaunted draft class, selected sixth overall in 2023 upon finishing a college career at Stanford that produced a 2021 national championship. Since joining the WNBA, Jones had steady output as a rookie, playing in all 40 of the team’s games in her first season. The transition wasn’t always easy. Jones had to balance finishing her Stanford degree with the early months of her first professional season, competing against seasoned veterans w ..read more

The Indiana Fever will be the most-televised team in the WNBA this season, which comes as the team is expected to draft Iowa star Caitlin Clark with the No. 1 pick during the 2024 WNBA Draft. A total of 36 of the team’s 40 games will be featured nationally – up from just one last year. The reigning WNBA champion Las Vegas Aces will be on national television 35 times, while the runner-up New York Liberty will be featured 31 times.  With Clark entering the league, it’s expected that a large portion of her following will join her. The NCAA tournament championship between Iowa and South Carol ..read more

Caitlin Clark has been offered $5 million to play in Ice Cube’s Big3 league, he confirmed on social media Wednesday after the offer leaked. “We intended the offer to remain private while Caitlin Clark plays for the championship,” Ice Cube wrote on social media. “But I won’t deny what’s now already out there: BIG3 made a historic offer to Caitlin Clark. Why wouldn’t we? Caitlin is a generational athlete who can achieve tremendous success in the BIG3.” We intended the offer to remain private while Caitlin Clark plays for the championship. But I won’t deny what’s now already out there: BIG3 made ..read more

While the Aces are busy selling out season tickets, the WNBA draft is touting a sellout of its own.  The 2024 WNBA draft, which will likely see Caitlin Clark go No. 1 overall to Indiana after the Iowa senior announced she would forgo her final year of collegiate eligibility, will be open to fans for the first time since 2016. And it didn’t take long for those fans to get their tickets to see Clark.  It was announced Thursday that tickets for this year’s draft, of which there were roughly 1,000, sold out within 15 minutes of going on sale.  When it was announced that the draft wo ..read more

The WNBA is returning to Canada, announcing Thursday that it will host a preseason game in the country for the second straight season.  The Los Angeles Sparks and Seattle Storm will face off on May 5 in Edmonton, Alberta at Rogers Place. It comes ahead of the league’s 28th season – and as interest in expansion to the country heats up.  Last year, the WNBA hosted a preseason game in Toronto.  “Bringing the game to Canada, I think, will have an enormous impact,” Engelbert said in a video call with reporters. “I think it did last year, based on what we’ve heard and what our NBA Can ..read more

The Las Vegas Aces made history on Thursday, becoming the first team in WNBA history to sell out its season tickets.  The two-time defending champions made the announcement of the sellout, which was around 8,600 season ticket packages. They led the league in attendance last season with an average of 9,551 fans per game. Nine of the team’s 20 home games were sellouts.  While most of the team’s games last season were played at Michelob Ultra Arena, twice they played at T-Mobile Arena – a larger arena – and drew more than 12,000 fans for both games.  Single game tickets are set to ..read more

The WNBA could soon be establishing a new franchise in Toronto. According to CBC Sports, Billionaire Larry Tanenbaum is pursuing a WNBA expansion team for the city. While Tanenbaum is a minority owner and chairman of Maple Leafs Sports and Entertainment, he is reportedly seeking to form a WNBA team without the MLSE group, which owns the Maple Leafs, Raptors, TFC, Argos and Marlies. Instead, he is seeking the team through his holding company, the Kilmer Group. A meeting with WNBA leadership to discuss the bid is expected, with an announcement coming as soon as May. “We continue to engage in pro ..read more

Caitlin Clark will leave Iowa at the end of the season, announcing on Thursday that she will enter the 2024 WNBA draft. The announcement comes ahead of her final regular season game in Iowa City, allowing fans the opportunity to celebrate the team’s Senior Day in full. It also changes both the college basketball and WNBA landscape. Currently, the Indiana Fever hold the No. 1 overall pick and are poised to pick up the generational talent. Based on posts on social media on Thursday, they have no intentions of trading that pick away. No. 1 — Indiana Fever (@IndianaFever) February 29, 2024 Clar ..read more

Breanna Stewart is returning to the New York Liberty, having agreed to terms on a one-year deal. The news was first reported by The Athletic’s Shams Charania. The deal is below the league supermax, which allows the Liberty to keep its starting lineup — which reached the 2023 WNBA Finals — intact. Previously, the Liberty had placed the core tag on its star player, ensuring that they would hold exclusive negotiating rights to keep Stewart in New York. The fact that Stewart signed under the cap and on a non-guaranteed deal means that the Liberty could also go out and get another veteran player on ..read more