In a major development for the WNBA, reports from Sports Business Journal indicate that the league is gearing up to announce its next expansion franchise, and Cleveland is emerging as the likely destination.
It’d mark the return of the WNBA to Cleveland — a city that once hosted the original Rockers from 1997-2003.
The team was one of the original eight franchises of the league, and the owner at the time was Gordon Gund, who also owned the NBA’s Cleveland Cavaliers from 1983-2005.
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