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Every WNBA team, ranked by the altitude of its nickname

By Russell Steinberg

LOS ANGELES, CA - SEPTMEBER 13: The Los Angeles Sparks mascot entertains the crowd during the game against the Phoenix Mercury on September 13, 2016 at STAPLES Center in Los Angeles, California. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and/or using this Photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2016 NBAE (Photo by Adam Pantozzi/NBAE via Getty Images)
LOS ANGELES, CA - SEPTMEBER 13: The Los Angeles Sparks mascot entertains the crowd during the game against the Phoenix Mercury on September 13, 2016 at STAPLES Center in Los Angeles, California. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and/or using this Photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2016 NBAE (Photo by Adam Pantozzi/NBAE via Getty Images) /
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ROSEMONT, IL – JULY 13: The Chicago Sky mascot performs before the game against the Los Angeles Sparks on July 13, 2016 at Allstate Arena in Rosemont, IL. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and/or using this Photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2016 NBAE (Photo by Gary Dineen/NBAE via Getty Images)
ROSEMONT, IL – JULY 13: The Chicago Sky mascot performs before the game against the Los Angeles Sparks on July 13, 2016 at Allstate Arena in Rosemont, IL. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and/or using this Photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2016 NBAE (Photo by Gary Dineen/NBAE via Getty Images) /

4. Chicago Sky (62 miles)

What exactly is the sky? Us non-scientist people would probably call it everything high above us right up until outer space begins. In other words, it’s our atmosphere. But there’s a heck of a lot of it and it starts right above us and extends really far. Wondering where the sky ends is a common question, and Hungarian-American engineer Theodor von Karman gave us one answer when he calculated the Karman Line at about 62 miles above the surface. From my limited understanding, it seems that above this line the atmosphere is so thin that any aircraft would have to travel faster than orbital velocity in order to stay up.

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