A self-described “military brat,” Candice Dupree was often on the move during her childhood. Discovering new places was neat, but moving so much didn’t do her basketball career any favors. Dupree, an all-star forward for the Chicago Sky, played only about a year of AAU basketball when she was in high school. Either she moved [...]

There was candy strewn all over the media tables Saturday night at the UIC Pavilion.
Lemonheads, Laffy Taffys, Nerds, Twizzlers, you name it. They were all there for the taking.
It almost seemed as if the Chicago Sky was trying to send a subliminal message to forward Candice Dupree, who hears a quick cut of New Edition’s [...]

Brooke Wyckoff should have been at basketball practice on Friday, preparing for the Chicago Sky’s final game of the regular season, a Saturday night tilt against the Detroit Shock.
Instead, Wyckoff spent the day moving out of her downtown Chicago apartment.
It seems unfair, really.
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A win, and the Chicago Sky is in. In the playoffs, that is.
For the first time in franchise history, the fourth-year Sky is on the brink of a spot in the WNBA playoffs, and no outside help is needed.
An impressive 86-79 victory over the Indiana Fever on Thursday night in front of 2,902 at the [...]

The Sky is one victory away from making the WNBA playoffs for the first time in the four-year history of the franchise.
An 86-79 triumph over the league-leading Indiana Fever on Thursday night at the UIC Pavilion improved the Sky’s record to 16-17 with the final regular-season game Saturday night against the defending champion Detroit Shock.
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With the Detroit Shock is down to nine players as it tries to make the playoffs, Deanna Nolan has decided she isn’t coming off the floor.
Nolan has played every second of Detroit’s last two games, including Sunday’s crucial 84-75 victory over the Chicago Sky. She had 19 points and 8 rebounds as the Shock [...]

A day after announcing a knee injury had ended her season, the Chicago Sky waived forward Brooke Wyckoff and signed center Katie Feenstra Mattera. The moves were announced Tuesday morning by Steven Key, Sky head coach and general manager.
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The Chicago Sky is having its best season in team history, teetering on a playoff berth. Candice Dupree also is having her best season.
Of course, both go hand in hand.
Dupree is the team’s leading scorer ( 15 points per game ) as the Sky ( 13-13, as of Aug. 20 ) are battling to survive [...]

The Detroit Shock pretty much has had the Sky’s number the last four seasons. With Saturday night’s 76-67 win at the UIC Pavilion, Detroit boosts its record to 10-3 against Chicago.
With a first WNBA playoff spot within range and a chance to go above .500, the Sky failed to avenge a 64-58 loss at Detroit.
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Throughout Tamera Young’s basketball career at James Madison, she was unequivocally a scorer.
Among the JMU records the Wilmington, N.C., native holds are career points with 2,121 (also the Colonial Athletic Association record), career scoring average (16.7 points per game), season scoring average (20.4 ppg) and career field goals made (771).
But as the newest member of [...]