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Chennedy Carter News Emerges After Chicago Sky’s Eighth Loss
Chennedy Carter, a proven star on the court, has spent time away from the WNBA, currently competing in a professional league in Mexico. A video emerged of Carter celebrating the Liga Nacional de Baloncesto Profesional (LNBP) Femenil championship berth alongside her teammates. Carter has posted 13.8 points, 3.4 rebounds and 3.8 assists per game during her time with Adelitas de Chihuahua. The Chicago Sky are 3-8 on the season, having lost four of their last five games.
Chennedy Carter, a proven star on the court, has spent time away from the WNBA, currently competing in a professional league in Mexico.
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On Thursday, a video emerged of Carter celebrating the Liga Nacional de Baloncesto Profesional (LNBP) Femenil championship berth alongside her teammates.
Carter helped Adelitas de Chihuahua advance to the title game, alongside several other prominent players such as Brooke McCarty-Williams, Danielle Adams, Alicia Jenkins and Victoria Vivians.
According to Latina Basket, Carter has posted 13.8 points, 3.4 rebounds and 3.8 assists per game during her time with Adelitas de Chihuahua.
All starters for Adelitas de Chihuahua are averaging double figures.
Chennedy Carter proved to have incredible talent during her last season in the WNBA, where she played alongside Angel Reese and under head coach Teresa Weatherspoon on the Chicago Sky.
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During her last season in the WNBA, Carter posted 17.5 points, 3.5 rebounds and 3.1 assists per game. She also added 1.1 steals and 0.2 blocks per game, proving to have immense talent on both sides of the ball.
While she led the Sky in scoring and was clearly one of the most talented guards in the league, the WNBA season tipped off with Carter unsigned.
Chicago Sky guard Chennedy Carter (7). Kevin Jairaj-Imagn Images
Before her time with the Sky, Chennedy Carter also spent time with the Los Angeles Sparks and Atlanta Dream. She played two seasons in Atlanta and one season in Los Angeles, averaging double figures in both seasons with the Dream.
While Chennedy Carter takes the extra steps to help Adelitas de Chihuahua win the league title, her former team, the Chicago Sky, has been struggling all season.
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With head coach Tyler Marsh at the helm, the Sky are 3-8 on the season, having lost four of their last five games.
Chicago lost 79-72 in their most recent game against the Washington Mystics.
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This story was originally reported by Athlon Sports on Jun 19, 2025, where it first appeared.
A’ja Wilson becomes first player in WNBA history to achieve huge statistical milestone
A’ja Wilson becomes first player in WNBA history to achieve huge statistical milestone. The Las Vegas Aces forward scored 35 point with 13 rebounds, while also adding six assists, three steals and three blocks. The 28-year-old still looks to be playing the best basketball of her career, coming off-the-back of her record-breaking 2024 season in which she averaged 26.9 points per game. She had unanimously won the WNBA MVP award after receiving all 76 first-place votes last year, becoming only the league’s second-ever unanimous MVP. The Aces needed the strong performance from Wilson to get the win, having a subpar start to the season with a 3-2 record. They shook up their squad after making the blockbuster trade to move Kelsey Plum on, who joined the Sparks and came up against her former team.
Las Vegas Aces superstar center A’ja Wilson showed why she’s the most dominant player in the league with an incredible solo performance while making history in a win over the Los Angeles Sparks
Aja Wilson celebrates after her historic night on Friday
A’ja Wilson became the first WNBA player to register a 30/10/5/3/3 game in league history on Friday night, in one of the most dominant solo performances ever seen.
The Las Vegas Aces forward scored 35 point with 13 rebounds, while also adding six assists, three steals and three blocks while putting in an incredible showing in the win over the Los Angeles Sparks, who are still without Cameron Brink – who was less-than impressed with male players being used for tryouts. Brink is currently rehabilitating after tearing her ACL in her rookie season.
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Wilson, a three-time and reigning MVP, has now elevated herself to being the favorite for the award once again, alongside both Caitlin Clark and Napheesa Collier.
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The 28-year-old still looks to be playing the best basketball of her career, coming off-the-back of her record-breaking 2024 season in which she averaged 26.9 points per game – the most in league history.
Wilson is a two-time champion as well as a three-time MVP, with another strong year going a long way in supporting her case for being the league’s greatest ever player.
She had unanimously won the WNBA MVP award after receiving all 76 first-place votes – becoming only the league’s second-ever unanimous MVP, joining Houston Comets’ Cynthia Cooper.
A’ja Wilson put in an incredible solo performance against the Sparks
And while she’s among the favorites to win the award again this year, Minnesota Lynx’ star Collier and Indiana Fever guard Clark will be up in the conversation – with an injury to the latter potentially hurting her case.
The Aces needed the strong performance from Wilson to get the win, having a subpar start to the season with a 3-2 record – having one of the strongest rosters on paper.
Las Vegas had shook up their squad after making the blockbuster trade to move Kelsey Plum on, who joined the Sparks and came up against her former team on Friday.
Plum had been with the Aces for all eight years of her career, before being dealt with Jewell Loyd joining the team in a three-team trade with the Seattle Storm. She has had a strong start with the Sparks, averaging 24 points per game, but the team is struggling with just two wins on the season so far.
Kelsey Plum came up against Wilson and her former teammates for the first time
They hope to welcome Brink back into the roster soon, who could form a deadly pick-and-roll duo with Plum while building around the young center.
The Aces are currently the fourth favorites to win the title in 2025, behind the New York Liberty being the strong favorites to repeat after winning it last year.
Clark’s Fever are the third favorites by the oddsmakers after making a multitude of roster changes, with Collier’s Lynx team the second-best odds.
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Clark is set to be out for around two weeks after suffering an injury to her left quad.
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Kelsey Plum’s 28 points help Sparks end losing streak
L.A. Sparks beat the Chicago Sky 91-78. Kelsey Plum scored 28 points for the Sparks. The win was needed after a week riddled with injuries and a three-game skid. The Sparks finished eight of 11 from the field in the third quarter as a team. The team also had 24 assists on 31 made field goals, a much more concerted defensive effort that included 12 steals, and 13 three-pointers on 27 attempts. Azurá Stevens: “We came out and put a whole game together. So, I’m proud of the team’s performance.’’ “I’ve been on a mission since I came out of the womb,” Plum said, scoring a team-high 28 points. “You’re just in a different position of being asked to hold more responsibility.” “The games we lost — we could have won them. And that was the most frustrating part we all had to reflect on: They were close games, so, I’m proud of them,’ Roberts said.
Against the Chicago Sky, the Sparks found themselves in a must-win situation, not in the grand scheme of the standings, but for peace of mind. A win to help with confidence and morale.
After a week riddled with injuries and a three-game skid, Sunday’s matchup carried weight beyond the court — it mattered in the locker room. The pressure was starting to show, with visible signs of frustration from head coach Lynne Roberts down to the end of the bench.
The Sparks were a team searching for anything to swing the momentum back in their favor.
That shift came in the form of their superstar, Kelsey Plum, who took it upon herself to ignite the turnaround with a shooting clinic in the third quarter. Her flurry helped lift L.A. to a much-needed 91-78 win over the Sky at Crypto.com Arena.
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“I’ve been on a mission since I came out of the womb,” Plum said, scoring a team-high 28 points. “You’re just in a different position of being asked to hold more responsibility.”
Despite a back-and-forth start and a 43-39 halftime lead, the question remained: Which version of the Sparks would emerge after the break — the lethargic, disconnected squad or a group finally ready to deliver the full 40-minute effort Roberts has pleaded for?
Out of the locker room, the Sparks found a renewed energy. What followed was a shooting barrage from beyond the arc.
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The ever-driven Plum sparked the run — not only by willing her team to victory, but by silencing a heckling courtside fan who, she admitted, lit a fire under her. Fittingly, she was the one who closed out the win too.
As she let her first left-handed three fly, the confidence in her stroke started to build. The second, from the top of the key, came with a signature gesture — Plum pointing to her veins, signaling the ice running through them. Then came the heat check: back-to-back threes that only added to her fire. A final three dropped cleanly through the net, punctuating the outburst.
“I’m here to win,” Plum said. “I was trying to be patient in the first half, and then I knew I had to be a little more aggressive in the third quarter.”
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Plum went five for six in the quarter, helping L.A. stretch the lead to 76-64 by the end of the third. The Sparks finished eight of 11 from the field in the quarter as a team.
“We haven’t come out after halftime with the best energy, so we’ve really been trying to focus on that,” said Azurá Stevens, who scored 18 of her 24 points in the second half. “KP led the charge — everybody just came out confident in the second half. We’re really hard to guard when we’re doing that.”
The period served as a blueprint for what the new-look system can be when firing on all cylinders — sharing the ball, hitting open shots and locking in defensively.
Roberts pointed to several telling stats that illustrated the win: 24 assists on 31 made field goals, a much more concerted defensive effort that included 12 steals, and 13 three-pointers on 27 attempts.
“None of us wants to lose,” Stevens said of the recent frustration. “The games we lost — we could have won them. And that was the most frustrating part we all had to reflect on: They were close games. So, I’m proud of the team. We came out and put a whole game together.”
Like Stevens, Plum left it all on the floor for the Sparks. At one point, she took a shot to the nose and stayed down for a couple of minutes. But after brushing off the injury, Plum returned to the lineup and finished the game, embodying the grit the Sparks desperately needed.
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“I love to compete,” Plum said. “I want to play. I want to win so bad — I hate losing. It makes me sick. So, just whatever this team needs.”
After the game, the atmosphere was a dramatic shift from the mood following the recent losses. Roberts, laughing — one of many shared smiles postgame — summed it up simply: “I prefer winning.”
“I just told them in the locker room that we played 40 minutes, and wins are hard to come by in this league,” Roberts added after her first win at Crypto.com Arena. “You can play a good 40 minutes, and the other team is still going to make it uncomfortable.”
But even against the league’s worst scoring offense (66.0 points per game) and defense (96.0), in what seemed like the perfect opportunity to exploit a team with even worse early-season woes, the game unfolded as two physical squads refused to back down.
Coming in, there was no doubt that low-post anchors Dearica Hamby and Stevens would face a tough challenge, tasked with matching up against Chicago’s frontcourt duo of Kamilla Cardoso and Angel Reese — both boasting a clear advantage in size and length.
“We boxed out as much as we could,” said Stevens, who grabbed a team-high eight rebounds. “When you’re playing teams that have size, it takes a gang effort… Me and D [Hamby] did a good job of just trying to battle them. Like, we’re skinny, but we’re strong too — that’s our advantage.”
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In the first half, Hamby and Stevens limited Cardoso and Reese to a combined 12 points and nine rebounds — a small but important victory against a Sky team ranked third in the WNBA in rebounding (39.0 per game).
Hamby finished with 10 points, eight assists, six rebounds and six steals.
The Sparks’ frontcourt tandem managed to keep the damage manageable, preventing the kind of interior dominance Chicago has leaned on throughout the early season. Reese finished with 13 points and 12 rebounds — her third double-double of the season — while Cardoso added 12 points but was limited to just six boards.
Angel Reese shocks fans with different look at Met Gala
Angel Reese stunned fans on social media with her outfit for the Met Gala. The Chicago Sky star wore a Thome Browne designed piece. LeBron James missed the event after sustaining a knee injury in Game 5 against the Minnesota Timberwolves. Reese was a Host Committee Member, alongside names like Sha’Carri Richardson and Lewis Hamilton. The 22-year-old said she has always been fascinated with fashion and sports, as well as being able to balance both of them.. The Costume Institute’s spring 2025 exhibition will present a cultural and historical examination of the Black dandy. The theme is “The Black Dandy: From Enlightenment Europe to today’s incarnations in cities around the world,” per the Met on why the particular theme was chosen. The event was held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, with tickets going for $1,500 per person. For more information, visit the Met Museum’s website.
Angel Reese’s outfit at the Met Gala turned heads on social media, with fans making it known that they were loving the Chicago Sky star’s look as she wore a Thome Browne designed piece
Angel Reese shocked fans with her Met Gala outfit, with some on social media shocked on her change (Image: Photo by Tyler Kaufman/Getty Images )
Fans on social media were shocked to see Angel Reese and her outfit at the Met Gala.
The Sky star is in the midst of preseason but still had time to for the prestigious event, one she had been looking forward to for days, as evidenced by her social media post after Chicago’s 89-62 win over the Brazilian National Team. Of note, LeBron James missed the event after sustaining a knee injury in Game 5 against the Minnesota Timberwolves.
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In accordance with the “Superfine: Tailoring Black Style” code, Reese wore a lace-up outfit designed by Thom Browne. The outfit immediately caught fans’ attention on social media, with many taking to X to make their voice heard on the Sky’s star’s look at the Met Gala.
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“She is stunningly beautiful,” one fan wrote on X in response to the WNBA’s post highlighting the star’s look for the evening. “Definitely one of the best dressed of the night!!” another fan exclaimed.
The general consensus among fans was that Reese’s outfit was eye-catching, with some comparing it to the dress she wore last year, with some preferring the most recent look compared to the previous year.
The star forward also was a Host Committee Member, alongside names like Sha’Carri Richardson and Lewis Hamilton.
Angel Reese stunned fans on social media with her outfit for the Met Gala (Image: Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for The Met Museum/Vogue )
“The Costume Institute’s spring 2025 exhibition will present a cultural and historical examination of the Black dandy, from the figure’s emergence in Enlightenment Europe during the 18th century to today’s incarnations in cities around the world,” per the Met on why the particular theme was chosen.
For the 22-year-old, being able to balance sports and fashion was always something she had done throughout her life. In an interview with Vogue, Reese explained her life growing up and why she because so fascinated with fashion, along with playing sports.
“It’s always been both: basketball and fashion,” Reese said. “But I was a fashion girlie from young too. Like—let me find this picture my mom sent—I was always in my mom’s closet, putting on her stuff. I liked to carry a purse. Hair done. I wanted to look put together. I still do.”
And while Reese was one of the marquee stars attending the event, among those not attending was James. After sustaining a knee injury in the playoffs, the Los Angeles Lakers star posted a message on social media letting fans know that he would be part of this year’s festivities.
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“Unfortunately because of my knee injury I sustained at the end of the season I won’t be able to attend the Met Gala in NY tonight as so many people have been asking and congratulating me on!” James posted on X.
“Hate to miss an historical event! My beautiful powerful Queen will be there holding the castle down as she always has done!”
In his place was his wife, Savannah James, with the NBA star posting a joke on X: “Hahaha!! Savannah will be replacing me in the starting line up!”
Aliyah Boston sets out her stall to free agents after $78M Fever news
Aliyah Boston sets out her stall to free agents after $78M Fever news. Boston reckons the Indiana Fever will have no problems attracting free agents. WNBA franchise is planning to build a new $78m facility for the WNBA side. Construction of the new training facility is expected to begin in August 2025, with it set to open before the 2027 WNBA season. The 2023 WNBA Draft first overall pick had a nine-word response to the performance center news. Asked about the new state-of-the-art training facility, Boston replied: “At all free agents, you know where it’s at.” The Fever have not enjoyed a winning season since 2015.
Aliyah Boston reckons the Indiana Fever will have no problems attracting free agents after the announcement the WNBA franchise is planning to build a new $78m facility
Aliyah Boston won Rookie of the Year with the Indiana Fever. (Image: Getty Images )
Aliyah Boston believes free agents will be flocking to sign with the Indiana Fever following the $78million facility announcement the WNBA franchise recently made.
This week, it was confirmed by Fever owner Herb Simon, who also owns the NBA’s Indiana Pacers, that there were plans in the offing to break ground on a new state-of-the-art $78million performance center for the WNBA side. Construction of the new training facility is expected to begin in August 2025, with it set to open before the 2027 WNBA season.
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In a statement, Pacers Sports & Entertainment owner Simon, said: “We are excited to partner with Indianapolis Mayor Joe Hogsett to identify the perfect location for the Indiana Fever Sports Performance Center. The city of Indianapolis continues to be a tremendous partner as we elevate our team, players and community.”
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The news has already got Indiana players like Boston excited. And speaking to ESPN’s Kendra Andrews, the 2023 WNBA Draft first overall pick had a nine-word response to the performance center news. Asked about the new state-of-the-art training facility, Boston replied: “At all free agents, you know where it’s at.”
And with Boston and 2024 WNBA Draft first overall pick Caitlin Clark on Indiana’s roster, coupled with the new facility, things could be looking up for the Fever who have not enjoyed a winning season since 2015.
While they did make the playoffs last season, they finished up with a 500. record, going 20-20. And in the playoffs, they were bounced out in the first round by the Connecticut Sun, who beat the Fever 2-0.
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However, the hope now is that the Fever, buoyed by the news of their new facility, can transform into a consistent winning machine. And the $78m performance center represents a real commitment to do just that.
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Speaking about the news of the new facility, Indiana Fever president of Basketball and Business Operations, Kelly Krauskopf added: “This elite training center is a reflection of our organization’s ongoing commitment to ensuring that our players have the highest level of resources to be successful.
“As we look to the future, the focus of creating a first-class player experience designed exclusively for women athletes will set us apart.”
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