Charlotte Sting

…though following the season the Charlotte Sting disbanded, and in 2008 the WNBA’s inaugural champion, the Houston Comets, also folded. The Sacramento Monarchs disbanded in 2009. Women’s professional basketball is played during the summer months.

…$300 million, also included the Sting, the Women’s National Basketball Association team in Charlotte. Johnson launched C-SET (Carolinas Sports Entertainment Network), a regional sports and entertainment cable TV network, in October 2004. The channel struggled, however, and it ceased operations the following year. The two basketball teams also lost money.…

She played with the Charlotte Sting for six and a half seasons and helped the team reach the 2001 WNBA finals. In 2005 she was traded to the Houston Comets, and she retired from professional play in 2006 at the age of 36. She was a five-time All-Star and won…