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WNBA kicks off All-Star weekend with orange carpet

Fashion has long been a way for WNBA players to show a personal side, and many of them Friday credited previous All-Stars for paving the way.

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On 50th anniversary of Title IX, Sky reflect on past experiences and what’s needed for future generations

The most common thread in all of the Sky’s stories is the belief that each generation of women will experience better than the last. That belief comes with an understanding that the generation before each of their own experienced worse.

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What does Julie Allemand’s late arrival mean for Sky, who are just beginning to establish rhythm?

Allemand averaged 9.2 points, six assists and 3.1 rebounds in 29 games for Lyon in the French League.

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Are the Sky’s offensive struggles something to be concerned about?

The Sky (5-3) are converting 30.6% of their threes, the team’s lowest mark under coach/GM James Wade’s tenure

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WNBA Finals rematch has few similarities, except for Sky victory

The most significant difference from last year’s Finals was the absence of Mercury center Brittney Griner, whose detention in Russia reached 103 days Tuesday.

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Kahleah Copper returned to the Sky with two more MVP honors and a hunger for ‘more’

Copper led Perfumerias Avenida in scoring (21.4 points) and rebounding (6.2), and her three-point percentage rose from 30.6% during the 2021 WNBA season to 36.2% playing overseas.

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Courtney Vandersloot following Sue Bird’s lead — but will she follow Bird to Seattle?

Vandersloot, who’s from Kent, Washington, entered the Sky’s game Wednesday in Seattle in fourth on the league’s career assist list, 870 behind Bird. Vandersloot had 12 assists (and Bird seven) in the Sky’s 74-71 loss.

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What will late additions mean for the Sky?

What last season proved to GM/coach James Wade and the Sky was that making it to the WNBA Finals is a marathon. During free agency, Wade made moves to bolster the Sky’s depth.

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Allie Quigley’s story in the WNBA reminds new players of what’s possible

Quigley returned to the court after missing the Sky’s first two games with an injury to her right knee. She scored seven points in 21 minutes in the Sky’s 82-78 victory against the Lynx.

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Sky get first win of the season behind impressive WNBA debut performance from Rebekah Gardner

Gardner finished with 14 points on 6-for-9 shooting and added four rebounds and two steals in Sky’s 83-50 win over the New York Liberty.

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How These WNBA Couples Came to Be

Jasmine Thomas and Natisha Hiedeman. Courtney Vandersloot and Allie Quigley. Alyssa Thomas and DeWanna Bonner. How do they make it work?

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WNBA players prefer roster expansion over league expansion

The Sky are one of the 10 WNBA teams carrying 11 players as the 2022 season started, waiving seven players the week of their season opener to fit within the salary cap.

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Dana Evans was a highlight of the Sky’s season opener

Evans opened the season with a career-high 24 points, scoring 17 of them on 7-for-8 shooting in the third quarter of Friday’s loss to the Los Angeles Sparks.

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Takeaways From the First Weekend of the 2022 WNBA Season

From productive rookies to potential growing pains, how did each team look in its first game of the year?

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Allie Quigley ruled out for Sky season opener

Along with ruling Quigley out for Friday’s game, Wade made his final roster cuts waiving Masseny Kaba, Kathleen Doyle and Emmanuelle Tahane Thursday afternoon. These cuts bring the Sky’s official roster to 11 players, but four of them are still out of the country.

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Candace Parker’s long awaited matchup against former team is almost here

In her 13 seasons with the Sparks, Candace Parker averaged 16.9 points on 48.2% shooting, 8.6 rebounds and 3.9 assists. She led them to a championship in 2016, won two league MVP awards, was named rookie of the year in 2008 and defensive player of the year in 2020.

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Here’s a look at your 2022 Chicago Sky

Despite the seriousness of the impending season and the line of questioning that came with it, Candace Parker, Courtney Vandersloot, Allie Quigley and the rest of the Sky’s roster seemed to enjoy the afternoon of media.

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Sky’s Azurá Stevens is ready for whatever is thrown at her

Two days before the Sky’s season opener at Wintrust Arena against the Los Angeles Sparks, Stevens is operating at 100%, ready for an expanded role in coach/GM James Wade’s system.

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It’s time we talked about Candace Parker’s legacy

As Parker enters what could be her last WNBA season, her impact on the Sky, the league and the game can’t be denied.

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James Wade is Sky’s championship salesman

Wade envisioned the Sky as WNBA champ, but his empowering style is what got them there.

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There’s not much dispute about ‘Sloot’

A stroke of fortune landed point guard Courtney Vandersloot with Sky, and she has turned herself and her team into champs.

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Sky franchise followed a long path to WNBA crown

A look back at the Sky’s up-and-down history before the breakthrough championship season in 2021.

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Sky are going for back-to-back titles in WNBA’s 26th season

The Sky are trying to become the third team in WNBA history to win back-to-back titles, and the first since the Sparks in 2001-2002. To accomplish that, they will have to go through a league that will see even more parity in 2022.

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Emma Meesseman takes reigning champion Sky to a ‘whole other level’

As Courtney Vandersloot, Allie Quigley and Azurá Stevens watched Monday’s game from the bench, Meesseman took the floor as the most veteran player in the Sky’s starting five and commanded the role well.

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Sky are ready to defend their title in 2022

The joy of a team returning to the court after completing a championship season was evident. Equally noticeable was the team’s hunger for another.

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