The ratings are in and it turns out that people like watching Caitlin Clark play basketball. Even when she's not playing well. With the Fever playing on ABC in the vaunted 3 p.m. Sunday afternoon time slot,

After taking a blow to the face, Clark struggled to 11 points on 4-for-17 shooting as the Fever lost Game 1 to the Sun. Another loss would end Indiana’s season.

The Indiana Fever will try to keep their season alive in Game 2 of their best-of-3 WNBA playoff series against the Connecticut Sun. The Sun handled the Fever 93-69 in Game 1 as Marina Mabrey scored a league playoff-record 27 points off the bench.

ESPN and the WNBA have never had an opening-round postseason game with this kind of interest so I was curious how the network would approach it. If you want credit for growing the league, as ESPN management always does,

Caitlin Clark and the Indiana Fever dropped Game 1 of the first-round series of the WNBA playoffs against the Connecticut Sun, 93-69. Clark was less than spectacular in her playoff debut, finishing with 11 points,

Caitlin Clark was named the unanimous Associated Press WNBA Rookie of the Year on Sunday after averaging 19.2 points, 8.4 assists and 5.7 rebounds during