Every so often we witness a transcendent moment in sports. In boxing we’ve seen it with Ali/Frazier and Leonard/Duran.
In golf we saw it with Tiger Woods breaking through at the Masters. Michael Jordan gave us many such moments; so did Larry Bird and Magic Johnson.
And now, so has Iowa’s Caitlin Clark.
What we saw from her astonishing performance against 36-0 - now 36-1 - South Carolina was perhaps most like young Cassius Clay taking out Sonny Liston.
It was partly the brilliance of Clark, who scored 41 points and assisted on eight other baskets.