When Michael Jordan arrived in Paris in 1997 for a preseason corporate showcase known as the McDonald’s Championship, the French press treated his appearance with Christ-like reverence. “Michael Jordan is in Paris,” wrote the local tabloid France-Soir, as memorialized in David Halberstam’s bestseller Playing For Keeps. “That’s better than the Pope. It’s God in person.”
Caitlin Clark didn’t inspire such flowery prose when she showed up in Evanston, Illinois, to take on Northwestern on Wednesday night, but there were several comparisons to another deity: Taylor Swift. In a mile-long line wrapped around Welsh-Ryan Arena before the game, a number of young girls carried signs adorned with Swift lyrics and
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