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Few athletes have the ability to captivate a sport and send its popularity soaring almost on their own, but basketball player Caitlin Clark certainly appears to be one of them.

Clark’s meteoric rise is sending ripples beyond the basketball court. In early April, she played her last college basketball game and retired with the highest points total in men’s and women’s National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) history. Her Iowa Hawkeyes got to back-to-back national championship games after having previously reaching the final only once in programme history.

Eight days later, she was the WNBA’s number one pick. She has played five games for the Indiana Fever and has already made quite a splash in the professional game. The fans’ desire to see her play is evident.

Both of the Fever’s home games were played in front of sold-out Gainbridge Fieldhouse crowds. Additionally, the Fever’s road game at the Connecticut Suns was the first sell-out home opener since 2003. Their trips to the..