Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese’s chemistry with Team USA shows their rivalry doesn’t have to fuel division

We don't yet know whether Team USA's trip to Berlin for the Women's World Cup will end in glory. One of the most dominant teams in the history of international sports currently sits two wins away from winning a fifth straight gold medal and its 12th overall with a semifinal against Spain and a likely final against a dogged France team on the horizon this weekend. Any way you spin it, anything less than a gold would be a failure for the Americans.

But no matter how the podium plays out, this trip has already been a success in one crucial way. It has shown the on-court potential of the Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese connection and proved that off-court harmony between the two is, in fact, possible.

As we gear up for the Sept. 17 return of the WNBA season — and a potential playoff clash between Clark's Indiana Fever and Reese's Atlanta Dream — that is a lesson worth savoring.

Reese and Clark have been in each other's orbit since they were teens, playing against each other in AAU and later in the Big Ten during their freshman and sophomore years when Reese was still at Maryland before…

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