{"id":438182,"date":"2026-01-28T07:54:12","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T07:54:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/438182\/"},"modified":"2026-01-28T07:54:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T07:54:12","slug":"fevers-caitlin-clark-is-trying-something-new-amid-wnba-labor-talks-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/438182\/","title":{"rendered":"Fever&#8217;s Caitlin Clark is trying something new amid WNBA labor talks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Even as the prospect of WNBA basketball in 2026 remains up in the air, Caitlin Clark&#8217;s popularity hasn&#8217;t waned one bit.<\/p>\n<p>Clark missed most of the 2025 season with a series of injuries, but for many, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/us\/wnba\/indiana-fever\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Indiana Fever<\/a> star is the current face of women&#8217;s basketball.<\/p>\n<p>And fans will get to see Clark in an all-new capacity this weekend, when <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsports.com\/pressbox\/press-releases\/caitlin-clark-to-join-nbc-sports-as-special-contributor-for-basketball-night-in-america-before-sunday-night-basketball-debuts-february-1-at-madison-square-garden\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">she joins NBC&#8217;s coverage of the NBA<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>MORE:\u00a0<a target=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/us\/wnba\/indiana-fever\/news\/fever-caitlin-clark-wings-paige-bueckers-will-meet-again-sooner-anyone-expected\/eee1b8080e575e25530ea98b\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Caitlin Clark and Wings&#8217; Paige Bueckers will meet again sooner than anyone expected<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/chloepeterson67\/status\/2016218723590320153?s=20\" rel=\"nofollow\">Clark will make her debut as an analyst<\/a>\u00a0on &#8220;Basketball Night in America&#8221; on Feb. 1, when the New York Knicks host the Los Angeles Lakers in a star-laden showdown at Madison Square Garden.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Caitlin Clark will be a special contributor to NBC&#8217;s Basketball Night in America, the network announced.<\/p>\n<p>Her first show will be Feb. 1 from MSG.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Andrew Marchand (@AndrewMarchand) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AndrewMarchand\/status\/2016218189097538031?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">January 27, 2026<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>As part of a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/chloepeterson67\/status\/2016219243457462767?s=20\" rel=\"nofollow\">crew<\/a> including Carmelo Anthony, Vince Carter, Tracy McGrady and host Maria Taylor,\u00a0Clark will return to the program on March 29, when the Knicks will face the Oklahoma City Thunder at Paycom Center.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m really excited to be part of the\u00a0Basketball Night in America\u00a0crew this season,\u201d Clark said in a statement. \u201cCarmelo, Vince, and Tracy are legends of the game and Maria is a true professional. It will be really fun to join them a few times this season.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Clark&#8217;s basketball knowledge and talent have never been in doubt, and it will surely be intriguing to see her in a studio setup surrounded by NBA greats.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>More news:<\/p>\n<p>                            <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Even as the prospect of WNBA basketball in 2026 remains up in the air, Caitlin Clark&#8217;s popularity hasn&#8217;t&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":438183,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[629],"tags":[49,48,82,630],"class_list":["post-438182","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wnba","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-sports","tag-wnba"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/438182","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=438182"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/438182\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/438183"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=438182"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=438182"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=438182"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}