Caitlin Clark's 'Running It Back' Message Catches Attention

Indiana Fever fans need to wait a long time before getting to see their team compete on the court again. While the 2026 WNBA schedule still hasn't been finalized (because the league office and the players still haven't come to terms on a new Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA)), the expectation is that the 2026 regular season will start sometime around the middle of May as per usual. If the 2026 season were to start on May 17, 2026 (the Fever's first 2025 regular season game was on May 17), this means fans will have waited 7 months and 17 days (or 229 calendar days) between then and Indiana's last game, which was the winner-take-all Game 5 WNBA Semifinals defeat against the Las Vegas Aces. But the wait is even longer when it comes to Caitlin Clark. Given that No. 22's last game was on July 15, when she suffered her most recent groin injury that ultimately ended her season, the 2026 WNBA season starting on May 17 would mean 10 months and 2 days (306 calendar days) between Clark's appearances on the WNBA cou