When Caitlin Clark went down clutching her right groin on July 15, 2025, the Gainbridge Fieldhouse fell dead silent. The heart beat of the Indiana Fever was loitering for a moment, and the air was full of anxiety. A nd through the dismay, there was one voice that held the team to ground, and that was Sydney Colson . But sadly, she also suffered the same fate as CC.

On August 7, 2025, just 30 games into the year, Colson tore her left ACL in a non-contact fall against the Phoenix Mercury. The locker room leader suddenly found herself sidelined, too. That moment forced Colson to redefine what leadership meant. Appearing recently on Post Moves , the podcast hosted by Aliyah Boston and Candace Parker, she opened up for the first time about the emotional toll and the surprising lesson

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