More than 13 months after her final game there as a college at Iowa, Caitlin Clark once again got the chance to thrill the crowd at Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City.

The team around her wasn’t too bad, either.

The former Iowa star and the all-time leading scorer in Division I history put on a show Sunday, finishing with 16 points, six rebounds and five assists to lead the Indiana Fever to a 108-44 rout of the Brazil women’s basketball national team in front of a sold-out crowd for the WNBA preseason game.

It was the second of three preseason games for the Fever.

Clark had missed Indiana’s preseason game Saturday against the Washington Mystics with a left leg injury, but logged 19 minutes and made six of her 10 shots, including four of her six 3-pointers.

The reigning WNBA rookie of the year was one of four starters from a new-look Fever team to finish in double figures. Kelsey Mitchell had a game-high 17 points and three steals, while Aliyah Boston added 11 points, seven rebounds, five assists and two steals. As a team, Indiana made 15 of its 33 3-pointers (45.5%) and forced 26 Brazil turnovers.

The Fever will wrap up its preseason on Saturday with a matchup against the Atlanta Dream before their regular-season opener on May 17 against Angel Reese and the Chicago Sky.

Here are updates and highlights from the Fever’s blowout victory against Brazil:

Caitlin Clark points today

In her return to Iowa, Clark had 16 points on 6-of-10 shooting, including a 4-of-6 mark from 3-point range. She also has six rebounds, five assists, a block and three turnovers.

Fever blow out Brazil by 64

In its second game of the preseason, the Fever looked like a much-improved squad from what it was a year ago when Clark was a rookie, rolling past the Brazilian national team 108-44. Kelsey Mitchell led all players with 17 points and three steals while Clark had 16 points and a game-high five assists in her return to Carver-Hawkeye Arena.

While Indiana’s win was just an exhibition game against an overmatched opponent, it’s worth noting Brazil lost to the Chicago Sky by 27 points on Friday.

Fever up 55 on Brazil heading into fourth quarter

With Clark likely on the bench for the rest of the afternoon, the Fever is up 90-35 on the Brazilian national team.

Indiana has dominated in every facet of the game, making 14 of its 27 3-pointers, getting 20 assists on its 32 made baskets, holding Brazil to just 25% shooting and forcing its opponent into 19 turnovers.

Caitlin Clark drains deep 3

On what was likely her final play of the afternoon, with the Fever up by 52 late in the third quarter, Clark crossed halfcourt and proceeded to pull up to swish a 35-foot 3-pointer from only about a foot behind where she broke the NCAA Division I women’s basketball career scoring record in 2024 during her senior season at Iowa.

Clark’s deepest 3 during her rookie season with the Fever was 32.5 feet, according to the ESPN broadcast.

Fever up big at halftime

For as much excitement as there was about Clark’s return to Iowa, there hasn’t been a whole lot of drama.

Behind a game-high 13 points from Clark, the Fever is having its way with the Brazilian national team, with a commanding 70-24 lead at halftime. As a team, Indiana is 24 of 42 from the field (57.1%), including a ridiculous 12 of 18 from 3-point range (66.7%). Brazil, meanwhile, has made only 10 of its 36 shots, including two of its 13 3s.

Caitlin Clark gets assist on full-court dime

As anyone who watched Clark at Iowa knew, she can do much more than score.

After grabbing her fifth rebound of the day, Clark immediately turned her eyes up court and tossed an outlet pass to a streaking DeWanna Bonner, who caught it in stride and got a layup to extend the Fever’s lead to 40 points.

It was the second assist of the day for Clark.

Fever up 20 on Brazil at end of first quarter

Caitlin Clark and the Fever are having no problems with the Brazilian national team through the opening 10 minutes. A Clark transition 3-pointer pushed Indiana’s lead to 20, 37-17.

Clark has six points and has made two of her three 3s in seven minutes.

Sydney Colson completes fast break with sweet pass

The Fever stretched its first-quarter lead to 15 points in style, with Sydney Colson finding Natasha Howard with a deft behind-the-back pass on a 2-on-1 fast break for an easy layup. Indiana is rolling early.

Caitlin Clark drains first 3-pointer

In what’s undoubtedly a familiar sight for the thousands crammed into Carver-Hawkeye Arena, Caitlin Clark made her first shot of the day, coming off a screen and appearing to absorb some contact to drain a 3-pointer from the top of the key for the first points of the game.

Is Cailin Clark playing today?

In the hours leading up to the Fever’s game against Brazil, there had still been a question of whether Caitlin Clark’s Iowa homecoming would include her actually playing in the game.

On that front, the home fans in Iowa City got some good news, as Clark was listed as available on the Fever’s pregame availability report.

Clark missed the Fever’s preseason opener against the Washington Mystics with a left leg injury, something Clark described as “a little bit of tightness.” She went through warmups with the team and wasn’t wearing a brace.

‘She had a lot of progress in the last 24 hours, and that was our goal,’ Fever coach Stephanie White said Saturday. ‘Our goal is to see how she progresses every day, so we’ll see what happens and see how she feels after the workouts that she went through today, and then hopefully she’ll be ready tomorrow.’

What channel is Indiana Fever vs. Brazil on today?

TV channel: ESPN
Livestream: ESPN app | ESPN+ | Fubo (free trial)

The Fever’s game against the Brazilian national team will air on ESPN.

Streaming options for the game includes the ESPN app, ESPN+ — ESPN’s subscription streaming service — and Fubo, the last of which offers a free trial for potential subscribers.

Watch Indiana Fever vs Brazil live with Fubo (free trial)

Indiana Fever vs. Brazil start time today

Date: Sunday, May 4
Start time: 4 p.m. ET
Location: Carver-Hawkeye Arena (Iowa City, Iowa)

The Fever and the Brazilian national team are scheduled to tip off at 4 p.m. ET on Sunday, May 4 from Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City, Iowa, on the campus of the University of Iowa.

Indiana Fever vs. Brazil predictions, picks, odds

Odds courtesy of BetMGM.

Spread: Fever (-34.5)
Over/under: 152.5 points

Prediction: Fever 109, Brazil 82

Clark and the improved roster around her will put on a show against a solid Brazilian national team, albeit one that doesn’t feature an active WNBA player.

Indiana Fever schedule 2025

Sunday’s game against Brazil is the second of three preseason games for the Fever, who will wrap up their preseason slate on Saturday, May 10 against the Atlanta Dream.

Below is a look at the Fever’s first five games of the 2025 WNBA regular season. To see Indiana’s full 2025 schedule, click here.

All times Eastern

Saturday, May 17: vs. Chicago Sky, 3 p.m.
Tuesday, May 20: vs. Atlanta Dream, 7 p.m.
Thursday, May 22: at Atlanta Dream, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, May 24: vs. New York Liberty, 1 p.m.
Wednesday, May 28: at Washington Mystics, 7:30 p.m.

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The 2025 Miami Grand Prix saw continued dominance for McLaren as Oscar Piastri won his third consecutive race. Piastri’s now won four of the first six races and he’s gaining momentum as the top challenger for the 2025 drivers’ championship.

He had an NFL star cheering him on Sunday in Miami in Minnesota Vikings wide receiver Justin Jefferson.

The Vikings star voiced his support for the McLaren driver — and his dance moves — on X.

The two met up prior to the race and Jefferson taught him how to do the griddy, a dance move Jefferson’s done after scoring touchdowns many times in his NFL career.

‘No one has ever done it in racing,’ Jefferson said. ‘You’ll be the first one.’

‘Well if I do it this weekend, I’ll do it for you,’ Piastri said, and the McLaren driver kept his word.

Piastri also drove Jefferson around the track in a McLaren road car during the weekend.

Jefferson wasn’t the only one, though, as Piastri also drove Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa around the circuit during the weekend as well. Many Miami players were in attendance for the weekend because the race takes place around Hard Rock Stadium where the Dolphins play their home games.

Local favorite and native Texan Scottie Scheffler, the world’s No. 1 player, prevailed at the 2025 CJ Cup Byron Nelson, shooting a 31 under to tie the PGA Tour scoring record, finishing at 253 for the week. Scheffler was eight shots ahead of second-place Erik van Rooyen, the largest margin of victory at the event since 1983.

Scheffler’s win at TPC Craig Ranch in McKinney, Texas, was his first of 2025 and 14th of his PGA Tour career. He earned a nice payday of $1.782 million with the win.

LEADERBOARD: Full tournament results from CJ Cup Byron Nelson

How to watch CJ Cup Byron Nelson

Live coverage of the final round of this year’s CJ Cup Byron Nelson tournament will be broadcast on the Golf Channel and CBS.

Sunday, May 4

TV: Golf Channel, CBS
Time: 1-3 p.m. ET (Golf Channel), 3-6 p.m. ET (CBS)
Streaming: Paramount+, ESPN+, Fubo

CJ Cup Byron Nelson prize money 2025: Winner payout, purse

This year’s total purse for the 2025 CJ Cup Byron Nelson at TPC Craig Ranch in McKinney, Texas, is $9.9 million. Here’s the prize money breakdown:

1st: Scottie Scheffler (-31), $1.782 million

2nd: Erik van Rooyen (-23), $1.0791 million

3rd: Sam Stevens (-20), $683,100

4th: Jordan Spieth (-19), $485,100

T5th: Will Gordon (-17), $305,972

T5th: Mark Hubbard (-17), $305,972

T5th: Sam Burns (-17), $305,972

T5th: Takumi Kanaya (-17), $305,972

T5th: Eric Cole (-17), $305,972

T5th: Kurt Kitayama (-17), $305,972

T5th: Adam Schenk (-17), $305,972

T5th: Ricky Castilo (-17), $305,972

T13th: Antoine Rozner (-16), $200,475

T13th: Jhonattan Vegas (-16), $200,475

T15th: Matt McCarty (-15), $141,295

T15th: Chris Gotterup (-15), $141,295

T15th: Max McGreevy (-15), $141,295

T15th: Si Woo Kim (-15), $141,295

T15th: Chandler Phillips (-15), $141,295

T15th: Patrick Rodgers (-15), $141,295

T15th: Vince Whaley (-15), $141,295

T15th: Kevin Roy (-15), $141,295

T15th: Cameron Champ (-15), $141,295

T15th: Andrew Putnam (-15), $141,295

T25th: Ross Steelman (-14), $79,448

T25th: Pierceson Coody (-14), $79,448

T25th: Danny Walker (-14), $79,448

T25th: Nico Echavarria (-14), $79,448

T29th: Kevin Yu (-13), $66,330

T29th: Taylor Dickson (-13), $66,330

T29th: Thorbjorn Olesen (-13), $66,330

T29th: Trey Mullinax (-13), $66,330

T33rd: Doug Ghim (-12), $52,800

T33rd: Harry Hall (-12), $52,800

T33rd: Niklas Norgaard (-12), $52,800

T33rd: Michael Thorbjornsen (-12), $52,800

T33rd: Ben Martin (-12), $52,800

T33rd: Sungjae Im (-12), $52,800

T39th: Jake Knapp (-11), $40,095

T39th: Rikuya Hoshino (-11), $40,095

T39th: Alex Smalley (-11), $40,095

T39th: Joseph Bramlett (-11), $40,095

T39th: Sami Valimaki (-11), $40,095

T39th: Nate Lashley (-11), $40,095

T45th: Henrik Norlander (-10), $31,185

T45th: Matteo Manassero (-10), $31,185

T45th: Davis Riley (-10), $31,185

48: Rasmus Hojgaard (-9), $27,621

T49th: Karl Vilips (-8), $25,509

T49th: Webb Simpson (-8), $25,509

T49th: Patton Kizzire (-8), $25,509

T52nd: David Skinns (-7), $23,710

T52nd: Ben Kohles (-7), $23,710

T52nd: Thomas Rosenmueller (-7), $23,710

T52nd: Rico Hoey (-7), $23,710

T56th: Isaiah Salinda (-6), $22,770

T56th: Nicolai Hojgaard (-6), $22,770

T56th: Matt Kuchar (-6), $22,770

T56th: Stephan Jaeger (-6), $22,770

T60th: Byeong Hun An (-5), $21,978

T60th: Cam Davis (-5), $21,978

T60th: Ryan Fox (-5), $21,978

T60th: Victor Perez (-5), $21,978

64: Brandon Matthews (-4), $21,483

T65th: Mac Meissner (-2), $21,186

T65th: Beau Hossler (-2), $21,186

T67th: Camilo Villegas (-1), $20,691

T67th: Alejandro Tosti (-1), $20,691

T67th: Rafael Campos (-1), $20,691

70: John Pak (2), $20,295

The Pittsburgh Pirates fan who plunged 21 feet onto the warning track in right field at PNC Park last week is recovering, according to a statement on Saturday that accompanied his GoFundMe page.

Kavan Markwood, a 20-year-old who was at Wednesday night’s game between the Pirates and visiting Chicago Cubs and was sitting in the front row, put both hands on the rail in front of him and inexplicably went over it.

Markwood lay motionless while the medical teams from both the Pirates and the Cubs attended to him, and he was taken to Allegheny General Hospital in critical condition.

Jennifer Phillips, who organized the fundraising website for Markwood, said he was ‘awake, alert, and able to speak.

‘After everything he’s been through since the accident on Wednesday night, this progress feels nothing short of miraculous,’ Phillips added.

‘He still has a long road ahead of him, but today brought a moment of hope that we’ve all been holding onto,’ Phillips said. ‘Thank you all so much for your prayers, support, and generosity. Please continue to keep him in your thoughts as he begins the next phase of recovery.’

There was no immediate update to Markwood’s condition or the reason for his fall, but Pittsburgh Public Safety is treating the incident as accidental.

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — One of the biggest attractions at the 2025 Formula 1 Miami Grand Prix has been Lego’s display of 10 life-sized cars built with nearly 400,000 pieces each. 

That’s right – nearly 400,000 each. 

Simple math for the F1 cars built for the 10 teams amounts to nearly 4 million Lego pieces used for the collaboration. 

And the biggest highlight: The F1 drivers behind the wheel of the drivable, electric cars for the drivers’ parade around the Miami International Autodrome located Hard Rock Stadium before the Miami Grand Prix begins on May 4.

‘It feels better than the real thing,’ McLaren’s Lando Norris said in an interview before the parade.

‘I couldn’t believe it at first,’ Williams driver Carlos Sainz said before mentioning the soaked track following early afternoon rain before the race. ‘With the slick tire on the wet, it’s going to be fun.’

‘Hopefully we don’t have Legos going everywhere,’ McLaren’s Oscar Piastri added.

George Russell drove the Mercedes with Kimi Antonelli sitting behind, while Charles Leclerc drove as Lewis Hamilton sat behind in the Ferrari. It appeared the Mercedes grazed the Ferrari on the Miami straightaway, while pieces did fall off after the McLaren made contact with the Alpine car.

‘I think they need to sweep the track,’ said Red Bull’s Max Verstappen, the two-time Miami Grand Prix winner and pole sitter for Sunday’s race.

The life-sized Lego F1 cars each weight 1,500 kilograms, or roughly 3,306.93 pounds – nearly double the weight of an actual F1 car. F1 cars and their drivers are not allowed to weigh more than 800kg total (1,763.7 pounds), per 2025 F1 regulations. 

However, they don’t drive as fast as F1 cars can go. In fact, far from it. The Lego F1 cars have about seven or eight horsepower, carrying a maximum speed of 20 kilometers an hour – or just 12 miles per hour. The real F1 cars can reach upwards of 200 mph at the Miami track, and upwards of 230 mph at any given race.

The Lego pieces were placed around a steel structure base for safety, and built so two people can sit in the car – one behind the wheel, and another behind a removable seat back. 

They’re also equipped with a real F1 steering wheel, four Pirelli tires, and hydraulic brakes used on F1 cars. 

‘They are upscaled Lego speed champions sets,” said Jonatan Jurion, lead designer for the Formula 1 project. ‘We had to figure out how to make two people sit in it – that was quite a challenge. We mocked that up first, and we built the scale of the car around it, and it turned out pretty nicely that it actually has the size of the real F1 car. So that’s pretty cool. We got the real Pirelli tires on them, which is really cool as well.” 

The project was completed in the Lego Group’s Kladno factory, located in the Czech Republic. It took about eight months to complete from concept to finish, equating to roughly 22,000 hours of work, by a team of 26 designers, engineers and Lego builders. 

This isn’t the first time Lego produced a car made of Lego pieces for Formula 1: McLaren driver Lando Norris drove a McLaren made of Lego pieces at Silverstone in Sept. 2024. 

But this undertaking – 10 cars instead of just one – is an accomplishment for Lego. 

‘It was really exceptional project because the timeline that we usually have for one car, we needed to reshuffle to be able to produce 10 in the same timing,’ said Marcel Stastny, a project manager at Lego.  ‘So this was a very challenging project, but we were super excited from the very first moment when we saw this.’

‘This is the highest recognition of hard work for our whole team,’ added Martin Smeida, an elite engineer for the project. 

The cars appeared to be a a big hit for the drivers, in a lighthearted parade, before the Miami race began.

“That was the most fun drivers’ parade we’ve ever had,” Hamilton said. “It was very fun.”

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One job on the Formula One grid may be more exclusive than being a driver. Laura Mueller is part of that club.

Working for the Haas F1 team, Mueller is F1’s first female race engineer. There are 20 race engineers on the grid, one for each driver. They are the chief link between the driver and team, working on track through radio communication and away from it while preparing for the next race. They commonly remain at their positions longer than an F1 driver stays in their seat.

Mueller was elevated to the position this season and is paired with Haas newcomer Esteban Ocon. Mueller had previously worked as a performance engineer at Haas, while Ocon, a Hungarian Grand Prix winner in 2021, joined the American team after five seasons with the Alpine F1 team.

“She’s a pretty determined character,” Haas team principal Ayao Komatsu told F1.com in January. “And then she’s very hardworking. Her work ethic is really, really good. … Esteban is a pretty determined character as well. So that side, I think the driving force, I think that personality matches pretty well.’

Entering the 2025 F1 Miami Grand Prix, Ocon was ninth in the drivers’ standings with 14 points through five races. Haas ranked sixth among F1 teams with 20 points, just five short of Williams in fifth, a position Haas will chase throughout the season as the best-of-the-rest prize behind stalwarts McLaren, Mercedes, Ferrari and Red Bull.

Haas has been the ultimate underdog outfit since joining the grid in 2016. It finished fifth that season but has only managed to equal that result once (2018). The lone American team until Cadillac joins the grid next season, Haas has yet to win a race or secure a single podium finish in F1.

Mueller is tasked with helping the downtrodden team make waves in the midfield this season. In addition to Williams, Haas will need to battle with Alpine, Racing Bulls, Sauber and Aston Martin for points in the constructors’ standings. For Haas, it takes a strong work ethic to find those extra margins over their rivals, many of whom have considerably larger resources.

“It’s been great to work with Laura,” Ocon said during a recent appearance on F1’s Beyond the Grid podcast. “She’s really a great engineer. She’s been having a lot of experience in a lot of different categories. She’s done DTM (Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters), I’ve done DTM, so we have that point in common. But she did a lot of different categories, and her trajectory is very impressive.

“She’s awesome to work with. The amount of hours she puts in is very, very impressive. She doesn’t count hours.”

Ocon recalled one particularly demanding weekend in Japan when the French driver struggled to find consistent performance.

“I remember in Suzuka, we had a difficult one, but we were still having meetings and debriefs because it was not the way we wanted to have the performance, and she didn’t stand up to take a sandwich or drink for probably the whole day.

“She was like, ‘Esteban, I will probably go and take food now because it’s 7:30 or 8 in the evening.’ And I’m like, ‘You didn’t eat yet?’ And she’s like, ‘No’’ because she didn’t want to because she was flat-out with work.”

Uphill battles come with the territory at Haas. For Komatsu, the difference is having the right people scaling those mountains.

“We don’t care (about) nationality, gender – it really doesn’t matter because what matters is work,’ Komatsu said when Mueller was promoted. ‘How you can fit into the team, how you can maximise the performance. I believe it is the right choice.”