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The Chicago Sky are a Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) team based in Chicago, Illinois. They began league play in 2006. Their home court is the UIC Pavilion. Sky games are broadcast on WTTW or WCIU and WVON-AM 1690. Their play by play broadcasters are Les Grobstein and Tauja Catchings.
Unlike other WNBA franchises in cities with NBA teams, the Sky aren’t a sister team to the Chicago Bulls. This is apparent with different ownership, team colors, and different home arenas, although there is a link to the Sky website from the Bulls website. Their rivals are the Detroit Shock and the New York Liberty.
In February 2005, NBA Commissioner David Stern announced Chicago as the city awarded with a new WNBA franchise. The franchise was temporarily named WNBA Chicago. On May 27, 2005, former NBA player and coach Dave Cowens was announced as the team’s first head coach and general manager.
The team name and logo were formally debuted on September 20, 2005, at the Adler Planetarium. The Chicago Sky were officially born. Team President and CEO Margaret Stender claimed the team colors of yellow and blue represent “A beautiful day in Chicago between the blue sky and bright sunlight to highlight the spectacular skyline.”
The team’s introduction in Chicago was highlighted by the appearance of several WNBA star players, including 2004 WNBA Rookie of the Year Diana Taurasi, 2005 WNBA Rookie of the Year Temeka Johnson, 2002 WNBA Rookie of the Year Sue Birdand 2003 WNBA Champion Ruth Riley.
In November 2005, the team held an expansion draft to help build its roster of players. Among the notable selections were Brooke Wyckoff from the Connecticut Sun, Bernadette Ngoyisa from the San Antonio Silver Stars, Elaine Powell from the Detroit Shock and Stacey Dales (who had retired prior to the 2005 season) from the Washington Mystics.
On February 28, 2006, the team announced that two of the minority shareholders of the team are Michelle Williams, from the vocal group Destiny’s Child and Matthew Knowles, father of Destiny’s Child lead singer Beyoncé Knowles.
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