Caitlin Clark's rookie season came to an end on Wednesday night as the Connecticut Sun completed a 2-0 sweep of the Indiana Fever. Clark, the presumptive rookie of the year, set a ton of records and generated a wild amount of interest and eyeballs in the WNBA in her debut season. She's also inspired a lot of unnecessary or uncomfortable conversations as she continued to be used in the culture wars.
But all that pales in comparison to the hyperbole. No matter how great she was, the hyperbole always finds a way. And that's exactly what happened on Thursday as ESPN ran a truly outrageous graphic comparing Clark's rookie season to the career of Serena Williams and vast Olympic resumes of Simone Biles and Katie Ledecky.
