CULTURETECHLENSChicago Sky
STRONG EVIDENCE evidence grade — master store (canonical CSV)
Combined Graph record U-00240 · provenance: canonical master store (CSV), record CTL-I-0021. Master record source: CTL seed 2026-10-16 — UNVERIFIED, verify before public citation.
EBSCO Research Starters (tier 5 reference) lists the Chicago Sky as a professional basketball franchise in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) with "Inaugural season: 2006" and home stadium Wintrust Arena in Chicago; "In February 2005, then-NBA commissioner David Stern announced that the city of Chicago had been awarded a WNBA expansion franchise" and "The Sky played their inaugural season in 2006" - establishing the stored team type (basketball), Chicago base, and supporting the stored 2006 year as the first-season year. (fetched in full 2026-10-17)
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EBSCO Research Starters (tier 5 reference) lists the Chicago Sky as a professional basketball franchise in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) with "Inaugural season: 2006" and home stadium Wintrust Arena in Chicago; "In February 2005, then-NBA commissioner David Stern announced that the city of Chicago had been awarded a WNBA expansion franchise" and "The Sky played their inaugural season in 2006" - establishing the stored team type (basketball), Chicago base, and supporting the stored 2006 year as the first-season
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- City: Chicago
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- Chicago — located in
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- Candace Parker — affiliated with → this record
Sources
- https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/women-s-studies-and-feminism/chicago-sky (verification source · master store)
Evidence note (master store)
EBSCO Research Starters (tier 5 reference) lists the Chicago Sky as a professional basketball franchise in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) with "Inaugural season: 2006" and home stadium Wintrust Arena in Chicago; "In February 2005, then-NBA commissioner David Stern announced that the city of Chicago had been awarded a WNBA expansion franchise" and "The Sky played their inaugural season in 2006" - establishing the stored team type (basketball), Chicago base, and supporting the stored 2006 year as the first-season year. (fetched in full 2026-10-17)
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