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Sky remain undefeated in Commissioner’s Cup play, beating Mystics 91-82

Sunday marked the Sky’s fifth Commissioner’s Cup game, and their undefeated record in Cup play has them atop the Eastern Conference standings.

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Sky win 73-65 in Atlanta after nearly blowing 20-point lead

Kahleah Copper led the Sky with a season-high 21 points and eight rebounds. Emma Meesseman added 16 points and six rebounds, and Candace Parker finished with nine points, six rebounds and five assists.

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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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Sky will ring in the reign Tuesday night

The team will celebrate its 2021 WNBA championship with a ceremony at Wintrust Arena.

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Candace Parker leads Sky to 82-73 victory against Mystics with historic triple-double performance

Parker finished with 16 points, 13 rebounds and 10 assists, becoming the third player in WNBA history with multiple career triple-doubles.

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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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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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Critics blame WNBA for Brittney Griner's absence, since she went to Russia for money

A new WNBA season begins Friday without one of its biggest stars. Phoenix Mercury center Brittney Griner is still in custody in Russia following a drug smuggling allegation.

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Brittney Griner’s detainment in Russia weighs heavy on WNBA as new season starts

As the WNBA tips off its 2022 season on Friday, uncertainty remains over the future of one of the league’s most beloved stars

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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.

Chicago Sun-Times

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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Candace Parker says Sky need to reinvent themselves if they want to repeat as WNBA champions

Four days before their season opener Friday against the Sparks, the Sky’s approach this season will focus more heavily on their progression.

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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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Sky get new additions to camp as coach James Wade makes his first cuts

Early in the day Wade waived Kamiah Smalls and Kayla Wells to make room on his training camp roster. No more than 15 players are allowed in a WNBA market at one time during training camp.

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Sky’s Courtney Vandersloot plans to continue her overseas career despite WNBA’s looming prioritization rule

The prioritization rule was added in the league’s new CBA in 2020 and will go into partial effect next season and full effect in 2024.

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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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Sky open camp with 14 players on training camp contracts and two roster spots

Thirteen players were set to arrive for Day 1 of camp, including Courtney Vandersloot, Allie Quigley, Emma Meesseman, Azura Stevens and Dana Evans.

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