Oakland, California, honored its latest hometown hero, gold medalist Alysa Liu, with a large celebration and rally.
For the first time in 80 years, a professional women's sporting event was held at Wrigley Field. The Chicago Red Stars drew 35,038 soccer fans to the friendly confines.
The Chicago Red Stars will play a historic match against Bay FC kicking off at 6:30 p.m. on Saturday.
Clark, the all-time leading scorer in NCAA men's and women's Division I basketball history, called the honor "super incredible."
It is the Final Four showdown this weekend for women's basketball. Iowa features three Chicago-area athletes on their roster, from Sycamore, Chicago and Joliet. Two of them play big minutes.
The last time Clark and Reese squared off was the most-watched women's college basketball game in history.