Mandatory Credit: Matt Blewett-Imagn ImagesThe WNBA’s television ratings continue to skyrocket behind the force that is Caitlin Clark and the Indiana Fever. Clark’s star power has helped the WNBA hold up its end of the bargain in its new 11-year, $2.2 billion media deal. Sunday’s ESPN on ABC broadcast of the Fever-Minnesota Lynx game averaged 2.5 million viewers per ESPN Press Room, a 77 percent increase over last season’s regular-season average on ABC. The matchup was the WorldWide Leader’s second most-watched WNBA regular-season game ever, and its third highest-viewed game including the playoffs. The momentum even lent itself to the network’s WNBA Countdown pregame show, which averaged 818,000 viewers on ABC, a 20 percent year-over-year increase.