By Anthony Price 

​This season, under team president Jennifer Rizzotti’s leadership and with the involvement of a senior WNBA executive, the Connecticut Sun has taken dysfunction to a new level by revoking my media credential without a valid basis. 
 
On Wednesday, July 8, just after noon, I reached out via text to the Sun’s public relations specialists Asia Horton and Jalynn “Ro” Lane—two new staffers this season—to inquire about the status of a media credential for the game. 
 
The Sun were scheduled to play the Minnesota Lynx that evening at Mohegan Sun Arena. They had a thrilling 90-89 win over the Lynx on the road on Monday night, bringing the team’s record to 5-16—the last-place team in the league had beaten the best team in the league. During another abysmal season, this was a brief moment for celebration.

By Anthony Price 

​In the WNBA, championships—and money—separate average players from winners. 
 
Kennedy Burke has been a winner, excelling off the bench. Sun GM Morgan Tuck coveted her winning pedigree, giving her a one-year, million-dollar contract. 
 
Even though Burke had never been more than a role player in the W, Tuck is hoping to sprinkle Burke’s winning ways over a young crop of talent to help them grow into winners at the pro level. Burke and Brittney Griner were the major offseason acquisitions the Sun’s front office made. 

By Anthony Price 

Diamond Miller’s WNBA dream became real when the Minnesota Lynx selected her No. 2 overall in the 2023 draft, just behind the Indiana Fever’s No. 1 pick Aliyah Boston. 
 
Miller engraved April 10, 2023, on her brain. The 6-foot-1 forward had beaten the odds. Born in Montclair, New Jersey, about 20 miles northwest of New York City, she was the youngest of three siblings–two girls and a boy. Her new chapter began with a walk across a stage in New York City’s Tribeca neighborhood. Dressed in a bespoke pink suit and matching tube top, she flashed her megawatt smile. In her hand, she held her team jersey for the first time and posed for photographs with Commissioner Cathy Engelbert. The television cameras captured every moment. 

​After she left the stage, Miller greeted Lynx officials. “I can’t wait to see you guys in person,” she said over the telephone, “and I’m just extremely blessed that you picked me, and I won’t disappoint.” 

By Anthony Price 

As the WNBA reaches new heights of popularity after nearly 30 years of women building the league, league leadership has introduced a puzzling new media policy. 
 
This policy effectively reduces access for independent journalists for the 2026 season. It’s divisive, and, unfortunately, reflective of a broader American media landscape in which access increasingly follows money and institutional power.

This season, the WNBA will have 216 games on national TV. The league’s 11-year media rights deal is expected to bring over $3 billion dollars into the WNBA, up from the $2.2 billion previously reported by USA Today. 

By Anthony Price 

​Basketball is a game of highs and lows—both on and off the court. 
 
On the high side, the WNBA is celebrating its 30th season and a new collective bargaining agreement that promises long-term success for both owners and players. On the low side, the Connecticut Sun are playing their final season in the state. 
 
Next season, the Sun will be rebranded as the Houston Comets (if they can get the name) and will look to reclaim past glory. The team was purchased from the Mohegan Tribe by the Fertitta family, owners of the NBA’s Houston Rockets, for $300 million, according to the New York Times. 

By Anthony Price 

​Professional sports in America are big business. In 2023-2024, the NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL and MLS generated over $49 billion in revenue, according to Visual Capitalist. 
 
“It takes money to make money” the saying goes—and in pro sports, that’s why the owners of teams are billionaires and the players are millionaires. 

By Anthony Price 

​A’ja Wilson just climbed Everest.
 
The Las Vegas Aces’ superstar scored 31 points in the decisive game against the Phoenix Mercury in Game 4, with a 97-86 win and a 4-0 sweep—delivering the franchise’s third WNBA championship in four years. As she collected the MVP trophy for her effort, her broad smile said what the box store didn’t: this is her league now.  
 
“She’s alone on Everest,” coach Becky Hammon said after the game. “There’s no one around.”

By Anthony Price 

​Championship season has arrived in the WNBA, but the spotlight isn’t on the court—it’s on the commissioner. 
 
The Las Vegas Aces are leading the Phoenix Mercury, 2-0, in the best-of-seven Finals, but the headlines aren’t about A’ja Wilson’s dominance or Phoenix’s rebuild after losing future Hall of Famers Diana Taurasi and Brittney Griner. Instead, all eyes are on Commissioner Cathy Engelbert—and not for the right reasons. 

​The Connecticut Sun players said their goodbyes on the court at Mohegan Sun Arena in September, then disappeared into the fog of the offseason. The 2025, campaign had been a bitter one—an 11-33 finish that left them at the bottom of the WNBA standings. 
 
President Jennifer Rizzotti and GM Morgan Tuck now face the task of performing an autopsy on a season billed as a “reset” in the spring—but smelling like rotten fish in the summer heat—punctuated by an 0-5 start and a ten-game losing streak. Their job, along with the coaching staff, is to diagnose what went wrong and craft a plan to ensure history doesn’t repeat itself. 
 
There will be no quick fixes. 

By Anthony Price 

​The Connecticut Sun’s nightmarish season ended Wednesday in an 88-72 loss to the playoff-bound Atlanta Dream. 
 
For the first time in nine years, the Sun will miss the postseason. It was an anticlimactic ending. Like ships passing in New London harbor, the Dream sail on to the playoffs while the Sun head for a long offseason. To add sting, former Sun Brionna Jones scored 13 points for Atlanta, a title contender.