Caitlin Clark's name has been featured in countless sports headlines throughout the first few weeks of her first season in the WNBA. 

Much of the conversation about Clark has centered around the level of physicality the rookie has faced during her first handful of professional basketball games. 

"I think everybody is physical with me. They get away with things that probably other people don't get away with," Clark said May 28 after the Fever dropped a game to the Los Angeles Sparks.

After Clark was on the receiving end of a hard foul June 1 during a game against the Chicago Sky, discussions about whether Clark's teammates do enough to protect her resurfaced.

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While Clark was able to break an impressive number of records during her unprecedented college basketball career, the top pick of the 2024 WNBA Draft appears to be going through an adjustment period.

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Clark leads rookies in a variety of statistical categories. She is averaging 15.6 points and 6.4 assists over her first 11 WNBA games. Clark has been credited with being the catalyst for the spike in attention women's basketball now commands, but some have argued the increased attention has also made Clark a target.

Earlier this week, one of Clark's teammates pushed back against the idea the team does not have the star guard's back.

"I think she deserves to give herself some grace, and I think a lot of people around this world should too," Kelsey Mitchell said. "At the end of the day, not only is she human, but she’s a 22-year-old kid. … There are certain things that she’s going to experience that comes with time. I think the world should give her some grace."

Mitchell added that the team wanted to make sure Clark can feel her best from a mental and physical standpoint.

"I really do. I think that's our job as a team, to make sure that she’s covered from a standpoint of feeling mentally and physically safe, obviously. ... We want her to feel at home all the time."

The Fever return to action Friday when they take on the Washington Mystics.

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Just because Reese Witherspoon doesn't go by her first name doesn't mean she will share it with her friend.

In an interview with Vanity Fair, Witherspoon was joined by her "Big Little Lies" co-star, Nicole Kidman, who scolded Reese for calling Laura Dern by her last name.

"I hate how you call her Dern though! Because it sounds so weird. I'm always like ‘Laura,’ and you're like, ‘No, Dern!’" Kidman said. 

Reese reminded her friend of the reason she calls the actress by her last name.

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"You know why? Because my name is Laura, and her name is Laura. And it’s confusing to me," she said. Reese's legal name is Laura Jeanne Reese Witherspoon. 

"Oh! That’s right," Kidman quickly remembered. 

"So, I get confused and just call her Dern," Witherspoon replied. "We can’t both be Laura."

Kidman pointed out Dern doesn't call Witherspoon "Laura."

"She doesn’t call you Laura, though," Nicole said.

"I don’t understand your point," Witherspoon jokingly replied. "I don’t like your tone. You’re trying to understand something, so it just makes no sense."

The "Legally Blonde" star took a trip down memory lane to recall a fond memory she had on set of the hit HBO show with Dern.

"I called her, and I was like, ‘Dern, I was so funny today.’ And she’s like, ‘Oh my God. Reese, Reese, I was so funny in my scene yesterday.’ I was like, ‘I know, I know. But hold on. Then I went to work today, and Nicole’s in the most serious drama I’ve ever seen,'" Witherspoon said.

The actresses quickly erupted with laughter. 

"That’s right!" Kidman quipped.

Witherspoon also noted she didn't initially believe "Big Little Lies" would become a success.

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"‘This show is not gonna work,'" Reese recalled telling Laura. "And it frickin' worked."

The series, which also stars Zoë Kravitz and Shailene Woodley, was such a success it was renewed for a second season (which aired in 2019). It received 21 Emmy Award nominations and took home eight in 2017.

In November, Kidman confirmed there would be a third season of "Big Little Lies," and the actresses discussed the upcoming season in their Vanity Fair interview.

"We're moving fast and furious. [Author] Liane [Moriarty] is delivering the book. We're in good shape," Kidman said.

In 2021, "Big Little Lies" director Jean-Marc Vallée died suddenly at age 58.

Witherspoon mourned Vallée on social media at the time.

"My heart is broken. My friend. I love you," Witherspoon wrote on X, formerly Twitter.

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In a statement shared with The Hollywood Reporter, Kidman said, "It’s hard to imagine someone as vital, energetic and present as Jean-Marc being gone. I’m shattered.

"He was at the center of my creative universe, and I can’t overstate his significance to me," Kidman added. "Jean-Marc was not only responsible for some of the most rewarding professional experiences of my career, but his friendship, kindness and love were an inspiring force I will carry with me. 

"I will always cherish those nights filming above the crashing waves of Big Sur. … It doesn’t get better than that. I am forever grateful for my time shared with this extraordinary human. Forever Jean Marc."

Dern remembered the late director on social media as one of the "great and purest artists and dreamers." 

"Our hearts are broken," she said.