FILE - Fans show their support for the return to Connecticut of Diana Taurasi as well as the Connecticut Sun, during WNBA basketball team's home opener in Uncasville, Conn., Saturday, May 22, 2004. (AP Photo/John Spivey, File)

FILE - Connecticut Sun's Tina Charles (31), Renee Montgomery (21) and Kara Lawson (20) return to the court after a timeout in the second half of Game 3 of the WNBA basketball Eastern Conference finals against the Indiana Fever in Uncasville, Conn., Thursday, Oct. 11, 2012. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill, File)

FILE - WNBA League President Val Ackerman, left, and Mohegan Tribe Tribal Chairman Mark Brown hold a basketball shirt of the type that will be worn by the WNBA team Connecticut Sun during a news conference Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2003, at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Conn. (AP Photo/Bob Child, File)

A Mohegan Sun employee fans out commemorative tickets for the final WNBA basketball home game for the Connecticut Sun, against the Toronto Tempo, Thursday, Sept. 24, 2026, in Uncasville, Conn. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)

In this image provided by Beth Regan, Beth Regan, right, chairwoman of the Mohegan Tribe’s Council of Elders, poses with Connecticut Sun President Jennifer Rizzoti at a WNBA basketball game in Uncasville, Conn. (Courtesy Beth Regan via AP)

FILE - Connecticut Sun guard Charlisse Leger-Walker celebrates after sinking a basket in the second half of a WNBA basketball game against the Dallas Wings, Aug. 30, 2026, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez, File)

In this image taken with a smartphone, Beth Regan, left, chairwoman of the Mohegan Tribe’s Council of Elders, and her sister Kathy Regan-Pyne pose for a selfie with Saniya Rivers and Marina Mabrey in Washington, D.C. in 2025. (Beth Regan via AP)

FILE - Connecticut Sun guard Saniya Rivers handles the ball during a WNBA basketball game against the Dallas Wings, Aug. 30, 2026, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez, File)