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Some fans may be surprised to see WNBA players' starting base pay under $80,000, but why is the league structured like this?
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Some fans may be surprised to see WNBA players' starting base pay under $80,000, but why is the league structured like this?
When Angel Reese and Kamilla Cardoso hit the hardwood for the Chicago Sky and Caitlin Clark for the Indiana Fever, the WNBA rookie stars will be earning far less than their male counterparts in the NBA. Some fans may be surprised to see WNBA players' starting base pay under $80,000, but why is the league structured like this?
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Iowa Hawkeye's star Caitlin Clark will enter the 2024 WNBA draft, making this her final collegiate season, she announced Thursday.
Oak Park native Ashleen Bracey is in her second year as coach trying to turn around a UIC program that won a total of eight conference games in the six years before she arrived.
The University of Illinois Chicago women's basketball team picked up another conference win over the weekend against Valparaiso to improve to 9-7 in conference play. After years of being at or near the bottom of the standings, something seems to be building on the city's Near West Side.
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A man was found dead after he was attacked by a dog in the Back of the Yards neighborhood on Thursday night.
A fire broke out at a Hilton hotel in Naperville overnight.
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Dr. Debra Houry, who resigned in protest from the health agency, said the spread of misinformation impacted lives.
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