Steve Greenberg

6 days ago | chicago.suntimes.com | Steve Greenberg

ARLINGTON, Texas — Sky rookie Hailey Van Lith used to think about ending her own life. It’s no simple thing, opening up about feelings so personal and fathomless. But Van Lith, the Sky’s first-round point guard, did during this year’s NCAA Tournament, in which she led TCU to the Elite Eight. “When I was younger in college, I was suicidal, I was heavily medicated and I felt trapped,” she said in March. “And you would never know it because I was having a ton of success on the court.

6 days ago | chicago.suntimes.com | Steve Greenberg

ARLINGTON, Texas — Angel Reese’s 32-game streak with double-digit rebounds is a thing of the past. It never was the main thing, anyway. Far more important is the second-year Sky star’s ability to make shots, mainly those from under the basket. It’s an understatement to say that hasn’t come with any consistency at all since she got to the league, and the struggles have been even more real through six games than they were during her rookie season.

6 days ago | chicago.suntimes.com | Steve Greenberg

ARLINGTON, Texas — Is the Kamilla Cardoso Bucket-Getting Experience officially upon us? Seeing last year’s No. 3 overall pick lead the way Thursday at the United Center with a career-high 23 points in the Sky’s first win of the season was exciting. The words “more of that, please” definitely came to mind heading into a rematch against the Wings in their neck of the woods. Alas, the point total probably was a mirage.

1 week ago | chicago.suntimes.com | Steve Greenberg

Bigger. Stronger. Better trained. More advanced. A generation after the Jordan Bulls did their thing, one would imagine NBA players are, on the whole, superior in at least some ways to their forebears from the 1990s. So, in this week’s “Polling Place,” your home for Sun-Times sports polls on the social platform X, we asked who would win in a best-of-seven series: the 72-10 Bulls of 1995-96 or today’s Thunder, the favorite to win the Finals. What are we, nuts?

1 week ago | chicago.suntimes.com | Steve Greenberg

PHOENIX — By the time the Sky were done rocking the Mercury with a 14-4 uppercut to start the third quarter Tuesday at PHX Arena, it definitely felt like their night. Newcomer Ariel Atkins was getting loose for easy buckets. Fellow newcomer Kia Nurse was pouring in threes, a glorious site after the veteran shooter’s 1-for-16 start to the season from long range. Point guard Courtney Vandersloot was in full command of her playmaking powers.