Chicago Sky forward Rickea Jackson will miss the rest of the 2026 season with an ACL tear, the team announced Tuesday. This comes just two days after Jackson suffered a non-contact injury against the Minnesota Lynx.
Following the game, Jackson’s teammate, Natasha Cloud, called out the contest’s three referees by name during a press conference, saying that the injury could have been prevented with better officiating.
“The ultimate job is to control and protect the players in this game. And I think that this group today failed to do so,” Cloud said. “They failed to protect Rickea, they failed to control the game.”
Cloud said that she was “popped in the face” and told officials that the game was getting out of hand, and that on the subsequent play, there were “hands all over Rickea.” After Jackson’s injury, Cloud was issued a technical foul for yelling at the officials.
During the second-quarter play where Jackson was hurt, she briefly bumped into the Lynx’s Nia Coffey while dribbling up the court, but then her left knee buckled before she fell down. Jackson had to be helped to the locker room and did not return for the rest of the game.
