{
  "id": 11724612,
  "title": "Caitlin Clark tosses autographed shoes into 'College GameDay' crowd",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/03/caitlin-clark-tosses-autographed-shoes-into-college-gameday-crowd",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-03T16:39:33.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Yahoo Sports",
    "slug": "yahoo-sports",
    "url": "https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/caitlin-clark-tosses-autographed-shoes-163933268.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Caitlin Clark's WNBA season concluded with the Las Vegas Aces defeating her Indiana Fever in the playoffs. During her free time, Clark visited Iowa City for College GameDay, which took place while ESPN was in town for the Ohio State vs. Iowa matchup. It was evident that Clark approached her appearance with the seriousness it deserved. Iowa fans booed her loudly for her decision to choose Iowa State over West Virginia, and she even predicted on social media that she would go 10-0. A few fortunate Iowa attendees received a special memento from Clark. Following an impressive showcase with Kirk Herbstreit and the team, the esteemed Iowa alumnus collected some of her autographed shoes and threw them into the audience. The caption accompanying the photograph read, \"A few signed signature shoes for the people of Iowa City.\"",
  "summary": "Clark had a memorable appearance as the 'College GameDay' guest picker",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Yahoo Sports",
        "title": "Caitlin Clark shoves ex-teammate in Fever huddle bringing technical fouls in elimination game",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/02/caitlin-clark-shoves-ex-teammate-in-fever-huddle-bringing-technical",
        "published": "2026-10-02T01:31:17.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}