'There's no ceiling on how popular women's sports can be'

'Caitlin Clark is just the beginning'

Alex Kirshner at The Atlantic

Caitlin Clark's record-setting season has made University of Iowa women's basketball games "competitive in TV viewership with NBA games and the highest-profile men’s college matchups," says Alex Kirshner. But "Clark's singular level of stardom" is just a sign of a broader shift in college sports. Collegiate women with "freshly monetized star power" are building online followings and showing fans how fun their games are to watch, surpassing men in popularity "after decades of treatment as second-class citizens."

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