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Candace Parker fires up hometown fans as Sky close in on WNBA title

For 14 years, Candace Parker heard all about the WNBA’s growth. TV audiences are soaring. NBA stars fill courtside seats. She’s even been the face of the league’s evolution, becoming the first women to be featured on the cover of NBA2K. But with each whisper of progress, the Chicago Sky forward still needs to see it with her own eyes before she can believe it.

So it took confirming on her own that no tickets remained for Game 3 of the WNBA Finals in Chicago’s Wintrust Arena to make Parker believe the report that the Sky

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