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Sabrina Ionescu optimistic despite Liberty elimination: ‘I was at my lowest point a year ago’

NEW YORK — Sabrina Ionescu’s season had just ended with a disheartening defeat, the type of fourth-quarter collapse in a do-or-die playoff game that tends to linger on the mood.

Tribune News Service

Sky advance to WNBA semifinals with statement win: ‘We set the tone. Anything under that is just unacceptable.’

The Chicago Sky had been here before.

Chicago Tribune

Thoughts and prayers for the crowd that insists no one cares about women’s sports

Advocates have long insisted that, contrary to what the naysayers would have you believe, there’s a market for women’s sports. They just needed the right platform. Ratings the last few years have proven that to be true.

Chicago Sun-Times

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Good, Bad and the Future on Display in Liberty's First-Round Exit

Despite Tuesday’s Game 3 defeat, New York’s season was anything but a loss.

Sports Illustrated

Sky’s 16-0 fourth-quarter run pushes them past Liberty and into WNBA semifinals

The Sky will face the Connecticut Sun or the Dallas Wings.

Chicago Sun-Times

Game 3: Chicago Sky vs. New York Liberty, live stream, TV channel, time, how to watch WNBA Playoffs

The Chicago Sky will meet the New York Liberty in Game 3 of the best of three series on Tuesday night at the Barclays Center.

USA Today Sports Media Group

W Bets: Put your money on Game 3 between the Sky and Liberty to go down to the wire

Win or go home. Which team gets your money?

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Is Brittney Griner Receiving Her WNBA Salary Now That Her Second Job In Russia Is Kaput?

The Phoenix Mercury played its first playoff game of the postseason last week without their star center, Brittney Griner, who is sitting in a Russian penal colony following her nine-year sentence for inadvertentl

Benzinga

Brittney Griner: Why was the basketball star was detained in Russia?

Basketball icon has been detained in Moscow for five months and counting

The Independent UK

U.S. government may not want Dennis Rodman to go to Russia to try to help Brittney Griner

A hostage negotiator said that Rodman's proposed visit is a "terrible" idea.

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White House criticises Dennis Rodman’s plan to travel to Russia to bring home Brittney Griner

‘Anything other than negotiating further through the established channel is likely to complicate and hinder release efforts,’ official says

The Independent UK

Sky’s James Wade named 2022 WNBA Basketball Executive of the Year

After re-signing his core players, James Wade went out and signed 2019 Finals MVP Emma Meesseman and Rebekah Gardner, an overlooked star overseas.

Chicago Sun-Times

A City Prepares to Say Goodbye to Its Greatest Sports Icon

As Sue Bird brings her career to an end in the only WNBA home she’s known for 19 seasons, the impression she’s left is unlike any other athlete in the city’s history.

Sports Illustrated

Sky look to extend success in elimination games

The victory in Game 2 against the Liberty was the Sky’s third in a row facing elimination dating to back-to-back single-elimination games last postseason.

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AFP

Rodman planning Russia trip for jailed Griner: report

Washington (AFP) - Eccentric former NBA star Dennis Rodman is planning a trip to Russia in an effort to seek the release of imprisoned WNBA player Brittney Griner, NBC News reported on Sunday.

Tribune News Service

Storm sweep Mystics out of WNBA playoffs, advance to semifinals

SEATTLE — Within seconds, Jewell Loyd and Breanna Stewart drained three-pointers from the same spot early in the fourth quarter for a 16-point Storm lead that sent the Climate Pledge Arena crowd into a frenzy.

Tribune News Service

Dennis Rodman plans visit to Russia in support of Britney Griner

Dennis Rodman, the ex-NBA star who says he knows Vladimir Putin well, revealed his plan to travel to Russia in support of incarcerated WNBA star Britney Griner.

USA Today Sports Media Group

WNBA Bets: A’ja Wilson and Kelsey Plum should be key in the Aces covering Game 2 spread

Aces -17.5? That's a lot of points.

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Chicago Sky’s 38-point win over New York Liberty in Game 2 sets WNBA playoff record

Talk about a response!

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Game 2: New York Liberty vs. Chicago Sky, live stream, TV channel, time, how to watch WNBA Playoffs

The New York Liberty will meet the Chicago Sky in Game 2 of their best of three WNBA Playoff series on Wednesday night at Wintrust Arena.

Tribune News Service

Analysis: Four takeaways from the Storm's playoff-opening win vs. the Mystics

SEATTLE — The chess match that is WNBA playoff basketball begins in earnest for the Storm and Washington Mystics following Seattle's 86-83 win in Game 1 on Thursday.

Chicago Sun-Times

Facing elimination this early isn’t what Sky’s championship core re-signed for

The Sky are the No. 2 seed and have the deepest roster in the league. They shouldn’t be in this situation, given the sacrifices and upgrades they made last offseason. Yet here they are, a game away from it all ending.

USA Today Sports Media Group

W Bets: Bet on Candace Parker to save the Sky from first-round elimination

The champs are on the ropes.

Chicago Sun-Times

Truth bomb: Sky are up against it heading into Game 2 against the underdog Liberty

The pressure is on the WNBA’s defending champs, who presumably aren’t all that eager to find themselves on the business end of what would be one of the biggest postseason upsets in league history.

Tribune News Service

Retiring Lynx center Sylvia Fowles wins WNBA's top sportsmanship honor

MINNEAPOLIS — On the day she won yet another WNBA honor, Sylvia Fowles talked about the process of learning who she is without basketball.

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