The Connecticut Sun are a Women's National Basketball Association team based in Uncasville, Connecticut. They began to play in the 2003 WNBA season. The Sun was the first WNBA franchise to be owned by a party other than an NBA team owner; the team is owned by the Mohegan Native American tribe. The team plays its home games at the tribe's Mohegan Sun Casino and Resort.
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History
The Sun used to be the Orlando Miracle. On January 28, 2003, Connecticut was announced as the location the Miracle would relocate to. In October of 2002, the Miracle had announced their intentions to move out of Orlando, Florida. The Miracle had begun play in the WNBA in 1999. They had played their games at TD Waterhouse Centre.
The Sun lost their first game, 79 to 72, to the Houston Comets.