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Caitlin Clark Donned Most Adorable Sneakers in Return Game to Honor Her Dog Bella

Josh Wilson

Caitlin Clark made her return from injury on Saturday.
Caitlin Clark made her return from injury on Saturday. / @IndianaFever on X (formerly Twitter)
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Caitlin Clark made her long awaited return from a quad strain injury after two and a half weeks recovering. The Fever let her go unrestricted, and she wasted no time getting the scoring going and showing the Fever and the WNBA what they had been missing while she was gone.

In her debut, she laced up some new shoes, Nike Protro PE "The Bellas" that were a nod to her dog, Bella.

The shoes feature a largely tan base with a pink tongue. Inside the shoe is a picture of Bella herself. Clark gave her hand a kiss and placed her hand on the shoe in a super sweet moment as she laced them up before gametime.

Bella is a golden retriever who has been in Clark's life for a while now. The Iowa Hawkeyes frequently made her a central star of the show while Clark played college ball.

After two weeks off, Clark was probably ready to lace up in any type of sneaker. To do it in shoes that acknowledged her pup makes it all the better.

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Josh Wilson is the news director of the Breaking and Trending News team at Sports Illustrated. Before joining SI in 2024, he worked for FanSided in a variety of roles, most recently as senior managing editor of the brand’s flagship site. He has also served as a general manager of Sportscasting, the sports arm of a start-up sports media company, where he oversaw the site’s editorial and business strategy. Wilson has a bachelor’s degree in mass communications from SUNY Cortland and a master’s in accountancy from the Gies College of Business at the University of Illinois. He loves a good nonfiction book and enjoys learning and practicing Polish. Wilson lives in Chicago but was raised in upstate New York. He spent most of his life in the Northeast and briefly lived in Poland, where he ate an unhealthy amount of pastries for six months.

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