As part of a long-standing prank played on new team members by the Indiana Fever, top WNBA draft pick Caitlin Clark was given what she thought was a candy apple but turned out to be an onion covered in caramel.
“It was really funny,” said teammate Faith Fleming. “First she was excited, then she was all disgusted and stuff.”
Many other WNBA teams also prank their new team members. The New York Liberty fill players’ lockers with tennis balls and the Chicago Sky give their rookie players a phone number to call and to ask for Harry Lyons. The phone number is for the Lincoln Park Zoo.