Is this what ‘growing the game’ looks like? Reporter (and former player) Emma Carmichael reports from the Angel Reese-Caitlin Clark face-off (and foul) in Indianapolis and explains what the frenzied media aftermath says about the league now.
were facing off for the first time in their pro careers, and it had been a close, physical game. From the press overspill section, which had been set up to accommodate the more than double the usual number of members of the media present, Indiana Fever president Allison Barber and I looked up at the JumboTron to see what the fuss was about.
As charged as the discourse off the court has been, the dominant vibe at Indiana games thus far has been one of almost wide-eyed, harmless neutrality.
“It’s been like this since the season started,” a weary arena employee told me as he arranged special Pride T-shirts and koozies at a display table, putting them down almost as quickly as they were snatched up. “It’s like a Pacers game.” A season-ticket holder named Arlana Wood sidled up to ask if they had any of the league-branded Commissioner’s Cup balls in stock.
In Los Angeles last month, the fans did. After the final buzzer sounded, so few people headed for the exits that I wondered for a moment if the newly faithful were actually so green that they didn’t know there were only four periods to a game. But in fact they were just hanging around to see Clark for as long as they could.
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