Caitlin Clark and the Indiana Fever were bounced from the WNBA playoffs after losing in the first round to the Connecticut Sun. While many fans believed viewership for the WNBA playoffs would fall, since Clark was one of the league's biggest phenomenons this season,

Shannon Sharpe had an impassioned rant about how other commentators at ESPN minimized the impact Caitlin Clark had on the WNBA in her rookie season.

On that note: The WNBA All-Star Game averaged 3.44 million viewers on ABC, crushing the previous audience record set in 2003. The WNBA Draft, featuring Clark, Angel Reese, Cameron Brink, averaged a record 2.446 million viewers, which is a 307 percent increase in viewership over last year.