Articles filed under Basketball
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Schwarz: Illini are playing a whole new ballgame under athletic director Josh WhitmanSep 12, 2025 5:54 pm - Tuesday’s announcement of a $100 million gift from alumnus Larry Gies to rename Illinois’ football stadium shows how the athletic program has changed in Champaign.
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Bulls to add six to Ring of Honor, including Paxson, Van Lier, Grant and CartwrightSep 12, 2025 3:50 pm - The Chicago Bulls on Friday named the Class of 2025 for the organization’s Ring of Honor: Johnny Bach, Bill Cartwright, Neil Funk, Horace Grant, John Paxson and Norm Van Lier.
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Breanna Stewart scores 24 points and Liberty beat Sky 91-86 to finish seasonSep 11, 2025 9:44 pm - Breanna Stewart scored 24 points, Rebekah Gardner had 15 and Emma Messemann added 14 as the New York Liberty beat the Chicago Sky 91-86 on Thursday night.
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Angel Reese and Chicago Sky face crossroads as WNBA season ends. Will she return?Sep 11, 2025 10:45 am - The Sky may need to move forward without its best player and a lack of assets after it mortgaged the future to acquire Angel Reese and build around her. The construction of a new practice facility can’t obscure that perhaps no other team in the WNBA has a more depressing outlook in the near term.
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Sky no match for streaking AcesSep 09, 2025 11:31 pm - LAS VEGAS — Jewell Loyd became the 16th player to reach 6,000 points, scoring 15 Tuesday night to help extend the Aces' winning streak to 15 games with a 92-61 victory ov...
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Bulls, Giddey finally agree on new contractSep 09, 2025 6:25 pm - The Bulls agreed to a new deal with guard Josh Giddey worth $100 million over four years.
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Chicago Sky can’t handle the truth — Angel Reese suspension exposes deeper franchise issuesSep 06, 2025 10:00 am - The Chicago Sky doesn’t have the appetite for a rebuild. All of the moves it made last off-season indicate a certain level of impatience. However, on Friday, the Sky punished its star player for espousing those same views.
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Mitchell scores 20, Howard 18 as Fever beat Sky 97-77 and move closer to securing playoff berthSep 05, 2025 9:39 pm - Kelsey Mitchell scored 20 points, Natasha Howard added 18 and the Indiana Fever moved closer to securing a playoff berth with a 97-77 win over the Chicago Sky on Friday night in a matchup that was missing both teams' marquee players.
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Reese suspended by Sky for a half of Sunday’s game for comments ‘detrimental to the team’Sep 05, 2025 4:45 pm - Angel Reese was suspended by the Chicago Sky for the first half of the team's game against Las Vegas on Sunday for comments she made that were “detrimental to the team.”
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Caitlin Clark to miss the rest of the Fever’s season because of a right groin injurySep 04, 2025 7:43 pm - Caitlin Clark will miss the rest of the Indiana Fever’s season because of a right groin injury.