WNBA rookie Caitlin Clark, the women’s basketball phenom who has taken the world by storm, created a sea of orange at a Washington arena on Friday night.
The city’s residents and locals from nearby communities in Maryland and Virginia appeared much more keen to don Clark’s orange Indiana Fever jersey when seeing the star athlete play in the US capital on Friday, rather than wear the red and blue of the hometown Washington Mystics.
And when announcers read Clark’s name before the start of the game – which the Fever went on to win in a nailbiter – the crowd roared in support of the basketball star.
“I’m technically a Wizards fan,” said 26-year-old Maryland resident Briana Florez, referring to the local NBA basketball team, “and a Washington fan in general – but tonight, we’re Caitlin Clark fans.”
