INDIANAPOLIS — It seemed like every time new Indiana Fever general manager Amber Cox checked her phone this offseason, she’d find franchise superstar Caitlin Clark on another bucket-list adventure, living the life of the A-list celebrity she’d become. An Eras Tour concert in the VIP tent in November. A Kansas City Chiefs game in Taylor Swift’s suite in January. NFL annual league meetings alongside Serena Williams in March. The Masters in April.
But what impressed Cox the most was what came next.
Regardless of where Clark was or what event she was attending, she was almost always back in the gym at Gainbridge Fieldhouse by 8 a.m. the next morning.
“I kind of marveled at it,” Cox told ESPN.
Sarah Kessler, the Fever’s head athletic performance coach, also noticed. “I’d be like, you can sleep in if you want,” she told Clark. “I’ll still be here.”
When Fever president Kelly Krauskopf was surprised Clark was back so soon from a trip, Clark’s response was simple: “I couldn’t miss a workout,”…
