Serena Williams, who won 23 major championships over a 27-year tennis career, is joining Toronto Tempo ownership, the WNBA team announced on Monday. CBC | Sports News
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Mercury’s Diana Taurasi retires after 20 seasons, leaving behind a legendary WNBA career
Diana Taurasi is retiring after 20 seasons, ending one of the greatest careers in women’s basketball history. The WNBA’s career scoring leader and a three-time league champion, Taurasi announced her retirement on Tuesday in an interview with Time magazine. CBC | Sports News
Read More »As WNBA free agency begins, Toronto Tempo can watch and learn from sidelines
Amid recent excitement around Toronto’s WNBA expansion team, one critical aspect has fallen through the cracks: the basketball itself. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Monica Wright Rogers named 1st GM of WNBA expansion Toronto Tempo: reports
Monica Wright Rogers has been hired as the first general manager of the WNBA’s Toronto Tempo, according to reports. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Texas man charged with stalking WNBA star Caitlin Clark
Authorities in Indianapolis have charged a 55-year-old Texas man with felony stalking of Indiana Fever star and WNBA rookie of the year Caitlin Clark. CBC | World News
Read More »Canada’s women’s pro sports landscape transformed in 2024 with arrival of PWHL, NSL, WNBA
The Professional Women’s Hockey League played a first season and started a second, the Northern Super League fired its engines for an all-Canadian women’s soccer launch, and the WNBA announced its arrival in Canada. Women’s professional sports in Canada reached a critical mass in 2024. CBC | Sports News
Read More »WNBA star Sabrina Ionescu joins new Unrivaled 3-on-3 league on historic contract
Sabrina Ionescu is joining Unrivaled as the new 3-on-3 league’s final player for this season. The Liberty star guard who helped New York win the first championship in franchise history earlier this year signed a historic agreement on Monday. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Vancouver awarded 1st WNBA regular-season game outside United States in 2025
Vancouver will host the first WNBA regular-season game played outside the United States next year when the Atlanta Dream and the Seattle Storm meet at Rogers Arena. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Toronto Tempo revealed as name of new WNBA team after leak accelerates unveiling
Canada’s new WNBA franchise will be called the Toronto Tempo, a handle officially unveiled with some haste Thursday morning after it was leaked the previous day. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Did the WNBA accidentally leak the nickname of its Toronto franchise?
After months of speculation, Toronto’s WNBA expansion team may finally have a nickname: the Toronto Tempo. Screenshots circulated on social media on Tuesday night of a drop-down menu on the league’s website referring to the club as the Tempo, but there’s been no official word. CBC | Sports News
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