The Fever hired Stephanie White as coach on Friday, putting her in charge of a team led by WNBA Rookie of the Year Caitlin Clark.
White spent the past two seasons as head coach of the Sun before parting ways with the team earlier this week.
The former star at Purdue served on the Fever coaching staff from 2011-16, including as head coach for the final two of those seasons. The Fever won the WNBA title in 2012 with White on the staff.
“I am incredibly proud and honored to return home to Indiana and lead the Fever during such a pivotal moment in this franchise’s history, as well as during such an important time throughout women’s athletics,” White said in a statement. “This franchise has and always will be committed to winning and I look forward to working every day to help deliver another WNBA title to the greatest basketball fans in the world.”
College: Grand Canyon will join the Mountain West Conference by at least 2026, the school and conference announced Friday. The decision comes six months after GCU announced it would join the West Coast Conference in 2025.
MLB: Blake Snell exercised his right to opt out of his contract with the Giants to become a free agent for the second straight offseason.
NBA: Pelicans guard CJ McCollum will miss two to three weeks while forward Herb Jones is out two to four weeks because of injuries, the team announced on Friday.
NFL: Bengals wide receiver Tee Higgins and left tackle Orlando Brown Jr. were both be listed as doubtful for Sunday’s game against the Raiders.
Soccer: Ruben Amorim was hired by Manchester United on Friday, gambling on a young manager unproven in Europe’s top leagues to turn around the fortunes of the fading English power.