As the league enters its All-Star break, it finds itself at a hazardous crossroads and in the now-unavoidable crosshairs.

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They Sky have failed to attract big-name free agents, lost well-respected employees and don't have the facilities to compete with their WNBA counterparts.

Chicago Sky Player's Return From Temporary Leave Has the WNBA Excited originally appeared on Athlon Sports.

CHICAGO — Rebecca Allen scored a season-high 27 points including five 3-pointers and had three blocks to help the Chicago Sky beat the short-handed Dallas Wings 87-76 on Wednesday night. Angel Reese finished with 15 points and 11 rebounds — her 13th double-double this season — and Rachel Banham had 11 points for Chicago (6-13).

An unbelievable amount of bloopers happened over 14 seconds in the Dallas Wings-Chicago Sky game on Wednesday evening. And believe us, you’ll see this on highlight reel shows for years. It all started just three minutes into the first quarter,

Hailey Van Lith hasn't exactly been lighting it up for the Chicago Sky in her first season in the WNBA. The former TCU standout has averaged just 12.6 minutes per contest as a rookie, putting up 4.0 points and 1.3 assists in 16 appearances off the bench this year.

The Chicago Sky retired franchise great Allie Quigley’s No. 14 jersey Wednesday night during a halftime ceremony at Wintrust Arena.