Chante Black has just started training with the Sun, but she's already familiar with eastern Connecticut: she used to work in a New London emergency room.

“A lot of those people forgot their illness when I’m standing over them, trying to take their blood pressure,” says the ex-Dukie. “They’re like, ‘Oh my God, you’re so tall. What are you doing here?’ I’m like, ‘No, you’re sick. Let me just take this, and stay still.’ ”