Annie Costabile
Women’s Sports Reporter at Front Office Sports
women’s sports @FOS 📧:[email protected]
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3 days ago |
frontofficesports.com | Annie Costabile |Alex Schiffer
The Sun could be on their way out of Connecticut. The WNBA franchise—originally the Orlando Miracle—was purchased by the Mohegan Sun in 2003. Now, 22 years later, the franchise has hired investment bank Allen & Company to search for a buyer, a source with direct knowledge of the situation confirmed to Front Office Sports. The news was first reported by Sportico.
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1 week ago |
frontofficesports.com | Annie Costabile
USA Basketball will announce Sue Bird as the managing director for the women’s national team Thursday morning, a source confirmed to Front Office Sports. Bird’s new role is a major change for USA Basketball. Previously, the women’s team and coaching staff was named by committee; now, that will be Bird’s job. It mirrors how things work on the men’s side, where Grant Hill picks players and coaches for the Olympic and World Cup teams. The news was first reported by The Athletic.
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1 week ago |
frontofficesports.com | Annie Costabile
Togethxr, the media and apparel brand behind the viral “Everyone Watches Women’s Sports” t-shirt, has added LPGA star Michelle Wie West to its athlete investor roster. The financial terms of West’s investment were not disclosed by the company. West, who won the 2014 U.S. Women’s Open, is Togethxr’s first athlete investor since it was founded by Alex Morgan, Chloe Kim, Simone Manuel, and Sue Bird in 2021.
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2 weeks ago |
frontofficesports.com | Annie Costabile
The WNBA returns to action Friday with preseason play bringing back a series started by the league last year to further embed itself into the college campuses of its stars. For the first time in league history, multiple teams will head to their franchise player’s college campus to play a preseason game. The Chicago Sky and the Las Vegas Aces kick things off by returning to their franchise stars’ alma maters on Friday night. Altogether, four games will be played on college campuses.
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2 weeks ago |
frontofficesports.com | Annie Costabile
BROOKLYN — “Transformational” is the buzz word being used to describe WNBA players’ expectations for the new collective bargaining agreement, which is currently being actively negotiated. Atop the list of priorities for the players association are improved salaries, more accessible maternity benefits, a softer salary cap structure, and a potential increase in roster size.
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USA Basketball will announce Sue Bird as the managing director for the women’s national team Thursday morning, a source confirmed to Front Office Sports. https://t.co/9uQCDHUsjO
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