WNBA fans pack Wintrust Arena for Chicago Sky win over Indiana Fever
Fans packed Wintrust Arena to watch the Chicago Sky and Indiana Fever play in what was billed as perhaps the most highly-anticipated WNBA game of the season.
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Fans packed Wintrust Arena to watch the Chicago Sky and Indiana Fever play in what was billed as perhaps the most highly-anticipated WNBA game of the season.
The WNBA announced that it's rescinded the second technical foul on Chicago rookie Angel Reese that occurred with 2:31 left in the loss to the New York Liberty on Tuesday night.
Chicago Sky guard Chennedy Carter said Monday she has no regrets despite being issued a flagrant foul and facing widespread criticism for knocking down Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark on a dead-ball inbounds play on Saturday.
The Sky's 12-player roster was set ahead of the season opener after 13th overall draft pick Brynna Maxwell was waived after suffering a knee injury.
The Chicago Sky will open the WNBA regular season on Wednesday in Dallas for the first of two games on the road against the Wings. First-year head coach Teresa Weatherspoon finally has a finalized roster full of players getting a fresh start.
The team's first three games will be on the road. But the team's many new faces were on display at Media Day.
The Chicago Sky start the WNBA regular season next week, but fans clamoring to see them in Chicago will have to wait until May 25. The team's first three games will be on the road. But the team's many new faces were on display at Media Day.
The Sky drafted Cardoso third overall in last month's WNBA Draft.
The Sky will begin the 2024 regular season on May 15 at 7 p.m. on the road against the Dallas Wings.
Along with the young new stars, the Sky also has a new coach in Hall of Famer Teresa Weatherspoon. It's a new situation for everyone involved.
Star rookies Kamilla Cardoso, Angel Reese and the Chicago Sky are preparing for their first preseason WNBA game on Friday on the road against Minnesota.
Basketball star Caitlin Clark is expected to draw huge crowds when she heads to Chicago this summer when her Indiana Fever team plays the Chicago Sky. Some fans are pushing for the Sky to move the games to a much larger venue.
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?
Makira Cook rebounded from first-half foul trouble by scoring 22 of her 27 points in the second half and Kendall Bostic had 15 points and 15 rebounds.
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.
The 5-foot-8 guard started 20 games, averaging 6.2 points and 4.5 assists per game for the Minnesota Lynx last season.
During the game, Clark moved ahead of Ohio State's Kelsey Mitchell when she converted a layup with 4:58 left in the first half, making her the career scoring leader for the Big Ten.
This was the first ever sellout game for Northwestern women's basketball, and it felt more like an Iowa Hawkeyes home game with so many Clark fans. CBS 2's Charlie De Mar reports.
Northwestern (7-14, 2-8) lost its fifth straight game. Melannie Daley scored 19 points for the Wildcats, and Hailey Weaver finished with 13.
Shooters shoot, and Iowa's Caitlin Clark has never stopped shooting. The college star will put her skills on display Wednesday night against Northwestern.
The Wildcats are the only teams in Clark's 121 games at Iowa to hold her to the single digits.
The Indianapolis native is playing on a Blue Demons team she says feels like a family who has fully embraced her own. CBS 2's Jori Parys reports.
The Illinois Attorney General charged 11 former and current Ford Heights elected officials and municipal employees with misusing funds for personal gain.
Sixteen of the state's cases this year trace to an outbreak among people who were unvaccinated or had an unknown vaccination history. Health officials say the overall risk is very low but want residents to confirm they're protected.
President Donald Trump confirmed he will attend the Presidents Cup at Medinah Country Club in the Chicago suburbs this weekend in a social media post.
Multiple businesses were broken into on Friday morning, and burglars left cash registers and a safe.
Boleros De Noche, an acclaimed Los Angeles-based musical series, is back in Chicago for the second time and is being headlined by a Grammy-winning Chicana musician.
The Chicago City Council deferred a full vote on the sale of the city's parking meters from one private company to another to their next full council meeting as they face an end-of-month deadline.
In a 6-3 decision, the Supreme Court sided with the Trump administration in its push to use a controversial database to review state voter rolls for potential noncitizens.
A special board meeting to replace the village manager in south suburban Hazel Crest came to an end before it could even begin on Thursday.
Big names continue to leave Mayor Brandon Johnson's administration, with his chief legal counsel announcing her retirement this week. Analysts said the wave of departures at City Hall is problematic.
The City Council Finance Committee backed a deal allowing Chicago's parking meters to be sold from one private company to another, as part of an agreement that would see the city start to net a share of future profits.
Scammers are now impersonating the patient portal MyChart, using realistic-looking emails, texts, and websites to try to steal personal information and, in some cases, get malware on your computer.
Fuel prices continue to climb across the country, and that has U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Illinois) pointing the finger at President Trump.
Nicor customers will get a break on their bills this fall after Illinois Attorney General Kwame Roul reached an agreement with the utility to cut $140 million from its requested rate hike.
Drivers in Chicago and beyond were paying the highest gas prices ever recorded for the Labor Day holiday as millions of Americans were making their way home on Monday.
Around 115 million domestic and international tourists visited Illinois last year, pushing visitor spending past $50 billion for the first time and generating more than $88 billion in total economic impact.
Sixteen of the state's cases this year trace to an outbreak among people who were unvaccinated or had an unknown vaccination history. Health officials say the overall risk is very low but want residents to confirm they're protected.
The Chicago Department of Public Health on Wednesday launched its first "street psychiatry" teams, in an effort to provide mental health services to some of the city's most vulnerable people.
A new Illinois law lets terminally ill patients request a lethal prescription to end their lives, making the state the 13th in the U.S. — and the first in the Midwest — to permit it.
Nearly half of Americans with medical debt owe at least $2,000, forcing them to make tough choices, new research shows.
A judge on Tuesday was expected to place two shuttered Chicago-area safety-net hospitals into receivership.
McDonald's said Wednesday it will spend $8.5 billion over the next decade to modernize its restaurants globally.
The future of Rate Field was back in the spotlight on Wednesday.
Plans for a new Chicago White Sox stadium in the South Loop have residents near the existing ballpark in Bridgeport concerned, not just because the team might be leaving, but also what might be coming nearby.
A new report from the University of Illinois Chicago said federal immigration enforcement led to $1.26 billion in unspent money at retail establishments and restaurants in Cook County.
Around 115 million domestic and international tourists visited Illinois last year, pushing visitor spending past $50 billion for the first time and generating more than $88 billion in total economic impact.
Taylor Swift announced her new single "Patient Zero" earlier this week, saying she has been "impatiently waiting" to announce that it will be out on Friday.
A Tennessee judge granted Dolly Parton's estate a temporary restraining order Wednesday against the late singer's nephew Bryan Seaver and his private security company.
An autopsy by the Greenville County Coroner's Office determined Hayden Panettiere's death was due to an accidental overdose of several drugs, including fentanyl.
Nike-owned Converse acknowledged that an ad for its Chuck Taylor sneaker is "deeply upsetting."
Presley Gerber, the son of Cindy Crawford and Rande Gerber, has died at 27, a family spokesperson has confirmed.
The American Cancer Society has obtained a $25 million gift from Kim Duchossois and her family to help develop the Hope Lodge Chicago, a facility where families can stay for free while loved ones receive cancer treatment.
Go behind the scenes of "Play On!" now playing at Chicago Shakespeare Theater.
Travel editor Peter Greenberg joins CBS News Chicago.
Boleros De Noche, an acclaimed Los Angeles-based musical series, is back in Chicago for the second time and is being headlined by a Grammy-winning Chicana musician.
Gray skies will clear Friday, with highs in the upper 60s.
President Trump confirmed he will attend the Presidents Cup at Medinah Country Club in the Chicago suburbs this weekend.
The Illinois Attorney General charged 11 former and current Ford Heights elected officials and municipal employees with misusing funds for personal gain.
The Shedd Aquarium released the first set of preliminary findings from necropsies performed on two beluga whales rescued from Marineland in Canada who died after their transfer to Chicago.
Two 20-year-olds have been arrested and charged with hazing and disorderly conduct in relation to the incident.
Three people were injured in a house fire in Chicago's Englewood neighborhood on Friday morning.
Surging gas and diesel prices are putting the pinch on farmers with harvest season underway, and could drive grocery prices even further up.
Another business owned by a couple under investigation for mishandling bodies at funeral homes and crematories on the South Side and in the south suburbs was raided by law enforcement Thursday.
Crown Point native Chris Payne was arrested for the 2018 sexual assault of a woman, which he has adamantly claimed from the beginning that he had nothing to do with.
A Chicago nonprofit is suing its former president, accusing him of illegally diverting millions of dollars in charitable funds and jeopardizing the charity's future in fighting homelessness.
They're not regular donuts, they're quantum donuts. That's the pitch from a business hoping to get more dough as a massive new quantum computing campus continues construction in South Chicago.
Pete Crow-Armstrong joined the 40-40 club by stealing his 40th base to go along with his major league-leading 45 home runs, and the Chicago Cubs clinched their second straight postseason berth with a 2-1 victory over the Miami Marlins.
The Chicago White Sox became the first team to follow consecutive 100-loss seasons by reaching the playoffs on Thursday, throttling the Kansas City Royals 9-1 to ensure no worse than one of the three AL wild-card spots for the postseason.
History was made during the regular-season finale at Wrigley Field Thursday, as Pete Crow-Armstrong became the first player in Cubs history to join the 40-40 Club.
The Cubs and White Sox will both play in the postseason for the first time since 2020, after clinching playoff spots within a matter of minutes of each other on Thursday afternoon.
Kyle Stowers homered and the Miami Marlins denied the Chicago Cubs a chance to clinch a playoff berth for the second straight night with a 3-2 victory Wednesday.
A Chicago violence interrupter is remembered for the difference he tried to make in his South Shore neighborhood. Courtney Harris worked to keep young people away from violence, but died in a shooting over the weekend.
Three men were wounded in a shooting on Thursday night outside a liquor store in the South Chicago neighborhood.
A sixth-grade teacher and basketball coach at a school in Island Lake, Illinois, was arrested Thursday on child pornography charges.
Boise police have identified a man known as the "Unknown Wanderer" who was found dead in a church in 1982, and revealed a possible link to the Chicago Tylenol murders.
A Mundelein, Illinois, high school teacher and volleyball coach appeared in court Wednesday morning on charges of making an unauthorized video recording of a minor.
