Courtney Vandersloot is headed back to the Chicago Sky, the Chicago Sun-Times’ Annie Costabile first reported Wednesday afternoon. Costabile also Vandersloot — a five-time WNBA All-Star and two-time WNBA champion — is fresh off of a championship with the New York Liberty in which she was a key contributor off the bench.

Veteran guard Courtney Vandersloot is set to hit free agency when it opens on Feb. 1, and it doesn't seem as if she'll be returning to New York for the 2025 season. According to A

The Chicago Sky are on the verge of signing a legendary player who just led the New York Liberty to its first championship

Many will be mistaken and believe the start of the Liberty’s title defense is a few months away. But their quest to repeat actually started last week.

Even after earning the late-season opportunity to sign on with the Liberty through the playoffs, point guard Jaylyn Sherrod knows her spot in the WNBA is far from solidified.

Unrivaled’s inaugural season is scheduled to begin Friday in Miami. Ionescu's participation in the league adds to her remarkable 2024, which included winning a gold medal at the Olympics and securing the WNBA championship with the Liberty.

With the WNBA exploding in popularity and a new TV deal bringing more revenue, the expectation is that salaries will jump in 2026 and most free agents will sign one-year contracts to get back onto the market next offseason.

According to ESPN's Alexa Philippou, Sabally will meet with the Liberty and Mercury in the coming days. New York is the reigning WNBA champion, and she has a couple of connections there. Her younger sister, Nyara Sabally, plays there and was instrumental in their triumph last season.

New York Liberty’s third annual “Season of Giving” community outreach was so abundant that it lasted until the middle of January.

Sabrina Ionescu, the driving force behind the New York Liberty's first WNBA championship, is now redefining the narrative of women’s basketball. While joining the innovative Unrivaled Basketball League co-founded by Breanna Stewart and Napheesa Collier,

There is no plan — no public plan anyway — to take her down and sell the copper for scrap. Or jackhammer away Emma Lazarus’s famous poem praising “a mighty woman.” Or remove the torch and refashion her uplifted right hand to display an extended middle finger.

The Liberty have a chance to trade for the Wings' Satou Sabally. With her sister Nyara already in New York, they should make it happen.