CHICAGO — Lake County, Ill., native Kari Juszczyk remembers the first time she turned on ESPN to see Sue Bird playing basketball.
It was more than two decades ago, Bird slightly swimming in her jersey as she marshaled the University of Connecticut offense from the point. But it was an immediate connection for Juszczyk, who followed the point guard’s career from Connecticut to the Seattle Storm to the front row of Tuesday’s Chicago Sky game at Wintrust Arena.
“She paved the way for us,” Juszczyk said. “We’re still fighting to get equal pay and equal time for women. It’s just huge for us. It gives us all a chance that someday it’ll all be equal.”
