If Caitlin Clark’s Iowa team went the distance, could the women’s final outdraw…. “No way,” he said. Three weeks later, the early numbers came in: The women’s final had outdrawn the men’s by 4 million.

Caitlin Clark raised the profile of women’s basketball to unprecedented levels in both the college ranks and the WNBA, and Tuesday she was named the AP Female Athlete of the Year for her impact on and off the court.

It was Caitlin Clark's world in 2024, and she was honored accordingly Tuesday. Doug Feinberg of the Associated Press noted Clark was named the