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On 10 May 2024, reports emerged that the WNBA and Kilmer Group were negotiating for a Toronto-based expansion franchise. [3] [4] The WNBA officially announced the creation of the franchise on May 23. [5] [6] The team will become the 14th in the WNBA and the first to be based outside the United States. The team will be owned by Kilmer Sports ...
What are the announced WNBA expansion teams? Just three of the WNBA's original teams when the league started in 1997 remain heading into 2025 – the New York Liberty, Los Angeles Sparks and ...
Toronto has been awarded the WNBA’s first franchise outside the United States, with the expansion team set to begin play in 2026. Larry Tanenbaum-led Kilmer Sports Ventures is paying $115 ...
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The league's newest team, to begin play in 2026, revealed its name and logo on Thursday, with the franchise pointing to the city of Toronto for providing the inspiration. "Tempo is pace. It's speed.
About WNBA Toronto: In May 2024, the Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) announced its expansion into Canada by awarding Toronto an expansion team, the league’s first outside the United States. The new team, which will be owned and operated by Kilmer Sports Ventures, will begin play in the 2026 season as the WNBA’s 14th franchise.
The Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) expansion draft is an event hosted by the WNBA as needed that allows expansion teams to select from a pool of existing WNBA players to build their debut rosters. Pre-existing WNBA teams are allowed to protect six players on their current rosters from being drafted.
— WNBA_Toronto (@WNBA_Toronto) May 23, 2024. ... San Francisco was announced as an expansion team in October 2023, and it announced its team name and logo earlier this month.