Indiana Fever Revoke Beat Writer’s Press Credentials Over Caitlin Clark Injury Report

The Indiana Fever have revoked media credentials from longtime Indiana basketball reporter Scott Agness, he said Tuesday in a post on his website Fieldhouse Files. The team's public relations staff told him the decision was due to the spread of inaccurate and unsubstantiated information related to Caitlin Clark’s injury status in a game against the Portland Fire on May 20. The Fever announced that Clark would miss that game less than two hours before tipoff in Indianapolis. I'm told it’s part of a strategic management plan for the season, Agness wrote in a tweet sharing the news. Clark missed 31 games in 2025 with various injuries, but wasn't previously on the injury report before she was ruled out. League rules state that teams must report player injury and illness information by 5 p.m. local time the day before a game, and identify a specific reason for any player whose participation in the game may be affected for any reason. In his May 20 story on the news of Clark's absence, Agness clarified the strategic management plan phrase he'd used in his earlier tweet: That was not to insinuate load management, but rather emphasize the precautionary measure given what she experienced last season, he wrote. In his post on Tuesday, Agness said Fever PR took issue with that phrase, which he said was based on information from a trusted league source.