Chicago is hosting the WNBA All-Stars this weekend. This is what we saw and heard in the city.

Wintrust Arena, home of the Chicago Sky, will host the WNBA All-Star Game for the first time.

But before the game on Sunday, there’s the orange carpet, parties, community events, 3 point contest Y much more. And we’re tracking everything.

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Gatorade Unveils Mural Honoring Candace Parker

Naperville native and Sky star Candace Parker kept busy during All-Star weekend, including an event on Saturday morning to reveal a mural by local artist Fantasia Graham and provide a $25,000 donation to Girls in the Game to honor the progress made since Title IX.

Courtney Vandersloot and Azurá Stevens are out of the skills contest

In this year’s iteration of the competition, the All-Stars were paired with up-and-coming players from high school, who ran the first lap of the shuttle.

Candace Parker pulled out a Courtney Vandersloot jersey to represent her teammate on the sidelines of the competition.

Vandersloot and Stevens were eliminated in the first round. New York Liberty shooting guard Sabrina Ionescu won the event in her first year as an All-Star.

Allie Quigley sets 3-point challenge record

Sky guard Allie Quigley became the first WNBA or NBA player to win the 3 point contest four times, dropping a high score of 30 points in the second round to clinch his second straight title. Quigley previously promised to withdraw the competition after winning in 2021, but she accepted the invitation to return and claim the record this year.

“It’s great to be a part of history with some of the best shooters,” Quigley said. “It feels great to have that trust from my coach, everyone in Chicago and my teammates. They are always promoting me and letting me know how good a shooter I am. That really helps me get out there and do what I do.”

Reverend Al Sharpton leads the rally for Brittney Griner

At a somber news conference Friday to kick off All-Star weekend, the Rev. Al Sharpton joined Griner’s wife, Cherelle, and WNBPA leaders Nneka Ogwumike, Sue Bird and Terri Jackson to highlight the qualities that they believe make Griner’s return to the US essential: his humanity. , courage and identity as an American.

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All-Stars take to the orange carpet

The WNBA All-Stars showed off a variety of looks on the Orange Carpet on Friday night to kick off the weekend’s festivities.