From Oregon, Texas and Indiana, fans flocked from across the country to come to San Francisco on Thursday to watch Caitlin Clark and the Indiana Fever play the Golden State Valkyries at Chase Center. And making no apologies, many in attendance, while harboring enormous pride in the Bay Area’s WNBA expansion team, came for Clark.
Mary Barker, who was a fan of the Sacramento Monarchs before that WNBA team ceased operations in 2009, was thrilled to cheer on the expansion team. Barker was dressed to the nines in Valkyries gear, beaming about the team to a group of tourists outside of Chase Center before the game.
“I’m definitely going for the Valkyries to win, but I love Caitlin Clark, too,” Barker said. “But, of course, you want it to be good, wholesome basketball, no drama. Just everybody go out and compete and (have) good sportsmanship. But I’ll be going Valkyries all the way.”…