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WNBA star Elena Delle Donne reveals engagement to woman
basketball player’s announcement was understated

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WNBA Chicago Sky player Elena Delle Donne publicly revealed she is engaged to a woman in Vogue’s upcoming August issue.
The story mentions Delle Donne’s, 26, relationship with her fiancee Amanda Clifton in an understated way. The article has not yet been released, but OutSports was able to obtain the passage.
“Elena divides her time between traveling with her team, the Chicago Sky, and her family’s home in the rolling green landscape of Wilmington, Delaware. She and her fiancee, Amanda Clifton, keep apartments in both Chicago and Wilmington,” the Vogue article reads.
Delle Donne spoke to the Chicago Tribune about the Vogue story from Rio where she is competing in the Summer Olympics on the USA women’s basketball team.
“It was just one of those articles where they came into my home, spent a couple days with me and Amanda is a huge part of my life,” Delle Donne told the Chicago Tribune. “So to leave her out wouldn’t have made any sense. It’s not a coming out article or anything. I’ve been with her for a very long time now and people who are close to me know that and that’s that.”
Delle Donne and Clifton became engaged on June 2.
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