WNBA will lose $40 million this season
and its NBA investors are growing impatient
Posted By: Ida Lou Pino, 10/19/2024 11:06:47 AM
While the WNBA is getting sellout crowds for the finals between the New York Liberty and Minnesota Lynx, the league’s owners will not be making a return on their investment for the foreseeable future, sources close to the situation said. The NBA owns nearly 60 percent of the league. When one combines the NBA owners’ personal stakes in WNBA teams and the WNBA itself, the amount rises to 75 percent, a source with direct knowledge of the numbers said.
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killers and mass murderers 2 days before Christmas 24 replies
They weren’t run over by a reindeer.
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Border czar-designate Tom Homan on Monday criticized Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul of New York after a woman died Sunday after a migrant allegedly lit her on fire while on the New York City subway.
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The WNBA championship team would lose to an average boys high school team. Who wants to pay good money to see that level of competition?