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The Chicago Sky recently defeated the New York Liberty in a thrilling 86-82 affair. Chicago rebounded after trailing New York by 19 points in the second quarter to earn the victory. Kahleah Copper led the Sky with 27 points on 10-17 shooting from the field and 5-8 shooting from beyond the arc. Copper commented on […]

Courtney Vandersloot made her emotional return to the Windy City Friday night when the New York Liberty beat the Chicago Sky 77-76. It marked Vandersloot’s first game against the Sky, with whom she played the first 12 seasons of her WNBA career. After defeating her former team, the Liberty star reflected on her time in […]

The Chicago Sky knew they were headed to a rebuild, or at least a retool after this past offseason. They lost several key players from their 2021 championship team including Candace Parker, Courtney Vandersloot and Azurá Stevens in free agency. Allie Quigley decided to sit out the 2023 season. The Sky revamped their roster with […]

The Minnesota Lynx absolutely disappointed in their WNBA opener against the Chicago Sky on Friday. After making history in their preseason showdown with Chicago in Toronto, Minnesota got on the wrong end of another one this time around. The Lynx lost to the Sky in the showdown, 77-66. While they fought hard and dominated in […]

Over the weekend, the WNBA hosted its first game in Canada with the Minnesota Lynx and Chicago Sky facing each other at the Scotiabank Arena. The Sky led by Kahleah Copper totaled 18 points en route to a 82-74 victory. More than that, other historic things happened in the game. Bridget Carleton played on her […]

The WNBA’s first-ever game in Canada proved to be an overwhelming success. The Chicago Sky beat the Minnesota Lynx 82-74 Saturday at Toronto’s Scotiabank Arena in a preseason matchup. The WNBA Canada game set preseason records across the board. The Sky-Lynx game set WNBA preseason records for attendance, merchandise and viewership, according to the league. […]

With WNBA preseason getting close to wrapping up and the regular season set to tip-off on May 19, some teams have a few roster decisions to make. From roster cuts to contract options, some teams are deciding the future of some of the players on their teams. Each team is allowed a maximum of 20 […]

The Chicago Sky had a massive roster turnover this season with the departures of Candace Parker, Courtney Vandersloot, Allie Quigley and Azurá Stevens. All three were major contributors to the team’s 2021 championship. They still have 2021 Finals MVP Kahleah Copper on the roster but the Sky are going to look very different in the […]

Allie Quigley won’t be suiting up in Chicago Sky blue and yellow in 2023 but she gave a statement to fans for the first time since the news broke last month. “I have decided to take the upcoming season off,” Quigley said in a statement posted on the Sky’s social media pages. “I wanted to […]

The dust from WNBA free agency has settled and most WNBA teams are now filling out the backend of their rosters. WNBA teams are allowed to bring 20 players to training camp and need to cut down to the league maximum of 12 players. Although many of the training camp invites don’t have a legit […]

The Chicago Sky announced today guard Rebekah Gardner will return to the team after she signed their qualifying offer. The move comes days after the Chicago Sun-Times reported Gardner would be coming back into the fold in 2023. “Rebekah had an outstanding rookie year with us last season,” Chicago Sky General Manager and Head Coach James […]

A wild WNBA offseason continued on Saturday, with a four-team trade highlighted by a pair of impact veterans finding new homes. The deal sends Marina Mabrey to the Chicago Sky, Diamond DeShields to the Dallas Wings, Michaela Onyenwere to the Phoenix Mercury and the rights to 2020 second-round pick Leonie Fiebich to the New York […]

When the WNBA free agency period began, the Chicago Sky took some heavy losses. They lost hometown favorite Candace Parker to the Las Vegas Aces, Courtney Vandersloot to the New York Liberty, Azura Stephens to the Los Angeles Sparks and Allie Quigley decided to sit out the 2023 season. The departures left the Sky with […]

The Chicago Sky, despite only being less than two years removed from their 2021 WNBA championship win, are at a crossroads. Four of their best players in Candace Parker, Emma Meesseman, Courtney Vandersloot, and Allie Quigley are currently free agents, which means that a potential rebuild could be on the horizon should they decide to […]

There won’t be a 13th season for Courtney Vandersloot with the Chicago Sky. That is after the WNBA star confirmed that she won’t be returning to the team amid her free agency. Vandersloot confirmed the decision on Tuesday, noting that she is looking for a fresh start with a new team after spending 12 years […]

One of the major dominoes in WNBA free agency fell on Saturday with the announcement that Candace Parker would sign with the Las Vegas Aces. While the next major domino, Breanna Stewart, is still mulling her options, there have been a couple of other signings that have been reported as well as some reported interest […]

Chicago Sky coach James Wade shared a heartfelt message to two-time WNBA champion and MVP Candace Parker after she announced her intention to sign with the Las Vegas Aces as an unrestricted free agent on Saturday. “Candace has done so much for our franchise in her time here,” Wade said in a statement. “I understand […]

With the WNBA free agency period set to begin this weekend, the Chicago Sky’s Azurá Stevens is set to become one of the top unrestricted free agents. She is currently playing overseas in Turkey for Galatasary and as per Aryeh Schwartz of Winsidr, Stevens will have no shortage of team rushing to meet with her […]

The Chicago Sky, after losing to the Connecticut Sun in the semifinals of the 2022 WNBA playoffs, are at a crossroads as a franchise. After four straight postseason berths, which includes a championship win in 2021, the Sky appear to be in danger of losing multiple core players in free agency, including longtime floor general […]

Cathy Engelbert has long wanted to mold the WNBA into a global product. Now, the league’s commissioner is going to get her wish. The WNBA announced today it will to hold its first game ever played in Canada as the Chicago Sky and Minnesota Lynx will go head to head in a preseason bout on […]

According to Howard Megdal of The Next, long-time Chicago Sky point guard Courtney Vandersloot and the New York Liberty have “mutual interest” in teaming up in 2023. During a recent appearance on Locked On Women Basketball Network’s podcast, Megdal said there have been internal discussions about bringing in the WNBA’s third all-time leader in assists. […]

After saying last season could be her final act in the WNBA, Candace Parker indicated during a recent podcast appearance she is planning on returning for her 16th season. The two-time WNBA champion said on the “Sports Media With Richard Deitsch” she is “game” for coming back at the moment. “Right now, yeah, I’m game,” […]

Chicago Sky forward Candace Parker is arguably playing the best basketball of her career, and her latest performance will not do anything to dispel that idea. After dropping 19 points and 18 rebounds in a Game 1 loss to the Connecticut Sun in the WNBA Semifinals, Parker and the Sky bounced back with an 85-77 […]

The Chicago Sky have championship aspirations. They are ready to bring home the WNBA Championship trophy in 2022. And with Candace Parker leading the way, they might be in line to get the job done. Parker has continued to add impressive accomplishments to her storied career this postseason. She recently became the third all-time leading […]

The WNBA playoffs are in full swing with each team looking to achieve its postseason goals. The Chicago Sky are no strangers to the WNBA playoffs. This is their fourth consecutive trip to the postseason and they are currently the league’s defending champs. Candace Parker and company are vying for Chicago’s first back-to-back titles since […]

The 2022 WNBA Playoffs are in crunch time as just four teams remain. One of the two matchups features the defending champion Chicago Sky and the third-seeded Connecticut Sun. This is a rematch from last season’s semifinals, where the sixth-seeded Sky upset the top-seeded Sun in four games. Chicago is now the favorite, and Connecticut […]

After 18 fruitful years in the WNBA, time is now catching up with the great Diana Taurasi, who sat out the final few games of the regular season for the Phoenix Mercury due to injury. There’s recently been a lot of talk surrounding the 40-year-old’s looming retirement, which has brought about a rather hilarious message […]

The Chicago Sky obliterated the New York Liberty by a final score of 100-62 on Saturday. Candace Parker and the Sky set a new WNBA record in the lop-sided affair, as their 38-point margin of victory is the largest of all-time in the league, per Bleacher Report. The win was crucial for the Sky who […]

As the Chicago Sky look to prevent elimination in the first round of the WNBA playoffs at the hands of the New York Liberty, their fortunes took a nosedive after Kahleah Copper suffered an injury in practice. According to Annie Costabile of the Chicago Sun-Times, Copper went down on a non-contact injury and was holding […]

The Chicago Sky were cruising toward the No. 1 seed in the 2022 WNBA Playoffs in their quest to repeat as champions. However, the last month of the regular season proved that things won’t be easy for Candace Parker and company. In June and July, the team only lost four games combined. But in August, […]

Later this week, the 2022 WNBA Playoffs get underway and so does the Chicago Sky’s campaign to repeat as WNBA champions. The team will make their eighth postseason appearance in the last ten years in the 2022 WNBA Playoffs. Do the Sky have what it takes to win again? First, let’s look at the 2022 […]

Two of the WNBA’s biggest superstars squared off Sunday as the Chicago Sky took on the New York Liberty in a matchup that pitted Candace Parker up against Sabrina Ionescu. Among those in the audience for Saturday’s showdown was the Bryant clan, with Vanessa and Co. seated courtside for the WNBA game at the Barclays […]

WNBA legend Sylvia Fowles is retiring at the end of her 2022 season with the Minnesota Lynx, and she’s putting on a show in her final All-Star Game on Sunday at Wintrust Arena in Chicago. Fowles played the first half of her WNBA career with the Chicago Sky, so the fans in The Windy City […]

Candace Parker, Courtney Vandersloot and the Chicago Sky got off to a really slow start on Tuesday against the Las Vegas Aces, so much so that the WNBA showdown appeared to be over right after the first quarter. However, viewers who thought the Sky are done couldn’t be more wrong. Short story: the Sky still […]

As the 2022 WNBA season begins, all eyes will be on the Chicago Sky. The reigning champions reached the mountain top with Candace Parker in her first-ever season with them. Several other squads are gearing up to take them down. On the eve of the season’s beginning, Parker quietly broke some massive news. She said […]

WNBA Finals MVP Kahleah Copper has made her decision on where she will play next season. After winning a title with the Chicago Sky, Copper is returning to the Windy City to run it back and try to win another championship. Via Rachel Galligan: WNBA Finals MVP Kahleah Copper is returning to the Chicago Sky […]

The Chicago Sky held their championship parade and rally on Tuesday after beating the Phoenix Mercury in the WNBA Finals in four games. The Sky brought a special piece of memorabilia to the celebration: the door Mercury star Diana Taurasi allegedly broke after Sunday’s Game 4 at Wintrust Arena. This is excellent levels of petty: […]

Remember when Milwaukee Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo hit up a Chick-fil-A and recorded his trip after winning his first NBA title? Chicago Sky star Candace Parker did her own version of that after winning the WNBA Finals on Sunday. Parker pulled up to Portillo’s, a Chicago staple, and recorded her order for her group. She […]

The Chicago Sky clinched their first WNBA title in franchise history on Sunday following a huge Game 4 win over Diana Taurasi and the Phoenix Mercury. Two-time league MVP Candace Parker put forth an epic performance in one of the most important games of her life, and as it turns out, Los Angeles Lakers legend […]