INDIANAPOLIS — The Indiana Fever signed a new player. In an announcement made on Saturday, Aug. 23, the team said it signed guard Aerial Powers to a seven-day hardship contract. Powers is a nine-year WNBA veteran.

The Fever entered the season with championship expectations, but now have their work cut out for them just to make the postseason

Caitlin Clark is the fourth-highest rated WNBA player in NBA 2K26, with a 96 overall rating. The video game releases to the public Sept. 5.

Earlier this week, the Fever announced that guards Aari McDonald (broken bone in her foot) and Sydney Colson (torn ACL) would miss the remainder of 2025. With Caitlin Clark still nursing a long-term groin injury, the Fever had roster space to bring in another player.

A sex toy was thrown onto the court during an WNBA game between the Los Angeles Sparks and the Indiana Fever on Tuesday, the third such incident which has impacted the league over the past week.

Jessica Shepard completed a triple-double in just 21:57, the fastest in WNBA history, and the Lynx beat the Fever 95-90.

Indiana Fever have battled as many injuries as any team in the WNBA this season and enter Friday night’s matchup against the league-best (28-7)

The WNBA is seeing a massive growth in popularity, and a lot of that is due to young superstars Caitlin Clark and Paige Bueckers. Clark's style of play has been immensly popular since her days at Iowa, while Bueckers has lit the WNBA on fire in her rookie campaign, putting up one of the better rookie seasons we've seen in recent memory.