2 days Ago By Jael Rucker
Caitlin Clark recently made an appearance on Jason and Travis Kelce’s "New Heights" podcast, where she raved about Taylor Swift, amongst other topics. The 22-year-old gave a breakdown about attending Swift’s show in September 2024, where she described the concert as being "electric." Clark’s revelation was one that made Swift’s boyfriend, Travis, smile brightly as Clark went on to claim that she is the person responsible for turning her mom into a Swiftie.
"My mom was begging me to take her," Clark told the brothers, adding, "She was like, 'I gotta go, everybody is talking about it.' I'm like, 'okay, okay.' Turned my mom into a full swiftie.
Two of my cousins were there. Good time!" Starting off 2025 with a BANG!!! TOMORROW. THE CAITLIN CLARK EPISODE.
pic.twitter.com/6xZQnqSwLD The Indiana Fever star, who earned Rookie of the Year honors in 2024, also spoke about the possibility of Patrick Mahomes potentially bringing a WNBA team to Kansas City as part of a planned expansion to 15 teams in 2026.
"Women's basketball could be great there, so I'd support it," Clark explained. In addition to being named the 2024 Sporting News Female Athlete of the Year , Clark was also awarded Time’s 2024 Athlete of the Year as well, where she addressed the various highlights and talking points of her rise to fame during her recognition. "Professional players and professional coaches—this is no disrespect to college women's basketball—are a lot smarter.
..If you go back and watch the way people guarded me in college, it's almost, like, concerning.
.. A lot of those women will never go on to play another basketball game in their life.
They don't have the IQ of understanding how the game works," she told the publication in her interview . The athlete is looking ahead to a bright 2025. When is the first Indiana Fever game of the 2025 season? Arguably the WNBA’s biggest rivalry, the upcoming 2025 season kicks off with Clark’s Indiana Fever and Angel Reese’s Chicago Sky facing each other in the season opener for both on May 17.
What did Caitlin Clark average during the 2024 season? Clark averaged 19.2 points, 8.4 assists, 5.
7 rebounds and 1.33 steals during her rookie campaign, which also saw her named the Associated Press's 2024 rookie of the year..
