With the 2025 WNBA season under way, the attention of basketball fans has turned toward the women’s game. The popularity of the league continues to grow, as Caitlin Clark has become the unofficial face of the WNBA.
There are a wide range of young, talented players around the league who possess superstar power. The list is long and they are all capable of being the league’s best player while leading their team to a WNBA title.
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During the opening week of the season, one of Saturday’s WNBA broadcasts looked to showcase a handful of these stars, highlighting their impressive accomplishments on the young season.
The on-screen graphic, displayed during the broadcast of the Seattle Storm vs. Phoenix Mercury game, contained two major errors.
Clark and Napheesa Collier’s names were misspelled. Caitlin was incorrectly written as “Caitlyn” while Napheesa was wrongly written as “Naphessa”.
@nosyone4 grabbed a screenshot of the major errors, posting it to their X account.
As per FanDuel Sportsbook, Clark and Collier are the WNBA’s two leading MVP candidates. Clark is the favorite at plus-160 with Collier is not far behind at plus-250.
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Fans rushed to social media to absolutely roast the WNBA for these major errors.
“2 MVP candidates getting their names misspelled is absolutely insane,” @RADeMita said on X.
“Wow! That’s just so very bad. Inexcusable really,” @VBLova posted on X.
“Again… a whole offseason and they still couldn’t learn to spell players names and get it double checked before going public,” @shotfighterpow said on X.
“The WNBA is a very unserious league! It’s opening day and you misspell 2 of your stars names?” @LundyLeague posted on X.
Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark (22) gets the crowd excited during the 2025 season opener against the Chicago Sky at Gainbridge Fieldhouse.Grace Smith/IndyStar / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images
Clark posted a triple-double in the Indiana Fever’s first game on Saturday, a blowout victory over the Chicago Sky.
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Collier dropped 34 points on Friday, leading her Minnesota Lynx to a win in their first game over the Dallas Wings.
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