Everybody wants a WNBA team — two new cities enter expansion mix this week
Tennesse’s expansion bid would be named after Pat Summitt. WNBA legend Candace Parker and NFL Hall-of-Famer Peyton Manning ...
Who are the current WNBA teams? A look at the 13 teams and the league’s history
Throughout the league’s history, there have been many changes to the teams, including expansion and relocations. In 2025, the ...
WNBA expansion: Cleveland among cities bidding for a new team to join the league
The WNBA is adding an expansion franchise for the first time since 2009 this season and more teams are on the way. Here are ...
Owners of NBA’s Pistons and NFL’s Lions part of bid to bring WNBA team back to Detroit
Detroit wants to bring the WNBA back to the Motor City, backed by an investor group led by the owner of the NBA’s Pistons and ...
76ers Owners Submitting Bid to Bring WNBA Expansion Team to Philadelphia
Philadelphia joins Detroit, Nashville, and a variety of other cities in gunning for an expansion squad in the league. The City of Brotherly Love has never had a WNBA team, but it was briefly home to ...
Four cities submit bids for WNBA teams in one week as more expansion looms
Philadelphia is the latest city to start the process of starting a WNBA team, joining Tennessee, Detroit and Houston.
NHL Owner Announces Bid for Nashville WNBA Team, With Name Honoring Pat Summitt
The bid has the support of Summitt's son Tyler, as well as Nashville mayor Freddie O'Connell. Among the notable Tennessee icons joining the bid are former Volunteers quarterback Peyton Manning and ...
Peyton Manning, Candace Parker Team Up in Major WNBA Bid
A new ownership group based in Nashville, Tennessee, seeks to add another club to the WNBA. Peyton Manning, Candace Parker, ...
Phoenix Mercury executive Monica Wright Rogers named WNBA expansion team's GM
Phoenix Mercury assistant general manager Monica Wright Rogers is leaving to join the WNBA's expansion team Toronto Tempo as their first general manager. ESPN's Sham Charania and Alexa Phillipou broke ...
WNBA team in Philadelphia? 76ers ownership group submits official bid
Tilman Fertitta, the owner of the Houston Rockets, has also submitted a bid to the WNBA for an expansion team, a spokesperson ...
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Golden State Valkyries
(Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group) When the WNBA’s free-agent negotiating ... who the Valkyries selected in the expansion draft. Should Golden State use some of its $1.2 million in salary cap ...
How the Golden State Valkyries Hired Their Leadership Team
The Golden State ownership group earned the bid for the newest WNBA expansion franchise through a competitive process and set out to make a mark in women's sports that was not just a female-friendly ...