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Leila Lacan didn’t play the final few games of the Connecticut Sun season for personal reasons, but she has already done enough to impress award voters.
Connecticut Attorney General William Tong has officially sent a letter to the WNBA demanding that the team be allowed to stay in the city.
Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont on Wednesday endorsed the potential state purchase of a share of the WNBA’s Connecticut Sun as a savvy investment, not a subsidy of a franchise currently in play for a possible sale and relocation.
A group led by Celtics minority owner Steve Pagliuca has proposed a deal to buy the Sun for a record $325 million and move the team to Boston in 2027. The Connecticut group that Lamont is supporting has reportedly matched the offer, and it proposed to relocate the team to Hartford to play at PeoplesBank Arena, formerly known as the XL Center.
The Connecticut Sun is done for the 2025 WNBA season, but the drama that could unfold this offseason will be interesting.
In the ongoing fight to keep the WNBA’s Connecticut Sun in the state, Gov. Ned Lamont pitched a new plan for the state itself to become an investor in the franchise through the multibillion-dollar public employee pension funds it manages.
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CT Insider on MSNWhy Aaliyah Edwards felt 'refreshed' after trade to Connecticut Sun
Aaliyah Edwards wasn't sure what returning to the state she called home for four years in college would be like. But the Connecticut Sun and their fans made it feel like home all over again for the former UConn women's basketball team All-American after she was acquired in a trade from the Washington Mystics,
The Connecticut Sun hope to have forward Aneesah Morrow on the floor for Saturday’s game with the Phoenix Mercury at Mohegan Sun Arena.