{"id":15066842,"date":"2026-03-27T22:02:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-28T02:02:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/rockets-owners-to-purchase-connecticut-sun-relocate-team-to-houston-sources\/"},"modified":"2026-03-28T15:19:48","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T19:19:48","slug":"rockets-owners-to-purchase-connecticut-sun-relocate-team-to-houston-sources","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/rockets-owners-to-purchase-connecticut-sun-relocate-team-to-houston-sources\/","title":{"rendered":"Rockets owners to purchase Connecticut Sun, relocate team to Houston: Sources"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/athletic\/uploads\/wp\/2026\/03\/27174308\/GettyImages-1500658754-scaled.jpg?width=1200&amp;height=675&amp;fit=cover\" style=\"width: 100%\" \/><\/p>\n<div>The Sun sold for $300 million and will relocate to Houston, bringing a WNBA team back to one of the league&#8217;s original cities.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"inmi-source\">Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/7152749\/2026\/03\/27\/rockets-owners-connecticut-sun-relocate-houston-comets\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">News \u2013 World \u2013 Houston \u2013 rss.app1<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Sun sold for $300 million and will relocate to Houston, bringing a WNBA team back to one of the league&#8217;s original 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