Aliyah Boston Gets Blunt on Playing With and Without Caitlin Clark originally appeared on Athlon Sports. The Indiana Fever are off to a 14-12 start during the 2025 WNBA season. They are clinging to the sixth spot in the league standings, which places them firmly in the playoff picture with 18 games still left to play.

Even the police can't seem to act normally about Caitlin Clark: the fan ejected from the Indiana Fever-Connecticut Sun game was an off-duty Bridgeport officer.

Caitlin Clark is the best second-year player in the WNBA if we're talking solely about skill, but injuries have hampered Clark this season. If we're ranking second-year players based on 2025 contributions,

Indiana Fever guard Sophie Cunningham doesn't want to hear anyone say teammate Caitlin Clark isn't the premier player in the WNBA.

ESPN analysts acknowledge Caitlin Clark has faced extra scrutiny in the WNBA, backing up teammate Sophie Cunningham’s claims and reigniting conversations about how the star has been treated.

In that game, Cunningham was ejected in the final minute after grabbing Sun guard Jacy Sheldon by the head in the paint and flinging her out of bounds. The incident came not long after Sheldon was hit with a flagrant foul for poking Fever star Caitlin Clark in the eye during the third quarter.