Mohegan Indian Tribe
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Oct 1, 2026
Joe GibbsNARRATOR
The Connecticut Sun of the WNBA are moving to Houston and being renamed the Comets.
Joe GibbsNARRATOR
The Sun had been owned by Mohegan Tribe, the first Native American tribe to own a professional sports team.
Joe GibbsNARRATOR
That's cool.
Joe GibbsNARRATOR
In 1952, the writer Ralph Ellison released Invisible Man about a nameless black man navigating a fraught racial landscape.
Joe GibbsNARRATOR
The Connecticut Sun of the WNBA are moving to Houston and being renamed the Comets.
Joe GibbsNARRATOR
The Sun had been owned by Mohegan Tribe, the first Native American tribe to own a professional sports team.
Joe GibbsNARRATOR
That's cool.
Joe GibbsNARRATOR
In 1952, the writer Ralph Ellison released Invisible Man about a nameless black man navigating a fraught racial landscape.
Baker MachadoHOST
From late nights in Queens to a final night in the Nutmeg State, as the WNBA's Connecticut Sun, after 24 years, played their final game in the state on Thursday night before the franchise moves to Houston next season.
Baker MachadoHOST
The Mohegan Tribe originally bought the team for $10 million back in 2003, moving it from Orlando.
Baker MachadoHOST
The team sold to Houston Rockets owner Tilman Fertitta for a reported $300 million back in March.
Baker MachadoHOST
A rival bid of $325 million would have moved the team to Boston, but the WNBA effectively blocked that.
QuitaHOST
The Connecticut Sun came to be the Connecticut Sun because Orlando, um, didn't want their team anymore.
QuitaHOST
No one else wanted it, and so the Mohegan tribe bought the team in 2023 or 2003, I should say, when no one wanted it No one wanted this team.
QuitaHOST
No one...
QuitaHOST
Like, if it wasn't for the Mohegan Tribe, guys, we would have, uh, not seen the Orlando Miracle continue.
QuitaHOST
But because the Mohegan Tribe, they got the team in 2003.
QuitaHOST
24 seasons later, uh, they close it out on a win.
QuitaHOST
Uh, they are one of the greatest franchises to never win a championship.
Kate OwensGUEST
Yes.
Carolyn BryanHOST
And the Mohegan Tribe sold the franchise [laughs] to the Houston Rockets team owner.
Kate OwensGUEST
Yes.
Carolyn BryanHOST
And they will be moving-
6 MINS LATER
Kate OwensGUEST
... very symbolic.
Kate OwensGUEST
So I think as a basketball fan, you have to appreciate what that moment comes to be.
Kate OwensGUEST
You know, and Connecticut and the Mohegan Tribe played such a role in women's basketball, so to say goodbye to this team as a women's basketball fan, a lot of new fans I think don't have that, that deeper history and understanding of the role that Connecticut plays-
Carolyn BryanHOST
Mm-hmm
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