Few jobs require less physical exertion than rebounding for Caitlin Clark. On an earlyNovember morning in downtown Indianapolis, Clark sprints along the three-point line at the Fever practice gym, trying to bang as many shots as possible over a six-minute span.
CLARK PHOTOGRAPHED AT GAINBRIDGE FIELDHOUSE IN INDIANAPOLIS ON OCT. 30
A Fever coach has tasked me with standing under the basket to retrieve her misses. But as Clark, the two-time college national player of the year for the University of Iowa, reigning WNBA Rookie of the Year from the Indiana Fever, and emergent American sports icon, runs all over the court to launch long-range bombs, I barely have to move. Swish, swish, swish. She hits 14 shots in a row. A dozen in a row. Eleven in a row. Nine in a row. Another nine.
Sure, she’s putting on this display in practice. But her ability is still mesmerizing. Clark, 22, takes shots with a degree ...