COLUMN: How Angel Reese Outshining Caitlin Clark Flips The Script

On Sunday (June 23), the media darling of women’s basketball, the athlete tabbed as the central protagonist in her sport’s revival, got upstaged by the so-called villain.& And it was glorious.& Angel Reese and the Chicago Sky triumphed over Caitlin Clark and the Indiana Fever by a score of 88-87. It was another thrilling chapter in the rivalry between two rookie stars that has propelled the WNBA to unprecedented popularity.& “bUt wHy dO ThE ChIcAgO SkY HaTe tHe fEvEr? ThEy pLaY ToO HaRd. tHeY TaLk tOo mUcH. ThEy sHoUlD’Ve lEt tHeM WiN fOr ThE sAkE oF—” *transmission ends* anyways, back to our original programming: WE DON’T CARE BOUT NONE OF THAT. SKY ON TOP#skytown pic.twitter.com/93hludCnbW — Chicago Sky (@chicagosky) June 23, 2024 With all due respect to the Chicago Cubs and New York Mets, who played at Wrigley earlier that day, the Sky-Fever matchup at Wintrust was thee game in the city. Celebrity actors, rappers, former and current NBA players, and local dignitaries were in the building. A certain WNBA legend was also in attendance. CNN reported that ticket prices alone made it the most expensive WNBA game in history. Tickets were going as high as $9,000 before the game....