'A ray of sunshine with basketballs': WNBA All-Star Weekend lights up Chicago
<p>“Oh, it was beautiful — a ray of sunshine with basketballs,” Lyric Williams said. We took pictures with Flau’jae Johnson.”</p><p>The 16-year-old Chicagoan described her experience at WNBA Live, the league’s annual fan festival that transformed McCormick Place into a celebration of women’s basketball during the WNBA’s 30th anniversary All-Star Weekend.</p><p>But WNBA Live was only one part of the celebration.
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<p>“Oh, it was beautiful — a ray of sunshine with basketballs,” Lyric Williams said. We took pictures with Flau’jae Johnson.”</p><p>The 16-year-old Chicagoan described her experience at WNBA Live, the league’s annual fan festival that transformed McCormick Place into a celebration of women’s basketball during the WNBA’s 30th anniversary All-Star Weekend.</p><p>But WNBA Live was only one part of the celebration. More than 30 fan experiences filled the convention hall, from basketball challenges and player appearances to custom Nike sneaker stations, Coach’s commemorative keychain engraving, wine tastings and the league’s interactive Legacy Park exhibit, where tens of thousands of fans explored three decades of WNBA history while learning about the “Line ’Em Up” initiative to paint orange three-point lines on public basketball courts nationwide.</p><p>Among the fans was the McMichael family from Calumet City.</p><p>Twelve-year-old Shiann McMichael and her 10-year-old sister, Londyn, joined one of the winding lines inside the orange-and-white convention hall, blending into a sea of team jerseys. Shiann wore the silver-and-black No.
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- <p>“Oh, it was beautiful — a ray of sunshine with basketballs,” Lyric Williams said. We took pictures with Flau’jae Johnson.”</p><p>The 16-year-old Chicagoan described her experience at WNBA Live, the league’s annual fan festival that transformed McCormick Place into a celebration of women’s basketball during the WNBA’s 30th anniversary All-Star Weekend.</p><p>But WNBA Live was only one part of the celebration.
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'A ray of sunshine with basketballs': WNBA All-Star Weekend lights up Chicago
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