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After three seasons in a backup role, the longest-tenured Sky player is ready to step up and lead the team into a new era.
Entering the Big Ten Tournament semifinals on her home field in Evanston, Scane is six goals shy of tying the Division I career mark. After that, she and the No. 1-ranked Wildcats will go for a second straight national championship.
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Less than a month ago, both rookies were competing in the NCAA Tournament. Cardoso’s run extended all the way to a title. The immediate turnaround to the draft and now training camp is a unique experience in the women’s game.
The retiring Parker’s legendary career started at Naperville Central, and she continued to influence others through her 16-season tenure in the WNBA.
In 2024 in sports, everybody who’s anybody is being called “generational” by somebody. The overuse of the term is rampant and comical.
“A great deal of energy in here,” Weatherspoon said. “When you have that, as a coach, you feel the buy-in is there. That’s what you want. That was important for us to gain a little bit of chemistry and continuity.”
“I promised I’d never cheat the game,” Parker wrote on Instagram. “And that I’d leave it in a better place than I came into it.”
The Sky open training camp with a 14-player roster that will need to be trimmed to 12 by May 13.
After spending two seasons outside of Chicago, DeShields is back on a one-year deal with the franchise that drafted her third overall in 2018.
Reese’s jersey sold out on the online WNBA store within days of her being drafted by the Sky with the No. 7 overall pick.
There are 13 former Gamecocks on WNBA training-camp rosters. The only program with more is UConn, which has 18 players on training-camp rosters.
Rawlinson hopes to make an announcement regarding the team’s plans for an individual practice facility before the 2024 season begins.
The new uniform features light-blue coloring, silver piping and a white gradient throughout, meant to exemplify “infinite possibilities.”
Kamilla Cardoso and Angel Reese will fill seats, but their games need further development.
In a draft class touted as the one that will change the trajectory of the WNBA, arguably only the Fever — with No. 1 overall pick Caitlin Clark — procured more star power than the Sky.
The vision for the team’s future became clearer after Monday night when it selected South Carolina center Kamilla Cardoso (No. 3) and LSU forward Angel Reese (No. 7). This draft was the Sky’s chance to kick-start their next era.
In her fifth season, she averaged 14.2 points and 2.9 rebounds for the Zags. Maxwell’s addition sets up an even more competitive training camp in Chicago.
The Sky acquired the No. 7 pick from the Lynx in exchange for the No. 8 pick in the 2024 WNBA Draft, forward Sika Koné, a 2025 second-round pick and the right to swap 2026 first-round picks. Additionally, the Sky received the rights to forward Nikolina Milic.
Monday night was the third time in franchise history that the Sky selected third overall in the WNBA Draft.
Fans interested in seeing Clark and the Indiana Fever in Chicago will have to wait until June.
The Indiana Fever’s season opener is May 14 on the road against the Connecticut Sun.
Caitlin Clark, Angel Reese and others showed off their style at the 2024 WNBA Draft in Brooklyn.