Caitlin Clark, WNBA Rookie of the Year, was excluded from Time's 2025 Most Influential People list, despite being named 2024 Athlete of the Year, raising questions about the decision's logic and fairness.

A fter her transformative college career with the Iowa Hawkeyes, where she broke the all-time NCAA scoring record, Caitlin Clark was drafted first overall by the Indiana Fever in

Indiana Fever fans have been eager to see star guard Caitlin Clark's development leading into the 2025 WNBA season, especially after Indiana's front office hired the esteemed Stephanie White to be their franchise's next head coach.

For the first time in history, ESPN will air a WNBA preseason game between the Fever and the Brazil National Team on May 4. The game will be on ESPN at 6 p.m. ET, unless there is a Game 7 in the NBA playoffs that day, in which case Clark and the Fever would move to ESPN2.