Chicago Sky embracing their share of the WNBA spotlight behind gregarious rookie Angel Reese

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The Chicago Sky are enjoying the moment at a time when interest in women’s basketball and the WNBA’s ratings, attendance and revenue are soaring. They've won three of the six games this season heading into their Saturday matchup against Caitlin Clark and the Indiana Fever.

Chicago Sky forward Angel Reese talks with teammates during a timeout in the first half of a WNBA basketball game against the Seattle Storm, Tuesday, May 28, 2024, in Chicago. Chicago Sky coach Teresa Weatherspoon, left, talks to Angel Reese during the second half of the team’s WNBA basketball game against the New York Liberty, Thursday, May 23, 2024, in New York. The Sky won 90-81.

The spotlight will likely be as bright as it has been this season for the Sky when they travel to Indiana on Saturday to play Clark and the Fever . It will be the first meeting as pros between Reese and her old college rival Clark, the No. 1 pick in the draft.Marina Mabrey hits 6 3-pointers, scores 20 as the Sky beat the Sparks for 1st home winIt will also be big for the Sky as 6-foot-7 Kamilla Cardoso looks like she will make her regular season debut against Indiana.

“When you talk about Kamilla, she’s different,” said first-year Sky coach Teresa Weatherspoon. “She can play many different ways. We’ll have an opportunity to have a lot of different offensive sets because she’s a part of it.”promoted Jeff Pagliocca Reese was the first rookie in franchise history to score 10 or more in her first five games, a streak that ended when she had six on Thursday in anWhile the Sky clearly have room to grow, for now, they’re enjoying the moment and some of the perks that come with it. No one more than Reese.Reese graduated from college, got invited onstage with some teammates at the rapper Megan Thee Stallion’s concert in Chicago and was announced as part-owner of a new professional women’s soccer team.

 

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