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Tempo's Sykes, Rice likely to miss extended time

ESPN · Jun 19, 2026, 3:21 PM

Key takeaways

  • TORONTO -- Toronto's Brittney Sykes suffered a plantar fascia injury on Tuesday, the team announced Friday and will be re-evaluated in the coming weeks.
  • Sykes was hurt in a non-contact injury in the third quarter of the team's loss to Indiana on Tuesday.
  • The expansion Tempo also announced Friday that Kiki Rice had suffered a grade 3 left ankle sprain on June 3 in a loss at New York.

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TORONTO -- Toronto's Brittney Sykes suffered a plantar fascia injury on Tuesday, the team announced Friday and will be re-evaluated in the coming weeks.

Sykes was hurt in a non-contact injury in the third quarter of the team's loss to Indiana on Tuesday. She was helped off the court. Sykes was the league's third-leading scorer in averaging 20.7 points a game coming into the Fever matchup.

The expansion Tempo also announced Friday that Kiki Rice had suffered a grade 3 left ankle sprain on June 3 in a loss at New York. She hasn't played since and the team said she also would be re-evaluated in the upcoming weeks.

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