For the fans of Caitlin Clark this is a good read. Highly recommend. Detail and format are great

I learned of Caitlin Clark and started watching her as the start of her WNB career. I was amazed by her passing and logo threes and quickly became a fan - as did many people. I was also shocked at how poorly she was treated by the WNBA, the players, ESPN, and even Nike. I watched every 2024 game and dug for more content on YouTube.

This book is a great summary of everything I saw and learned along the way along with a few "behind the story" bits that weren't public news. It makes a definitive statement about how unprepared the WNBA was for her arrival and how unprofessional and clueless this league can be from the commissioner down.

If you've heard of CC and want to hear the story of her rise and the impact she's made, this is an excellent book for you. It's well written. It's also sure to stir controversy given the egos and rampant unprofessionalism in the WNBA.

This book is a well-crafted, clear-eyed view of the ascendancy of an athlete who personifies the term generational talent. At the time time, it goes beyond the basketball and does a penetrating examination of the societal issues that Caitlin Clark's rise has generated both in terms of racial tension and women's equality in sports. Christine Brennan's keep journalistic eye and deep experience covering the subject has delivered a book reminiscent of Season on the Brink. It has great pacing in the writing and tells a larger story through the specific story of Clark.

Christine Brennan is a veteran journalist. She has been writing about sports, about women in sports to be specific, about woman's growing presence in sports to be more specific. More than forty years ago she wrote Pressure is Privilege, a text that combined personal memoir with the rise of Billy Jean King, specifically how important was this athlete to her own development as a woman journalist. It is no surprise that she would be interested in writing about the most recent star in basketball - not NBA!, but the WNBA! The rise of Caitlin Clark and how her rising star has brought the WNBA to the forefront. Readers get to read about Caitlin's rise in the world of basketball, about her genius as a player and team player, about how she got to be part of the Indiana Fever. She also treads into dangerous territory because Caitlin is white; the argument goes that there is evidence of racism in the journalistic culture and in the world of sports for its rising interest occurs when one white athlete shows some spellbinding skills translating in the WNBA earning probably twice the money they had ever made in the past. Yes! It seems that very few people cared for the WNBA until Caitlin's genius showed up. Christine, however, documents this rise carefully, while addressing the race issue. She tells the reader that 76% of the WNBA players are black, and that many of these players have been successful in the past; and yet, the WNBA has never been able to earn so much recognition as this one "white" athlete. And she succeeds in showing us the charisma and talent of Caitlin Clark and how it has spread to the rest of the league. Albeit readers can tell that Brennan is, undoubtedly, a Caitlin Clark fan, they are confronting an objective narrative. Brennan tells the story with objectivity in spite the fact that she doesn't hide her great admiration for Caitlin Clark. At the end of the book she reaffirms that without Caitlin Clark, women professional basketball (and perhaps a greater interest to play women basketball) wouldn't be where it is right now. Every topic, every incident in and out of the court, every relationship between Clark and rivals, is examined in every journalistic detail. More importantly, her main argument comes across with strength as she reveals every detail in Clark's basketball life: that the world of WNBA has changed for the good and is making more money thanks to her.

Brennan's narrative is informative, analytical, and dynamic. The reader may be interested in pursuing his/her reading of this enthralling story involving one of the most charismatic sports figures in recent times. I like the way she occasionally uses subtitles to her chapters based on Hollywood films: "If You Build it, She Will Come (chapter 2) and "A League of Their Own (chapter 6). However, her narrative weakens after chapter 16 when she goes into her first season: every game is described in succinct detail: every three-pointer, every pass, every foul, every technical foul, every score, every... every. Personally (and this is why I give it a four), it was exhausting, exasperating although I do understand that Brennan is a sports writer, a chronicler. I never read sports pages in newspapers nor online precisely because I find it full of details. It's one thing to watch a game, another to read sentences detailing every pass, throw, push, foul, tug, breath, etc. In spite of this, if you like history or are interested in women's development in sports, or basketball, period!, you'll enjoy the book. It's a great historical text about a charismatic figure and how she influences the world of sports.

Christine Brennan's "On Her Game" is an excellent biography. She asked hard, unbiased questions to those involved controversies during "The Year of Caitlin." Well written by one of the best sports journalists today. I bought a Kindle edition and a hard back edition. Looks like I helped make it a bestseller. 😁Keep up the excellent sports journalism, Christine. We need journalists like you in sports, especially the WNBA. Thank you "On Her Game".

What a joy. Finally, a book containing real facts and figures by a celebrated sports journalists who has the credibility, awards and credibility to speak authoritatively on this fine young woman. Brennan, thank you for asking the tough questions and reporting the real answers in a world full of posers and wannabes.

To those other self-declared sports journalists who love to trash CC, let me let you in on a fact. Having a show on ESPN (as an AA quota filler) or a YouTube channel does NOT make you a real sports journalist. It makes you irrelevant.

Great book well written

Christine Brennan brings her broad and deep experience as a sports reporter to writing this book on Caitlin Clark. Brennan does a smooth job of putting CC's WNBA career in perspective.

While I appreciate what she said, I appreciate even more what she did not say. If you're looking for a recounting of all the wrongs done to Caitlin and the Fever don't buy this book. Brennan is credible because she knows her subject and reports objectively. She let's the facts stand on their own, without telling us what to think about them.

There's a bonus at the end, pages of great photos.

My husband got this from me as a “ I know you love her” gift🥰. He loved Christine Brennan’s giving out the T on Caitlin and how she covered her career. A must read for anyone that is interested in the outcome of Title IX after the 50 year old decision

To get to know CC more thru this book

A refreshing and unbiased view of one of my favorite athletes.

A very good read.