Clark to sign deal with Nike worth a reported $28 million
Caitlin Clark appears to be on the cusp of setting another record.
The most prolific scorer in NCAA Division I history and the No. 1 overall pick in the WNBA draft will continue her association with Nike by signing a $28 million contract that spans eight years and includes a signature shoe.
The Wall Street Journal and The Athletic reported the pending deal, citing unnamed people familiar with the negotiations between the sportswear giant and Clark’s agents.
The new deal would be the richest sponsorship contract for a women’s basketball player.
Clark received offers of $16 million over four years from Under Armour and $6 million over four years from Adidas, with both including a signature shoe, according to the WSJ.
After averaging 31.6 points and leading the Hawkeyes to a second straight national championship game, Clark was drafted No. 1 by the Indiana Fever on April 15. She’ll earn a $76,000 salary as a rookie.
Prince retires: Epiphanny Prince announced her retirement on social media after playing 14 seasons in the WNBA.
The 36-year-old guard retired after averaging 10.7 points, 2.5 assists and 1.4 steals in 315 career games with Chicago, Las Vegas, Seattle and New York.
Chiefs reward top brass with extensions
The Kansas City Chiefs announced that they signed coach Andy Reid, general manager Brett Veach and team president Mark Donovan to contract extensions, though the team did not say how long the deals would last or provide any other details.
Bears to unveil plans: The Chicago Bears have scheduled a Wednesday news conference to announce plans for “a state-ofthe-art, publicly owned enclosed stadium” on the city’s Museum Campus near Lake Michigan.
The team said last month it was prepared to provide more than $2 billion in funding toward a publicly owned stadium in the city, signaling a shift away from a new home in the suburbs.
The Bears spent $197.2 million more than a year ago to purchase the site of the shuttered Arlington International Racecourse in suburban Arlington Heights. But plans to build there stalled.
Olympics: Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo said she was confident water quality in the River Seine will be up to Olympic standards this summer — and that she’ll be able to prove it by swimming there, possibly alongside President Emmanuel Macron.
For decades, the Seine has been too toxic for most fish and for swimmers.
Hidalgo mentioned new facilities that have been specially built to clean up the river, whose water quality was recently denounced by an environmental group.
Colleges: Missouri hired longtime college administrator Laird Veatch to be its athletic director, bringing him back to campus 14 years after he departed for a series of other positions that culminated with five years spent as the AD at Memphis.
Veatch replaces Desireé Don Reed-Francois, who abruptly left last month for the athletic director job at Arizona.