Out legend Candace Parker gets her jersey retired by a second WNBA team
Parker has deep affection for Chicago and helped the Sky win the WNBA title. The post Out legend Candace Parker gets her jersey retired by a second WNBA team appeared first on Outsports.
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The Chicago Sky honored a hometown hero by retiring Candace Parker‘s No. 3 in the rafters of the Wintrust Arena. The Sky became the latest WNBA team to pay homage to the GOAT, less than two months after the Los Angeles Sparks hung up their own No. 3 in the rafters of Crypto.com Arena.
Parker became the second WNBA player to have their jersey retired by two different organizations. She joins Lindsay Whalen, whose No. 13 is retired by the Minnesota Lynx and Connecticut Sun.
Having only played one season with the Sky, Parker focused more on the impact of her hometown. Parker led her Naperville Central High School Redhawks to two Illinois state titles while also winning the Gatorade Player of the Year twice. It was in a Chicago gym where Parker would become the first woman to dunk in high school.
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When speaking about her home city, Parker said, “It’s not just where I’m from, it’s the core of who I am.” Chicago helped mold Parker into who she is today, an out LGBTQ athlete, a wife and mother of three who has won titles at every level, including two Olympic gold medals.
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In her one season with the Sky in 2021, Parker won one of her three WNBA titles, before moving to the Las Vegas Aces and doing the same thing in 2022. It made it all the more fitting that the Las Vegas Aces were in town for the Sky’s jersey retirement ceremony. Parker just…doesn’t lose.
Parker, who retired from the WNBA in 2024, was recently named the president of Women’s Basketball at Adidas and released a book, “The Can-Do Mindset: How to Cultivate Resilience, Follow Your Heart, and Fight for Your Passions.” The two-time Olympic gold medalist is certain to continue to elevate the game in her move into broadcasting, and it certainly would not be anywhere it is today without her outstanding career.
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