by admin | Oct 18, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Tears welled up in Candace Parker’s eyes as teammate Courtney Vandersloot sank the final two free throws of Game 4 of the WNBA Finals on Sunday. Parker could taste it. A WNBA title, a hometown championship that she set out to win when she signed with the Sky eight...
by admin | Oct 15, 2021 | Representation, SEW
The Art Institute of Chicago lions standing outside the historic Michigan Avenue building will don Chicago Sky jerseys to support the team’s WNBA Finals run. The jerseys were placed on the lions at 4 p.m. Thursday and will remain on the statutes through the...
by admin | Oct 8, 2021 | Representation, SEW
The Chicago Sky are back in the WNBA Finals for the first time since the 2014 season after delivering an upset series victory over the top-seeded Connecticut Sun on Wednesday night. In Game 4, Courtney Vandersloot scored 19 points on 7-of-13 shooting, grabbed four...
by admin | Sep 28, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Candace Parker’s big week continues. Following single-elimination wins over the Dallas Wings and Minnesota Lynx in the WNBA playoffs in recent days, the 35-year-old Chicago Sky star signed a multi-year extension with Turner Sports, her offseason home in recent...
by admin | May 12, 2021 | Representation, SEW
On Sunday, just five days before the start of the 2021 WNBA season, the Los Angeles Sparks shook things up with a trade that will negligibly impact their upcoming season, but a deal they hope will serve them well for many seasons to come. The Sparks...
by admin | May 12, 2021 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
In what could be described as a full-circle moment, Chicago Sky forward Azurá Stevens is now teammates with one of her childhood basketball heroes, Candace Parker. In a tweet posted Monday night, the team showed the two women standing next to each other all smiles...
by admin | May 12, 2021 | Representation, SEW
If Candace Parker were commissioner of the WNBA for a day, she’d make a few changes. During a Monday night appearance on The Daily Show, the Chicago Sky player, 35, was asked to think of three improvements that she’d make if she were in charge of the...
by admin | May 11, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Days before Sky coach and general manager James Wade trimmed his roster to 11 players ahead of the 2021 WNBA season, he put forward Gabby Williams on the full-season suspended list. Three days later, Williams was traded to the Los Angeles Sparks for rookie Stephanie...
by admin | May 10, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Former UConn player Gabby Williams, the No. 4 pick in the 2018 WNBA draft by Chicago, was traded to Los Angeles by the Sky on Sunday. Williams, a 5-foot-11 forward, was put on the suspended list for the season by Chicago last week because she will be with the French...
by admin | Apr 2, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Chicago Sky star Candace Parker narrated a video essay celebrating the achievements of female athletes to bring Women’s History Month to a close. The video also represented a call to action to continue supporting and lifting up women’s...
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