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Sky attribute fourth consecutive loss to familiar energy issues

“We’ve lost seven straight and won a championship the same year. We don’t turn on each other in Chicago,” coach/general manager James Wade said.

Chicago Sun-Times

Sky’s early success a direct result of bond developed by fresh-faced team

Eight games in, the Sky’s 97.3 defensive rating is fourth in the league. Their offensive rating (98.3) is eighth, but in six clutch games this season, it improves to second (123.9) behind the Aces.

Chicago Sun-Times

Kahleah Copper spurs Sky’s second-half comeback to beat Liberty

The Sky (4-3) proved eight players is enough in an 86-82 road win. Copper had seven points in the first half and finished with a game-high 27.

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Sky prove adversity is ‘not that big of a deal’ with 94-88 win over Wings despite depleted roster

Marina Mabrey led the Sky with 23 points, eight assists and five rebounds.

Chicago Sun-Times

Sky’s second-half comeback falls short in 71-69 loss to Mystics

Marina Mabrey led the Sky with 19 points, five rebounds and four assists.

Chicago Sun-Times

New-look Sky open season with road victory, thanks to strong defensive performance

As a team, the Sky came up with 14 steals, four of them courtesy of Rebekah Gardner, and eight blocks. They converted 21 turnovers by the Lynx into 17 points.

Chicago Sun-Times

Sky’s roster takes shape in final hour before deadline

Sika Koné, the Sky’s new forward, is hoping to get from New York to Minnesota early Friday morning to play in the season opener against the Lynx at 7 p.m.

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Sky preseason ends with victory against Lynx in WNBA’s first game in Canada

Kahleah Copper led the Sky with 18 points. The teams will play again in the regular-season opener Saturday in Minneapolis.

Chicago Sun-Times

Can 2023 Sky maintain standard set by past stars?

The team James Wade constructed will only go as far as two-time All-Star and the 2021 WNBA Finals MVP Kahleah Copper takes them.

Chicago Sun-Times

Sky impress on defense in second preseason game

“Our identity is going to have to be those hustle plays, those 50/50 balls,’’ Courtney Williams said.

Chicago Sun-Times

Sky open training camp with an 18-player roster, Kahleah Copper at the helm

With Astou Ndour-Fall opting out of the 2023 WNBA season and Li Yueru’s status up in the air, the Sky have added cap space and vacancies in the front court to fill.

Chicago Sun-Times

Kahleah Copper: Precious mettle for the new-look Sky

The drastically different team is built around its All-Star cornerstone, and new players will match her intensity

Chicago Sun-Times

Courtney Williams adds intangibles to Sky team being rebuilt on resolute mentality

In sevens seasons Williams has earned a reputation as a relentless backcourt presence in the WNBA. In her career, she’s totaled 2,603 points, 1,104 rebounds, 622 assists, 180 steals and 59 blocks.

Chicago Sun-Times

New player introductions feature group determined to leave own mark on Sky

There are All-Star and championship shoes to fill with the departures of Candace Parker, Courtney Vandersloot, Allie Quigley and Azura Stevens, but coach James Wade’s new signees aren’t feeling the pressure.

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Sky star Kahleah Copper embraces a new leadership role after free-agency upheaval: ‘I’m ready to step into those shoes’

CHICAGO — The flurry of WNBA free agency left only one veteran star in Chicago: Kahleah Copper.

Chicago Sun-Times

Kahleah Copper will lead Sky’s new faces

After the departures of Candace Parker, Courtney Vandersloot, Allie Quigley and Azura Stevens, Copper is the last remaining starter from the Sky’s championship run in 2021. She’s also their longest-tenured player.

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‘It’s gotta be Moolah Kicks’: How Natalie White created the groundbreaking women’s basketball brand

HARTFORD, Conn. — During her senior year at Boston College in 2019, Natalie White came across an online advertisement that would shift not only the course of her life but the entire women’s basketball sneaker landscape.

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Chelsea Gray leads the Las Vegas Aces to their first WNBA title

Chelsea Gray scored 20 points to lead the Las Vegas Aces to their first WNBA title in a 78-71 road win over the Connecticut Sun in Game 4 on Sunday.

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Aces defeat Sun for first WNBA title

Las Vegas’ Chelsea Gray went 9-for-13 from the field and was named MVP.

The Independent UK

Las Vegas Aces win first WNBA title, Chelsea Gray named MVP

Chelsea Gray scored 20 points to lead the Las Vegas Aces to their first WNBA title in a 78-71 road win over the Connecticut Sun in Game 4

Sports Illustrated

Aces Take 2–0 Lead in WNBA Finals With Win Over Sun

Las Vegas is one win away from its first WNBA championship.

Chicago Tribune

Salaries for top staffers at Obama Foundation are outpacing their counterparts at other presidential centers

CHICAGO — Even before Barack Obama left the White House, plans to build his presidential center in Jackson Park were met with resistance as nearby residents feared the center’s very existence would drive up costs in an area the former president says he wants to uplift.

Tribune News Service

Sun extend WNBA semifinals series against Sky with 104-80 rout in Game 4

UNCASVILLE, Conn. — Championship windows only come around so often. And when they do, they only stay open for so long.

Tribune News Service

Sun blow out Wings, 93-68, to open WNBA playoffs

UNCASVILLE, Conn. — The third-seeded Connecticut Sun coasted to a 93-68 win over the sixth-seeded Dallas Wings in Game 1 of a first-round WNBA playoff series on Thursday night at Mohegan Sun Arena.

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Khristina Williams Is Making Space for Black Women Covering the WNBA

The Girls Talk Sports TV founder is establishing herself as a respected storyteller in the women's sports world, particularly with WNBA news and reporting.

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