On Her Game: Caitlin Clark and the Revolution in Women's Sports
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Last update: 03-12-2026
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- Myke13Excellent recap of the rise of CC and the WNBA's obliviousness to what they haveI learned of Caitlin Clark and started watching her as the start of her WNB career. I was amazed by her passing and logo threes and quickly became a fan - as did many people. I was also shocked at how poorly she was treated by the WNBA, the players, ESPN, and even Nike. I watched every 2024 game and dug for more content on YouTube.
This book is a great summary of everything I saw and learned along the way along with a few "behind the story" bits that weren't public news. It makes a definitive statement about how unprepared the WNBA was for her arrival and how unprofessional and clueless this league can be from the commissioner down.
If you've heard of CC and want to hear the story of her rise and the impact she's made, this is an excellent book for you. It's well written. It's also sure to stir controversy given the egos and rampant unprofessionalism in the WNBA. - Debra HenriksonIt was a awesome readGreat book well written
- Jim DeroseCatlin clarkGreat catlin clark book
- Elvin OrtizEngaging Biography written by an Enthusiastic Woman JournalistChristine Brennan is a veteran journalist. She has been writing about sports, about women in sports to be specific, about woman's growing presence in sports to be more specific. More than forty years ago she wrote Pressure is Privilege, a text that combined personal memoir with the rise of Billy Jean King, specifically how important was this athlete to her own development as a woman journalist. It is no surprise that she would be interested in writing about the most recent star in basketball - not NBA!, but the WNBA! The rise of Caitlin Clark and how her rising star has brought the WNBA to the forefront. Readers get to read about Caitlin's rise in the world of basketball, about her genius as a player and team player, about how she got to be part of the Indiana Fever. She also treads into dangerous territory because Caitlin is white; the argument goes that there is evidence of racism in the journalistic culture and in the world of sports for its rising interest occurs when one white athlete shows some spellbinding skills translating in the WNBA earning probably twice the money they had ever made in the past. Yes! It seems that very few people cared for the WNBA until Caitlin's genius showed up. Christine, however, documents this rise carefully, while addressing the race issue. She tells the reader that 76% of the WNBA players are black, and that many of these players have been successful in the past; and yet, the WNBA has never been able to earn so much recognition as this one "white" athlete. And she succeeds in showing us the charisma and talent of Caitlin Clark and how it has spread to the rest of the league. Albeit readers can tell that Brennan is, undoubtedly, a Caitlin Clark fan, they are confronting an objective narrative. Brennan tells the story with objectivity in spite the fact that she doesn't hide her great admiration for Caitlin Clark. At the end of the book she reaffirms that without Caitlin Clark, women professional basketball (and perhaps a greater interest to play women basketball) wouldn't be where it is right now. Every topic, every incident in and out of the court, every relationship between Clark and rivals, is examined in every journalistic detail. More importantly, her main argument comes across with strength as she reveals every detail in Clark's basketball life: that the world of WNBA has changed for the good and is making more money thanks to her.
Brennan's narrative is informative, analytical, and dynamic. The reader may be interested in pursuing his/her reading of this enthralling story involving one of the most charismatic sports figures in recent times. I like the way she occasionally uses subtitles to her chapters based on Hollywood films: "If You Build it, She Will Come (chapter 2) and "A League of Their Own (chapter 6). However, her narrative weakens after chapter 16 when she goes into her first season: every game is described in succinct detail: every three-pointer, every pass, every foul, every technical foul, every score, every... every. Personally (and this is why I give it a four), it was exhausting, exasperating although I do understand that Brennan is a sports writer, a chronicler. I never read sports pages in newspapers nor online precisely because I find it full of details. It's one thing to watch a game, another to read sentences detailing every pass, throw, push, foul, tug, breath, etc. In spite of this, if you like history or are interested in women's development in sports, or basketball, period!, you'll enjoy the book. It's a great historical text about a charismatic figure and how she influences the world of sports. - Linda G.Couldn't put it down.Loved this book!!!
- M. TackettPenetrating look at a generational talentThis book is a well-crafted, clear-eyed view of the ascendancy of an athlete who personifies the term generational talent. At the time time, it goes beyond the basketball and does a penetrating examination of the societal issues that Caitlin Clark's rise has generated both in terms of racial tension and women's equality in sports. Christine Brennan's keep journalistic eye and deep experience covering the subject has delivered a book reminiscent of Season on the Brink. It has great pacing in the writing and tells a larger story through the specific story of Clark.
- Cecile BonvouloirIs the WNBA willing to embrace Clark & her fans?This was well written and captured the essence of Clark's rookie year. I felt Brennan was spot on that the league could have done a lot to prepare the players for the tsaumi wave coming. They did little and instead tried to down play Clark to pacify the vets which was ineffective. I do think Brennan captured what went wrong with the higher ups and even in year two there is no telling where this league may be ten years from now. Are they willing as a league to finally embrace Clark and her fans or will they continue to let jealousy dictate their actions?
- Jessica FloresGreat read.Enjoyed it