Senator Richard Blumenthal today wrote to the Department of Justice demanding it open an antitrust investigation into the Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA)’s interference with Connecticut’s efforts to keep the Connecticut Sun based in the state. Last week’s announcement that the team had been sold to Houston for $25 million less than the State of Connecticut’s offer because of the WNBA’s intervention demands federal. “No sports fan deserves to lose their favorite team based on the whims of a monopolist sports league. This is especially true in Connecticut, a state that is famously passionate about women’s basketball,” Blumenthal said. This is especially true in Connecticut, a state that is famously passionate about women’s basketball.

Source: New York Times April 07, 2026 05:16 UTC