The reigning WNBA champion New York Liberty start their season 2-0 after a win over the Chicago Sky on Thursday. Here's a recap of the contest.

The Chicago Sky suffered another tough loss on Thursday, falling 99–74 to the defending WNBA champion New York Liberty. This came just five days after their

The Chicago Sky have been historically bad through their first two games of the 2025 WNBA regular season. Their having lost their first two games (to the Indian

Social media is losing their minds over a sequence of Chicago Sky star Angel Reese missing four shots in just 11 seconds.

The Chicago Sky are one of the most popular teams in the WNBA because of emerging stars like Angel Reese and Kamilla Cardoso. They added to their star power by drafting TCU guard Hailey Van Lith in the 2025 WNBA Draft.

According to Ben Pickman of The Athletic, the Liberty are valued at $450 million after raising capital from a group of investors, which "is believed to be a record across professional women’s sports and is more than double that of the last publicly known capital raise made by a WNBA franchise."

The female fan had already received an autograph on her chest from someone else, presumably a player on the team who had already walked by.

Vandersloot will face the Liberty in the Sky’s home opener Thursday (7 p.m., The U, 670-AM) for the first time since leaving them. While she was reflective about her time with the team and living in Brooklyn, she was preoccupied by getting the Sky on track.