{"id":865767,"date":"2026-09-30T10:42:13","date_gmt":"2026-09-30T10:42:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/865767\/"},"modified":"2026-09-30T10:42:13","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T10:42:13","slug":"drive-in-watch-party-for-fever-aces-game-features-caitlin-clark-swag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/865767\/","title":{"rendered":"Drive-in watch party for Fever-Aces game features Caitlin Clark swag"},"content":{"rendered":"

REO, Ind. (WFIE) – Basketball fans gathered at the Holiday Drive-In in Reo for a watch party during game two of the first round of the WNBA Playoffs between the Indiana Fever and the Las Vegas Aces.<\/p>\n

The event, held in partnership with Nike, featured exclusive Caitlin Clark merchandise, including a shoe collaboration. While many attended to watch the game and secure gear, one fan in particular caught the attention of organizers.<\/p>\n

Seventy-year-old Claude Bradshaw arrived at the drive-in at 10:30 a.m. to make sure he was first in line. Thanks to his punctuality, Bradshaw was gifted a pair of the exclusive sneakers for free.<\/p>\n

\u201cWell I\u2019m old, old people always get there early, and I\u2019ve been that way my whole life,\u201d Bradshaw said. \u201cYou know my Dad said if your 15-minutes early, you\u2019re late. Well I\u2019ve know her ever since she was a Sophomore, well knew about her, and just that she\u2019s such a good ball player. Then after I start listening some of her interviews and stuff, it just dawned on me, now especially that she\u2019s not just a great ball player, the best all around ball player in the country. She\u2019s a good person. She\u2019s a kind a person, she\u2019s a humanitarian, she\u2019s generous, she\u2019s just a good person that we need these days.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bradshaw added that receiving the shoes came as a complete surprise.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think it\u2019s the first time got anything given to me, unless my daughter gave it to me,\u201d Bradshaw said. \u201cBut yeah I wouldn\u2019t expect it, I was actually coming up here to order and pay for them. Yeah that\u2019s a great thing, I\u2019m Nike all the way. My brother asked me a couple months ago, you think we\u2019d be watching women\u2019s basketball when we turn 70. I said no I didn\u2019t. But that\u2019s what Catlin Clark does, you know she brings people like us, kids all the way up to us 70-years old men, because we respect them, because she\u2019s a good human.\u201d<\/p>\n

On the court, the Fever defeated the Las Vegas Aces 99-89 to take game two.<\/p>\n

Game three is scheduled for Thursday at 8 p.m. Central.<\/p>\n

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