WNBA, Texas and Austin

Texas Longhorn alum aims to bring WNBA team to Austin
Where does the project stand? Harris is hoping to bring the 16th WNBA franchise to Texas’ capital city. She has spent the last year raising capital and working on Austin’s submission packet. “Everybody projects a photo finish – but I think Austin ...
WNBA expansion to Austin? Former Texas Star Fran Harris has a plan to bring another team to Texas
Fran Harris has a plan. The former Texas women’s basketball great has the financial backing, she insists. She’s got the support of the school administration and the city’s mayor and has had constructive conversations with the sports investment group that built the possible arena home.
Will Austin, Texas win the bid for the 16th WNBA expansion team?
Yahoo Sports women basketball writer Cassandra Negley is joined by Fran Harris, former women’s college basketball and WNBA champion, to talk about Fran's involvement in submitting a bid for the WNBA’s 16th team to land in Austin,
Fran Harris wants the WNBA to consider Austin for expansion
Harris has spent the past year raising capital and working on Austin's submission packet to position the city as the WNBA's next team location.
Former Longhorns star leads effort to bring WNBA expansion franchise to Austin
More than a dozen cities are being considered for the WNBA's next expansion franchise, which is expected to begin playing by 2028.
Meet the former WNBA star behind the league’s Austin’s expansion bid
So, Harris has spent the last several years rallying the community, and preparing for a WNBA expansion bid in Austin. That bid is underway, and in turn, Austin has emerged as one
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Austin to get new $17M affordable housing units to combat homelessness
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The One Texas City With A Volcano Within Its City Limits
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HARRIS COUNTY, Texas — A family’s fight for justice ... a Galveston County jury found him guilty on one of the capital murder charges for the June 2021 shooting death of Johnson in League City.
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Editor’s Letter: Introducing Our November/December Issue
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$63M Santa Fe apartment project seeks time extension
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Hundreds of new homes coming to Howe
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VIA Transit stays in-house with choice for new CEO
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2 men accused of plotting to shoot at immigrants are convicted of attempting to kill federal agents
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Man brought back from Florida jail to face murder charge in Matagorda County
A 22-year-old man accused of killing a Bay City man last year is now in Matagorda County Jail after being transferred from a ...