WNBA players authorize strike
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Rockets owners in talks to buy, relocate WNBA's Sun
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Houston appears set to move the Connecticut franchise, despite other ownership groups attempting to relocate the team to Boston and Hartford.
The WNBPA voted 98% in favor to authorize a strike amid negotiations with the league.
The WNBA‘s latest collective bargaining agreement proposal includes maximum salaries growing to nearly $2 million over the life of the agreement, a source with knowledge of the matter told the New York Daily News on Thursday.
The Chicago Sky's rising valuation highlights the rapid financial growth currently reshaping women's professional sports. In Forbes' most recent ranking of the
Forbes valued the Liberty at $400 million for the top spot on the list. In May, New York's owners reportedly sold shares of the team at a valuation of $450 million -- the most by a women's professional sports team globally.
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The Toronto Tempo’s jerseys expose the corporate realities of WNBA’s past—and future
The Tempo jersey is an ode to the dark history of WNBA jersey branding, rather than a modern fusion of brand partnerships and aesthetic autonomy. Even more damning than the CIBC logo itself is the jersey colorway.
Chicago added 13 players, and the franchise selected Jia Perkins with the first pick. She played for the Charlotte Sting, which ended up folding after the 2006 season. Then, the Sky continued to add players, and with the ninth pick of their expansion draft, they selected Ashley Robinson.