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2008 Chicago Sky Schedule Released

December 13, 2007 - Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA)
Chicago Sky News Release


CHICAGO, December 13, 2007 - The WNBA Chicago Sky announced its 2008 schedule today. The Sky will play 34 regular season games from May through September, with a break in August for the Summer Olympics. The team opens the 2008 season on the road on Saturday, May 17, against Seattle and the WNBA's 2007 Most Valuable Player Lauren Jackson. The Sky's home opener is on Thursday, May 22 against the Sacramento Monarchs at UIC Pavilion.

The Sky will play three pre-season games, including an exhibition game against the Indiana Fever in Milwaukee.

The Sky's regular season includes 20 games against Eastern Conference teams, with four games against each of six East opponents, and 14 games against Western Conference teams. With the addition of the new Atlanta franchise, the WNBA returns to a 14-team schedule.

Additional schedule highlights include:

The Sky will begin the season on the road against Seattle, returning home to play the next four games at UIC Pavilion.

The Sky hosts four Sunday games, including the September 14 regular season finale against the Houston Comets.

The Sky will play the newest WNBA franchise Atlanta team back-to-back the first weekend in June - on Friday, June 6 in Atlanta and on Saturday, June 7 at UIC Pavilion.

The Sky will meet the defending WNBA Champion Phoenix Mercury on Friday, June 20 in Phoenix and at home the following week on Thursday, June 26.

The WNBA will break for the Summer Olympics in Beijing beginning Monday, July 28 through Saturday, August 23.

The Sky is one of six independently-owned teams in the WNBA, the longest-running women's professional sports league in the world. The Sky celebrated its inaugural season in 2006, and finished a successful sophomore season with a 14-20 record and guard Armintie Price named WNBA Rookie of the Year. The team will have the number two pick in the 2008 WNBA Draft, which is expected to be one of the best rookie classes in the history of the league. For more information and to purchase 2008 season tickets, visit www.chicagosky.net.

CHICAGO SKY 2008 REGULAR SEASON SCHEDULE

Date Opponent Time

APRIL

Wed. 30 Seattle, Pre-sesaon 7:00 p.m.

MAY

Sat. 3 Indiana, Exhibition 7:00 p.m. at Milwaukee

Thur. 8 Los Angeles, Pre-season 7:00 p.m.

Sat. 17 at Seattle 9:00 p.m.

Thu. 22 Los Angeles 7:00 p.m.

Thu. 29 Minnesota 7:00 p.m.

JUNE

Sun. 1 Connecticut 4:00 p.m.

Tue. 3 Los Angeles 7:00 p.m.

Fri. 6 at Atlanta 6:30 p.m.

Sat. 7 Atlanta 7:00 p.m.

Fri. 13 Washington 7:30 p.m.

Wed. 18 at Los Angeles 9:30 p.m.

Fri. 20 at Phoenix 9:00 p.m.

Sun. 22 at Sacramento 8:00 p.m.

Thu. 26 Phoenix 8:00 p.m.

Sat. 28 Detroit 7:00 p.m.

JULY

Tue. 1 at Minnesota 7:00 p.m.

Wed. 2 at Indiana 6:00 p.m.

Sat. 5 at Atlanta 6:30 p.m.

Thu. 10 San Antonio 6:00 p.m.

Sat. 12 at Indiana 6:00 p.m.

Sun. 13 Atlanta 5:00 p.m.

Wed. 16 at Detroit 11:00 a.m.

Fri. 18 Connecticut 7:30 p.m.

Sun. 20 at Connecticut 12:00 p.m.

Tue. 22 Indiana 7:00 p.m.

Thu. 24 at San Antonio 11:30 a.m.

Sun. 27 at Houston 7:30 p.m.

OLYMPICS BREAK: July 28 - August 23

AUGUST

Thu. 28 at New York 6:30 p.m.

Fri. 29 at Washington 6:00 p.m.

Sun. 31 Detroit 5:00 p.m.

SEPTEMBER

Thu. 4 Seattle 7:00 p.m.

Fri. 5 at Connecticut 6:00 p.m.

Sun. 7 at New York 12:00 p.m.

Tue. 9 Washington 7:00 p.m.

Fri. 12 New York 7:30 p.m.

Sun. 14 Houston 3:00 p.m.

All times are CDT (Chicago time)

Schedule is subject to change.

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