For weeks, the basketball world lived in suspense. The WNBA’s brightest young star, Caitlin Clark, had gone down with an injury that sent ripples of panic through the Indiana Fever and beyond. Her absence left fans crushed, sponsors worried, and analysts debating whether her historic rookie season had just hit a tragic pause. Some whispered that Clark might not return this year at all. Others feared something worse—that her dazzling career had been derailed before it truly began.
