Quite a success story, here.
Inside the Most Valuable Team in Women’s Sports
Expectations were low for the Golden State Valkyries, the W.N.B.A.’s first expansion team in 17 years, but they captivated Bay Area sports fans and surprised the league by securing a playoff spot in their first season.
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On the last night of August, the Valkyries were about to take the court against the Indiana Fever. A few wins later, they would become the league’s only expansion team to make the playoffs in its first season and will enter the W.N.B.A. playoffs on Sunday as the eighth seed against the No. 1 Minnesota Lynx.
The Valkyries had already set records. They were the first W.N.B.A. team to sell out every home game. They set a league expansion team record with 23 wins. Perhaps most strikingly, the Valkyries became the first professional women’s team in any sport to be valued at $500 million, according to an analysis by Sportico.
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That last sentence is especially amazing.