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The extraordinary introvert driving the Liberty’s championship push

by admin | Sep 15, 2023 | Representation, SEW

COURTNEY VANDERSLOOT SCOOCHES into a chair at one of the round tables in a drab meeting room in a downtown Los Angeles hotel. If she weren’t sporting New York Liberty gear, you would never peg her as a professional basketball player, let alone the WNBA’s...

How the New York Liberty built a WNBA superteam in just one offseason

by admin | May 18, 2023 | Representation, SEW

The Big Apple is known for its unrelenting pace, but one of the central scenes of the New York Liberty’s blockbuster free agency came some 5,000 miles away, during a two-hour boat ride where no one was in a hurry. One morning in late January, Clara Wu Tsai,...

Vandersloot to New York, the rise of superteams and a Liberty-Aces WNBA Finals?

by admin | Feb 3, 2023 | Representation, SEW

A day after former MVP Breanna Stewart left the Seattle Storm for the New York Liberty in free agency, All-Star point guard Courtney Vandersloot — who had already indicated she would not be returning to the Chicago Sky — made the same difficult decision,...

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

by admin | Apr 26, 2022 | Representation, SEW

Emma Meesseman was 19 when the Mystics selected her in the second round of the 2013 draft. She had a lot to grow into, including her role as a leader. Meesseman describes herself as an introvert, but in the Sky’s 92-77 loss to the Wings in their preseason opener...

For the first time in her WNBA career, Courtney Vandersloot is truly a free agent

by admin | Nov 8, 2021 | Representation, SEW

After her rookie contract expired, Courtney Vandersloot took all of five minutes to re-sign with the Sky. Former coach Pokey Chatman laughed when retelling that story, sharing that Vandersloot asked, “What’s the max number of years I can sign for?” The 2022 season...

Chicago Sky win first ever WNBA title after explosive fourth quarter performance

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...

Courtney Vandersloot Drops the Second Triple-Double in WNBA Playoff History

by admin | Sep 29, 2021 | Representation, SEW

The WNBA semifinals are off with a bang between the Sky-Sun double overtime in Game 1 and Courtney Vandersloot making league playoff history with only the second triple-double. Only the Sky point guard “had not idea” she had that stat line until ESPN...

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