{"id":328921,"date":"2025-12-03T23:34:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-03T23:34:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/328921\/"},"modified":"2025-12-03T23:34:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T23:34:08","slug":"tragic-caitlin-clark-news-confirmed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/328921\/","title":{"rendered":"Tragic Caitlin Clark news confirmed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The WNBA has exploded since the 2024 draft, which is not so coincidentally when Indiana Fever star point guard was selected with the number one overall pick. Since her arrival, <a href=\"https:\/\/awfulannouncing.com\/wnba\/caitlin-clark-angel-reese-collective-bargaining.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Clark has helped the league usher in record attendance and television viewership<\/a>, and the league is adding new franchises at a rapid pace.<\/p>\n<p>Clark\u2019s peers are even aware of the enormous impact she\u2019s had. Take this statement from Minnesota Lynx forward Napheesa Collier.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe amount of money that Caitlin Clark has made the league is insane, and she\u2019s getting 0% of it because we have no revenue share. She gets less than $80,000 a year, and she\u2019s bringing in, like, hundreds of millions of dollars. It\u2019s insane,\u201d\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.glamour.com\/story\/wnba-women-of-the-year-2025\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Collier told Glamour magazine.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, Clark\u2019s second year in the WNBA saw her sidelined for the majority of it thanks to various injuries, including a groin that kept her out of all of the second half of the season.<\/p>\n<p>Clark should be able to focus on her recovery so that she can be ready for the start of next season. Unfortunately, she has been struck by tragedy.<\/p>\n<p>Clark took to Instagram to share that her dog, Bella, has passed away.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cwe are gonna miss you puppy \ud83d\udc9b gave us so many good memories \ud83d\udc9b,\u201d she wrote. \u201cnot much changed in 9 years \ud83d\udc9b\ud83d\udc9b\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Caitlin shared on Instagram that her dog Bella passed away. One of her Kobe PEs last season featured Bella, with a nod to her golden coat and pink tongue. <\/p>\n<p>She scored a season-high 32 in them, including the iconic back to back to back threes vs the Liberty. RIP Bella \u2764\ufe0f\u200d\ud83e\ude79\ud83d\udc3e\ud83e\udd7a <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZMJbsDADWm\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/ZMJbsDADWm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Claire: Caitlin Clark Style (@caitlinclarksty) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/caitlinclarksty\/status\/1994831984749883708?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">November 29, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Hopefully, Clark takes as much time as she needs to grieve before returning her focus to basketball.<\/p>\n<p>\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The WNBA has exploded since the 2024 draft, which is not so coincidentally when Indiana Fever star point&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":328922,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[73],"tags":[1760,2839,99,434],"class_list":{"0":"post-328921","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wnba","8":"tag-caitlin-clark","9":"tag-indiana-fever","10":"tag-sports","11":"tag-wnba"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/328921","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=328921"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/328921\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/328922"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=328921"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=328921"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=328921"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}