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October 12, 2021

The Chicago Sky is a Neighborhood

From left (Quigley, Parker, DeShields, Vandersloot.)  Image via Sky in the Chi.

I’ve followed the Chicago Sky since they were founded in 2005.

I remember congenial NBA Hall of Famer Dave Cowens as the WNBA team’s first coach and I entered the franchise  “Name the Team” contest. I suggested Skyliners. One of the Sky’s original minority investors was Matthew Knowles, father of then-Destiny Child lead vocalist Beyonce Knowles.

My respect for women’s basketball dates back to my first newspaper job at the Aurora Beacon-News, outside of Chicago. In 1972 I wrote a feature on Title IX, which created an equal [...]

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