Tony Petitti takes the reins of the Big Ten with a chance to showcase its biggest star — Iowa’s Caitlin Clark

Tony Petitti’s arrival as Big Ten commissioner coincides with the emergence of the Caitlin Clark era, and the combination of the TV-branded executive with the conference’s biggest star should be interesting to watch.

Petitti, who replaced current Chicago Bears President Kevin Warren as the seventh Big Ten commissioner, mentioned the Iowa Hawkeyes star a couple of times Friday during his introductory news conference in Rosemont, sending a message the conference will be all-in on promoting women’s basketball.

“I think right now there are some great opportunities in college sports,the