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Diana Taurasi on UConn Pressure, Pet Parenting, and Caitlin Clark's Team USA Number

Originally posted on Women's Fastbreak on SI
By Grant Young | Last updated Mar 23, 2026 12:33 PM ET

WNBA legend Diana Taurasi has kept busy since her legendary professional career ended. One way she has done so is through her partnership with GREENIES, which is America's #1 dog dental treat brand and creates pet food products with ingredients that are easy to digest and help promote overall pet health.

Taurasi is the face of Greenies' "Be Your Dog's Mouthguard" campaign. Fans can visit GREENIES' website to take the pledge to protect their dog's dental health, and if either of the UConn Men's or Women's basketball teams wins the national championship this season, pledge-takers will win free GREENIES Dog Dental Treats.

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Caitlin Clark was wearing number 12 for Team USA during the Fever Women’s World Cup Qualifying Tournament. We know that number is very tied to you. What was your reaction when you saw that?

DT: It's so cool to see Caitlin not only wear the USA jersey, number 12. I spent two decades wearing that jersey and that number, and I couldn't think of anyone better to take it and put it on and just have an amazing career. And Caitlin will do that. She had a great qualifier down in Puerto Rico. It's just going to be fun to watch her play in the summer, in Germany, and then the Olympics. No one better to wear the 12, and Caitlin's going to put some gold medals on that jersey, you know.

Do you know if that jersey number was random, or did you talk to Sue [Bird] and have any hand in making that happen?

DT: You know, once I'm out of things, I'm out. Maybe Sue, you know, she's a little bit more calculated than people think. So maybe that was a Sue job. That wouldn't surprise me.

This article first appeared on Women's Fastbreak on SI and was syndicated with permission.

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