There was Caitlin Clark getting hit in the face on a flagrant foul from Jacy Sheldon, and what appeared to be retaliation from her teammate Sophie Cunningham that sparked a melee toward the end of the matchup, which led to ejections.

Things got fiery during the Commissioner’s Cup clash between the Indiana Fever and Connecticut Sun on June 17. The long-standing rivalry between Caitlin Clark and Jacy Sheldon—dating back to their Big Ten college days—boiled over in a physical,