NAVIGATING UNCERTAINTY: Tempo coach Sandy Brondello said that she is “focused on ‘controlling the controllables’” for the team’s inaugural season as the WNBA and the WNBPA have continuously failed to come to terms on a new CBA. Brondello said, “We can do the preparation behind the scenes. We’re out watching a lot of the college games. We’re strategizing what the expansion draft could look like and potential players that we could have on. We’re targeting the free agents who we feel that we have a really good shot at.” CBC.ca’s Shireed Ahmed wrote “strategy and planning becomes essential until the time” that Brondello has a squad.

Source: CBC News January 22, 2026 16:51 UTC