CHICAGO — At halftime, the Chicago Sky were up 47-32 on the Connecticut Sun in Game 2 of the WNBA semifinals Wednesday night. As she was returning to the court after the break, Sky All-Star Candace Parker caught a glimpse of Serena Williams at the U.S. Open on a TV and saw Williams had won the first set.
At the same time, on press row, a group of women sports writers took a free moment to anxiously check in on Williams’ match. Though there were other sports on, the biggest events of the night on ESPN — Williams on main and the Sky on ESPN2 — belonged to women.
Parker and the Sky led by as many as 20 points in the third quarter. The Sun, who had bullied and battered them just two nights before, had no answer. Any questions about whether the Sky could bounce back were put to bed. With their backs against the wall against a hungry opponent out for revenge, the defending WNBA champs refocused and returned to form.
