The next owners of the Connecticut Sun might be ... the state of Connecticut? In an attempt to keep the franchise from relocating, the state has submitted a proposal in which it would buy a minority ...

Boston Celtics minority owner Steve Pagliuca has agreed to purchase the Connecticut Sun with plans to move the WNBA franchise to Boston, Gary Washburn of the Boston Globe reported on Saturday.

The state of Connecticut has submitted a proposal that would keep the Sun in the state, two months after the team's ownership group presented a deal to the WNBA that would have relocated the franchise ...