Jason Lieser
Chicago Bears Beat Writer at Chicago Sun-Times
Host at Sports Adjacent
Chicago Bears writer, Chicago Sun-Times. Lieser = "leisure." Tulane grad. Inspired by my wife & kids. Follower of Jesus.
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4 days ago |
chicago.suntimes.com | Jason Lieser
Sky guard Ariel Atkins has quietly put together an excellent career fitting in as a complimentary piece to star teammates, but the team has been wanting her to step into her own spotlight. It traded the No. 3 overall pick to the Mystics for her before the season believing it was acquiring a star, and she’s played like one lately. Over the Sky’s last three games, a narrow defeat by the Mercury and two wins over the Wings, Atkins emerged as their go-to player offensively.
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1 week ago |
chicago.suntimes.com | Jason Lieser
The Sky will not see Wings rookie point guard Paige Bueckers in the teams’ rematch Saturday because she is in the concussion protocol. The Wings evaluated Bueckers after the Sky’s 97-92 win Thursday in Chicago and put her in the protocol. She will miss at least two games. Bueckers, the top pick in the draft this year, 15 points, eight assists, three steals and three blocked shots Thursday.
Round 2 for Sky, Wings on Saturday as Angel Reese, Paige Bueckers look to lift teams out of basement
1 week ago |
chicago.suntimes.com | Jason Lieser
No matter how much status a player earns in college, it’s all out the window when she arrives in the WNBA. Nobody knows that better than the Sky’s Angel Reese, a national champion who has endured a rough year-plus as her team tries to rebuild, and she had some savvy advice for the league’s newest star, Wings point guard Paige Bueckers.
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1 week ago |
chicago.suntimes.com | Jason Lieser
Ariel Atkins wasn’t just some random offseason pickup for the Sky. They traded away the No. 3 overall pick to get her from the Mystics. They brought in Atkins to shoot — a lot — and when she dropped 21 points against the Mercury on 7-of-15 shooting Tuesday, that was a big step in the right direction.
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1 week ago |
chicago.suntimes.com | Patrick Finley |Jason Lieser
Patrick Finley and Jason Lieser breaks down what Caleb Williams said in his own defense Wednesday at Halas Hall. New episodes of “Halas Intrigue” will be published regularly with accompanying stories collected on the podcast’s hub page. You can also listen to “Halas Intrigue” wherever you get your podcasts, including Apple Podcasts, Luminary, Spotify and Amazon Music.
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