The Chicago Sky presented a brand-new mascot earlier this week, and the jokes instantly began flying.
Chicago relatively understood that its previous mascot — Sky Guy — wouldn’t cut it anylonger with fans. (Sky Guy was all kinds of weird, and, if I’m sincere, he looked like The Crimson Chin. So, it was mostlikely best to relocation on.) The franchise hasactually reimagined its when underwhelming mascot and rebranded it as a blue braid-wearing lion called Skye the Lioness.
According to a group release, a lioness was selected to embody strength, womanly power, and grace and to signify the guts to gottenridof challenges. It’s likewise a strong nod to the city of Chicago, where lions serve as guardians of the Art Institute of Chicago. Skye makes her launching on Wednesday versus the Washington Mystics.
So, about those tips…
We have a brand-new mascot:Skye the Lioness!
📰https://t.co/zIbN4uMaBO pic.twitter.com/EsQ3gfRkrn
— Chicago Sky (@chicagosky) August 26, 2024
She’s here and she’s ✨gorgeous✨#skytown https://t.co/lNi7jgyO88 pic.twitter.com/Z0lXosTyst
— Chicago Sky (@chicagosky) August 26, 2024
Right away, fans recognized Skye would face stiff competitors from New York Liberty staple Ellie the Elephant as the WNBA’s finest mascot.
Of course, the Ellie jokes began flying, and we can not stop giggling.
*Rolling on the flooring chucklingpic.twitter.com/NL1LAA8q82
— Ellie The Elephant (@BigEllieLiberty) August 26, 2024
https://t.co/6xTa8Ye5Vd pic.twitter.com/qdFqJtuuHs
— Myles (@MylesEhrlich) August 26, 2024
https://t.co/zQtAkgmelX pic.twitter.com/yXQUX2nS3N
— Tyler DeLuca (@TylerDeLuca) August 26, 2024
She ain’t no divaaaaaaa…. https://t.co/DqMp5bT9KO pic.twitter.com/jlCHpMMMOV
— JR (@mr_jruss) August 26, 2024
Everyone desires to be you, @BigEllieLiberty https://t.co/8fHEtPDIVG pic.twitter.com/ovL6sm4nHj
— NY Liberty Brasil (@nylibertybr) August 26, 2024
As @sinistergirlz said pic.twitter.com/93