Local artist sought to paint 2nd mural at Indiana Fever facility
A 210-square-foot mural is planned for the players’ parking garage at the Indiana Fever Sports Performance Center.
Read MoreA 210-square-foot mural is planned for the players’ parking garage at the Indiana Fever Sports Performance Center.
Read MoreThe Indiana Fever great is looking forward to calling games for USA Network, which signed a multiyear deal with the WNBA that will run through 2036.
Read MoreThe Fever disclosed Clark’s injury less than two hours before tipoff of Wednesday night’s home game against Portland.
The Fever disclosed Clark’s injury less than two hours before tipoff. She had not been listed on Indiana’s injury report a day earlier.
The May 9 game ranks as the second most-watched WNBA regular-season game ever across ESPN Networks, the league announced Tuesday.
The move ensures Clark will remain with the Fever at least through the 2027 WNBA season and also provides an avenue for the team to lock up the league’s biggest star until the next decade.
In rhyming verse, the WNBA star will share a message about the importance of effort and support.
She becomes the first player in WNBA history to sign a deal under a new option called the Exceptional Performance on Initial Contract provision – or EPIC.
Forward Myisha Hines-Allen, an eight-year WNBA pro, inked a contract with the Fever, who later used their No. 10 draft pick on South Carolina’s Raven Johnson.
Sophie Cunningham and Damiris Dantas are the latest players to return to the Fever, joining Lexie Hull and Kelsey Mitchell. The team also added several new players over the weekend.
In addition to re-signing Hull, the Fever are adding WNBA veteran forward Monique Billings and Noblesville native Tyasha Harris to the roster.
Mitchell, 30, was an All-WNBA First Team selection last season and finished fifth in league MVP voting.
The $78 million Indiana Fever Sports Performance Center, which is under construction, will span 108,000 square feet and feature state-of-the-art training equipment, wellness spaces and family-focused amenities.
The league’s teams protected five players apiece ahead of the expansion draft but those lists were not made public, leading to speculation about which players were available.
Plans call for the basketball court to be open to the public as part of a pocket park concept that will include some new trees and other landscaping.
Teams are expected to start training camp on April 19 and will have little time to get prepared for the regular season, which begins May 8.
Now, the league will have a sprint over the next two months to get to opening day on May 8.
Indiana Fever star Clark made a triumphant return from an injury in her U.S. senior national basketball team debut.
The WNBA sent a new proposed collective bargaining agreement to the players’ union Sunday night that includes allowing some young stars like Caitlin Clark, Aliyah Boston and Paige Bueckers a chance to earn a maximum salary quicker.
Boston, who was the 3-on-3 league’s Defensive Player of the Year, helped Phantom to the No. 1 seed in the playoffs.
The season is supposed to start May 8 and every game missed will mean lost revenue, sponsorships, television money and fan support.
Fellow Indiana Fever player Aliyah Boston, who played for the U.S. at the Olympic qualifying tournament in 2024, rounds out the squad.