State leaders are hoping the Connecticut Sun will stay in the state after it was reported the team’s owners hired investment bank Allen & Company to explore a sale. For much of last year, the Connecticut Sun emphatically denied that Mohegan Tribe ownership group was considering selling the franchise.

The start of the 2025 WNBA season marks a new chapter for the Connecticut Sun. There’s the debut of a new on-court identity, the return of a few familiar faces, and underneath it all, a heavy reality check from its ownership,