Articles filed under Basketball
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A grateful Hailey Van Lith is eager to get to work playing for the SkyApr 15, 2025 3:52 pm - Hailey Van Lith is happy to be drafted by the Chicago Sky, happy to play again with former LSU teammate Angel Reese, but most of all she’s happy to have peace of mind.
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Chicago Sky fills needs in WNBA draft with Sivka, Van Lith, WestbeldApr 14, 2025 9:15 pm - The Chicago Sky on Monday night drafted 6-foot-3 Slovenian power forward Ajsa Sivka and 5-9 TCU guard Hailey Van Lith in the first round of the WNBA draft.
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Five local basketball players in the transfer portalApr 14, 2025 5:04 pm - This edition of the High Five looks at local men’s basketball players who recently entered the transfer portal.
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Lincicome: For the play-in-bound Bulls, there’s nowhere to go but up and downApr 12, 2025 10:00 am - So here we are again, the Bulls facing another “play-in tournament,” sort of the electoral college of sports, designed to offer hope to the hopeless, allowing losers to think more of themselves than they rate, a false bottom in truth, a footstool for foot wipes.
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Julian Phillips scores a career-high 23 points and Bulls rout Wizards 119-89Apr 11, 2025 10:12 pm - Julian Phillips scored a career-high 23 points on 7-of-9 shooting, Nikola Vucevic finished with 15 points, 12 rebounds and 8 assists and the Bulls beat the Washington Wiz...
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Paige Bueckers is projected to go No. 1 in WNBA draft to Dallas WingsApr 11, 2025 8:56 pm - The WNBA is set to welcome its new rookie class, headlined by Paige Bueckers when the league holds its annual draft Monday night. The UConn star, who is fresh off leading the Huskies to their 12th national championship, is projected to go No. 1 to the Dallas Wings.
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The NBA’s playoff chase has hit the final weekend. Here’s a look at what’s happeningApr 11, 2025 11:05 am - There's 15 games on Friday. There's 15 more on Sunday. And there's a whole lot of things left for those last 30 games of the NBA regular season to decide. Among them: 15 of the 20 postseason seeds (Cleveland, Oklahoma City, Boston, Houston and Orlando are locked into their spots), along with three of the four initial play-in tournament matchups. Of the 15 games on Friday's schedule, 12 will have at least some level of postseason implications. And it's possible that as many as 12 of the 15 games on Sunday's schedule will affect the final standings as well.
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With a big draft ahead, the Chicago Sky is looking for more big playersApr 10, 2025 6:29 pm - With college stars like Paige Bueckers, Hailey Van Lith and Aneesah Morrow in the pool of draftees, there’s a lot of players who could make a big impact right away in their rookie seasons. The Chicago Sky wants to make sure its draft picks provide not only big impacts but big wingspans as well.
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This season has been a true running of the BullsApr 09, 2025 10:29 pm - The Bulls took a step toward clinching a home game in the play-in tournament by beating Miami on Wednesday behind Josh Giddey’s seventh triple-double of the season.
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Bulls’ Lonzo Ball meets family of the man who donated knee cartilage he received in transplantApr 09, 2025 9:03 pm - Bulls guard Lonzo Ball got to meet the family of the man who donated the knee cartilage he received in a transplant two years ago. Ball signed jerseys and took pictures with the mother, father, an older and a younger brother and soon-to-be sister-in-law of the late Alex Reinhardt of Dakota Dunes, South Dakota, who died at age 20 in February 2023, prior to Wednesday's game against the Miami Heat. The meeting near the Bulls' bench was an emotional moment for Angie Reinhardt, Alex's mother.