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The Chicago Sky plays the biggest postseason game in franchise history on Friday. OK, so it’s the first postseason game for the WNBA team that began in 2006. Anyway, the first-round opponent is the Indiana Fever, the defending champion that defeated the Sky in three of the teams’ four meetings this season. Game 1 in […]
One victory. That’s all the Chicago Sky was looking for Friday. That’s all the Sky is looking for Saturday. With an 87-82 victory Friday against the Atlanta Dream at Allstate Arena in Rosemont, Ill., the Sky has the opportunity to gain homecourt advantage through the entire WNBA playoffs. Well, provided that the Sky make it […]
Chicago Sky forward Elena Delle Donne took a shot at improvisation Wednesday night. Also a shot at the Phoenix Mercury basket with the game tied. With 5.8 seconds left in regulation in the WNBA game at Allstate Arena in Rosemont, Ill., guard Epiphanny Prince inbounded the ball to Delle Donne and waited for her to […]
The Chicago Sky season took another twist Friday. Courtney Vandersloot’s right ankle to be precise. She twisted it in pregame warmups and subsequently missed the first game in her WNBA career. More painful than the ankle for Vandersloot was watching an 82-77 loss to the Indiana Fever at Allstate Arena in Rosemont, Ill. Not that […]
The Chicago Sky enjoyed a benchmark victory on Saturday. Fittingly, the bench left a mark in the process. With an 85-68 victory against the Atlanta Dream at Allstate Arena in Rosemont, Ill., the Sky clinched homecourt throughout the WNBA’s Eastern Conference playoffs. Among the reserves contributing to the Sky’s sixth consecutive victory (tying a franchise […]
August 23 is memorable for a variety of reasons. Let the record show that in 2013 on that date the Chicago Bears defeated the Oakland Raiders in an exhibition game in which Bears quarterback Jay Cutler and the offense looked impressive, the Chicago Cubs scored six runs in the first inning in a game at […]
It’s not every day that the Chicago Sky falls behind 15-0 to start a game. It’s not every day that Sky all-star guard Epiphanny Prince misses her first five field-goal attempts. Sunday was that day. It’s not every day that the Chicago Sky falls behind 15-0 to start a game — and wins. It’s not […]
It is the stuff of legends. Or legends in the making. Except it wasn’t a stuff; it was a three-pointer. But you get the idea. And the Chicago Sky got the victory 94-86 against the Minnesota Lynx on Sunday (Aug. 11) at Allstate Arena in Rosemont, Ill. Sky rookie Elena Delle Donne drained a three-point […]
The Chicago Sky outrebounded the Indiana Fever 40-29, had three more free-throw attempts, shot 22-of-60 from the field to Indiana’s 23-of-63 Tuesday (Aug. 6) in a WNBA game at Allstate Arena in Rosemont, Ill. And the Sky lost 64-58. The Sky (13-7) did have Elena Delle Donne — who won rookie of the month honors […]
The concussion that Chicago Sky forward Elena Delle Donne suffered Wednesday (July 24) created a headache — for the rookie, for the team and for the WNBA. The first-year player from the University of Delaware suffered a concussion with 1:01 remaining in the third quarter in an 82-78 loss to the host Washington Mystics. She […]